You could get them 40 years ago with a simple clock. No internet connection, just set up for coffee at 7

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a way to have an append only database with no centralized authority.

Thank you for finally making me understand blockchain.

As a non-technical person - how can I trust that there really is no centralized authority? Wouldn’t whoever built the blockchain system retain some kind of power over it?

If the small sabotage acts we’ve heard of are all they can come up with I frankly don’t care. If they could do more they would - and if they haven’t so far they most likely won’t in the future. That’s if these acts of sabotage are actually Russian, not all false flags from the military-industrial complex because they want to sell their toys.

It’s up to all of us, yes. If enough of us sit down and say ‘no’ we will stop this. Just don’t believe the warmongers.