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General Discussion / BitShares' Political Defense
« on: September 27, 2015, 08:37:07 pm »
On the 09/25 mumble session, bytemaster mentioned the importance of defense mechanisms for a distributed, digital asset exchange. Paraphrasing what I believe I picked up, on the technical side, a network such as BitShares should be sufficiently decentralized to prevent very easy physical attacks, but the technical defenses may not be sufficient if BitShares is not sufficient in it its political defenses. To increase political defense, it was suggested that the "mob" or large group of people find lots of value in the network; to the point that, if the the network were shut down, it would have large negative effects for the group who shut down the network. I bring this up again to ask, how can we most easily and quickly increase our political defense?
One way BM outlined to increase political defense is by increasing the number of consumers using/loving bitshares-based apps.
Other than successful applications, are there any other ways we might increase Bitshares defense? I have a feeling there could be some "growth-hacks" in this regard, such as putting a celebrity in charge of proxy or witness positions, but I am curious to hear what others took away from that discussion.
One way BM outlined to increase political defense is by increasing the number of consumers using/loving bitshares-based apps.
Other than successful applications, are there any other ways we might increase Bitshares defense? I have a feeling there could be some "growth-hacks" in this regard, such as putting a celebrity in charge of proxy or witness positions, but I am curious to hear what others took away from that discussion.
.. my 2 finney
