crypto-anarchy

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January 12, 2014 LessWrong

Wei Dai's retrospective statements on Satoshi Nakamoto and b-money

Wei Dai ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Wei Dai's LessWrong Q&A reflections: Satoshi did not read the b-money paper before reinventing the idea, and Dai had grown disillusioned with cryptoanarchy by the time he wrote it up.

December 7, 1998 Cypherpunks Mailing List

Wei Dai's response on b-money's limitations and prospects

Wei Dai ↔ Adam Back

Wei Dai replies to Adam Back on Cypherpunks, conceding b-money would be at most a niche mechanism and revealing his shift toward viewing the government monopoly of force as a net benefit.