In defence of Szabo's law
summary
Argues that Szabo's law — the idea that code enforces outcomes despite politics — still explains many blockchain failures and wins, but political pressure changes business models not cryptographic guarantees. Uses the StreamR data marketplace, a token sale and Goerli testnets as concrete case studies, shows the marketplace launched and traded real data, regulatory interventions forced product pivots, and the protocol remained intact while the go-to-market and volumes proved smaller than founders expected.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 6:51States abuse their Monopoly on Violence
- 10:28Do you want Ethereum to be legally compliant in Saudi Arabia and China?
- 14:34No particular human: Round Robins by Design
- 15:54Ethereum: A force of nature
