[azag0]

It saddens me that bitcoin's path towards a common payment network is so slow. I've always liked the technology (or the core ideas behind it), but its adoption is hindered by popular and factual association with illegal activities, and by the recent stagnation regarding scaling.

[maxerickson]

Plus it is hard to use and distributed network trust isn't particularly advantageous compared to a legal system.

[aminorex]

Use of the legal system is restricted to corporations and HNW individuals (who typically have multiple corporations, so....)

[maxerickson]

No, most banks will reverse illegitimate transactions for run of the mill customers.

[aminorex]

I see, so the banks are the new judiciary?

[maxerickson]

No, they are required by laws to do certain things and courts only have to come into it when they don't do them.

I didn't say "go to court", I said "a legal system".

Users of bitcoin can also use the legal system to do things. But then you are messing with bitcoin for what reason?

[aminorex]

Because I want my grandchildren to be free humans, to live out their lives in productive, peaceful harmony (and yours). Debt-based currency and monitored, controlled transaction systems are fundamentally incompatible with this goal.