[resf]

It seems to me that large blockchains^ are some of the most stable social structures in existence. The rules of Bitcoin have been in place for 8 years with only minor modifications, despite huge sums of money passing through the system.

This compares very favourably with other social structures, such as nation states, especially 8 year old nation states.

^ Large as in Bitcoin and Ethereum, smaller networks are much easier to manipulate.

[CPLX]

> It seems to me that large blockchains^ are some of the most stable social structures in existence. The rules of Bitcoin have been in place for 8 years

Indeed. Makes the Swiss federation and the King James Bible look quaint doesn't it.