How PMs benefit our society

[dengorbachev]

I've been reading the white papers, and was convinced by the "Snowden" case. In a flash of revelation, PMs made perfect sense.

So I reasoned other people might be convinced by this case, too — and decided to "remix" it into a separate post.

But I'm worried if my understanding of PMs is right. In particular, the claim that "[PMs] also use cryptocurrency instead of fiat, which provides the necessary anonymity." Isn't it actually pseudo-anonymity, and our hypothesized Snowden can still be tracked?

[psztorc]

Cryptocurrency, ie Bitcoin, gives the user the *ability* to be anonymous. It is very much like using the Internet...if you are careful, and know what you are doing, have VPN / TOR / clean computer, etc, you can use the Internet anonymously.

I personally have not read this book, but I met Kristov and he seemed to really know what he was talking about: http://anonymousbitcoinbook.com/products/e-book-anonymous-bitcoin

[dengorbachev]

Thanks for clarifying. Overall, can I post the text without looking silly?

The reason for posting is to educate people on prediction markets. But there's a risk of mis-educating them, so that's why I'm asking for a peer review.

[zack]

It looks very good to me.
Are you translating this to a different language?

[dengorbachev]

To a language that non-technical people can understand, yes. At least, that's the intention.

Or did you mean another natural language (e.g. Russian)?

[zack]

I was wondering if you are going to translate it to Russian.
I assume it is hard for Russian speakers to learn about truthcoin.

At some point, truthcoin projects will start donating coins to people who translate ideas.
I heard that Augur is more popular in Chinese than English.

[dengorbachev]

The most popular Russian site for such a complicated topic is http://habrahabr.ru/. Let me tell you how it works.

1. Somebody publishes a post in English.
2. The English-speaking community upvotes the post.
3. The most prominent members of Russian-speaking community (who happen to know English) notice that the post is very popular.
4. Somebody translates the post into Russian.

So the best way to get a Russian version is to make an English post popular. Which brings us to the interesting question: what's the most popular place to publish it?

[dengorbachev]

I've expanded the post a little, including the links to relevant websites. Are you interested in getting it published?

[zack]

you don't consider my software to be a "major effort"?
It must be because I make it look easy 
https://github.com/BumblebeeBat/FlyingFox

Are you trying to get Paul to publish your essay on the hivemind blog? Or are you suggesting publishing it elsewhere?

[dengorbachev]

Sorry, Zack, I thought you were in stealth mode... Couldn't even find your surname What's the best way to credit you in the post?

The text could be published on my own blog, but the readership is zilch. Better to publish it as a guest post on CoinDesk / BitcoinMagazine / etc. I can submit it myself. However, if anybody (Paul?) is connected with those publications, the text would have a higher chance of being published. The publication itself will draw attention to PMs, so it's free marketing for PM developers, right?

[zack]

What's the best way to credit you in the post?

With a link to the software: https://github.com/BumblebeeBat/FlyingFox