So NOSTR doesn't exist? Software doesn't exist? The English language doesn't exist? How are we having this conversation?
Do books exist? Do the words written in books contain valuable information? There are computers, there is information stored on those computers, the information being more dynamic & updatable than books does not make it any less real than a book.
Do books exist? Do the words written in books contain valuable information? There are computers, there is information stored on those computers, the information being more dynamic & updatable than books does not make it any less real than a book.
If I "go for a run", running does not suddenly exist, except when we are speaking in a loose and metaphorical way. I exist, and I run.
Similarly, if your computer executes a piece of software then perhaps we can point to a pattern in the memory of the computer and say "that is the software and it exists right there physically as electrons". But usually when we talk about software what we are really talking about is the computer doing a certain thing. The computer exists but its doing does not, just like I exist but my running does not.…
Similarly, if your computer executes a piece of software then perhaps we can point to a pattern in the memory of the computer and say "that is the software and it exists right there physically as electrons". But usually when we talk about software what we are really talking about is the computer doing a certain thing. The computer exists but its doing does not, just like I exist but my running does not.…
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You are just trying to define things out of existence so that you don't have to give up your shiny rock ideology.
Trade & economic coordination are the most valuable sources of wealth & value creation in all of human history & because these are actions & not a physical things you are trying to suggest they don't exist.
Let's say there's a vault full of gold & a "gold standard" token that perfectly repesented the amount held in the vault with no way for anyone to engage in any sort of debasement. The tokens trade easier & with far less cost than moving gold (which is why the gold standard started in the first place). And somehow, without anyone knowing aliens steal all the gold, but the tokens remain impossible to debase & work the same as if the gold was there. When does the system fail?
Trade & economic coordination are the most valuable sources of wealth & value creation in all of human history & because these are actions & not a physical things you are trying to suggest they don't exist.
Let's say there's a vault full of gold & a "gold standard" token that perfectly repesented the amount held in the vault with no way for anyone to engage in any sort of debasement. The tokens trade easier & with far less cost than moving gold (which is why the gold standard started in the first place). And somehow, without anyone knowing aliens steal all the gold, but the tokens remain impossible to debase & work the same as if the gold was there. When does the system fail?
