It's not that extensive at the moment, just a side project fueled on my curiosity.
I have to evaluate my knowledge of economics before I can commit to creating value up to the amount it would cost to the crowdfunders, but then crowdfunding could be an option.
Meanwhile, I can certainly accept BTC donations to jauge public interest on this project. Click on my name to get the BTC address, since I don't want to "spam" the thread.
[In fact, I'm very selfishly more interested in discussing the proposed explanations than taking commitments at such an early stage.]
I am not sure I understand you- it is both actually. Making typos and being a french speaker are not exclusive.
It seemed to me that "gauge" was generally accepted use in that meaning. The American Heritage College Dictionary, Fourth Edition says:
gauge also gage (gāj) n.
(...)
3. To evaluate or judge: gauge a person's ability.
Anyway, if the original phrasing bothers you, please excuse my french :-) and read that as an evaluation of interest before engaging in formal work.
I am concerned that the idea of bitcoin as a government black flag operation, while not fully impossible (I'm glad pg posted this), may sounds like a nutcase conspiracy theory.
Even if the topic is interesting, since from this discussion it seems to be quite unlikely, it does not seem very logical to investigate the issues as more than a side project unless there is a minimal number of people sharing the opinion that it is indeed worthy of further analysis.
See that as a threshold: time is finite while possible projects are infinite. Proper research, as suggested by another poster, will require organisation - even the basic task of setting up a microryza page.
One must use a ranking function. I am uncomfortable with committing to work of doubtful quality and interest. I frequently use HN as a source of "external reasoning", ie a place to submit ideas and see if they are plausible, if the reasoning is sound, ie whether they pass the scrutiny of a technical audience.
I spent many minutes writing down my opinions on this idea, I read with great interest the replies and the other comments, now I'll rest and estimate whether I should spent more time on that.
As jacquesm said in this very thread, even if I don't fully share his conclusions "I've spent more time (...) than is good for me".
There are questions about possible vulnerabilities in the secp256k1 (the Koblitz curve) I did not know about and whose investigation will consume time. Also, the relation between the US and the Federal Reserve shareholders, with the 6% interest rate are interesting. Being french, I know a little about the ECB. Increasing my knowledge about the inner working of the US system will take time.
Even if I'm glad I'm not the only one with such questions, I am wondering if I am spending more time on the topic than it is worth, and how productive any work on such issues could be
"gauge" yes, is English. You typed "jauge", which is the French cognate of the word (and I typed "jauge" which is the dyslexic version of the French word), and I was curious if that meant that you spoke French - it was just a curiosity.
As for your meaning, I really like your analysis, and I think that you've made some of the best theories in this thread, and I hope that you keep spending time on it, because your discoveries might be good for all of us.
