Topic: Should Bitcoin Win Nobel Prize? (Read 2453 times)
BTC will need to prove itself first by surviving and becoming a bigger part of the economy. Most of the Nobels, at least in science, are awarded many years after a discovery.
the most to hope for is a mashable award ... 
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yes and it should be the center point of the next TED talk
I thought this too and is another reason I believe satoshi nakamoto is dead. Why not claim his prize?
Because USA will follow and arrest/kill him. Is that not enough for you?
He needs to stay anonymous.
They will probably not nominate guys like Assange, Snowden or Satoshi for Nobel Prize - this guys stand for everything that is against the establishment.
People who fight for liberty and the best of humanity dont need their approval, because millions of people already have awarded them in their heart.
People who fight for liberty and the best of humanity dont need their approval, because millions of people already have awarded them in their heart.
Maybe Adam Back should get it for inventing proof of work.
Proof of work is becoming the reserve currency of the internet ...
Proof of work is becoming the reserve currency of the internet ...
It might actually get it because think about how much money they would get. If Bitcoin makes it the price could reach $2,000. This is a big opening for a pump-and-dump for whoever decides on the Nobel Prize, Kim Dotcom is an expert in this: [email protected]
Yes, Bitcoin deserves. Since, Satoshi will not come forward, the winning price should be shared with all the active members of Bitcoin Forum.
Nobel prize of economy is created and sponsored by swedish central bank, which is the oldest central bank in the world, so forget about it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
Yes. Bitcoin should get a Nobel Prize.
Exactly why it won't happen.
Why?
Yes. Bitcoin should get a Nobel Prize.
Exactly why it won't happen.
It's nothing but a rubber stamp golden boy approval award. If someone receives the Nobel Prize you know they have sold their soul. "The Powers That Be" use the Nobel Prize to legitimize the agenda of the recipient. To the gullible, misinformed, brainwashed, public.
I thought this too and is another reason I believe satoshi nakamoto is dead. Why not claim his prize?
My first impression after reading the source code was that Bitcoin was that was an amazing invention of historic proportions. I've thought the same thing about Satoshi being deserving of some prize or award. It is a multi-disciplinary invention however so I'm not sure there is an award that would do it justice.
The nobel prize is an outdated metric to partition the academic world into a hierarchy over betters. It serves no purpose nor benefit to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Instead market adoption and remove to central banks will be the final metric of success and validation for Bitcoin. Besides, they gave the peace prize to someone who strapped bombs on kids to kill israelis. The award is forever compromised in my opinion.
I like the idea of a Satoshi prize that awards some jackpot of money to someone for doing something the community needs. Like developing a P2P exchange or bringing a certain amount of people into the ecosystem. It could be community funded and have a list of objective criterion.
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maybe the bitcoin community should start their own awards/prizes, mainly for development and new coins/protocols/programs etc, recgontion for some of the best ideas from within the bitcoin community where there is presently lots and lots of people working tirelessly on their ideas and inventions to make this new economy of ours work/work better, maybe give them out at the conferences, maybe btcs as prizemoney too , maybe bitcoin itself and satoshi could be given some "posthumous" award, or become the name for the biggest "breakthrough" achievement of each year, forget nobels, bitcoin should do its own thing !!!
I like the idea of a Satoshi prize that awards some jackpot of money to someone for doing something the community needs. Like developing a P2P exchange or bringing a certain amount of people into the ecosystem. It could be community funded and have a list of objective criterion.
I think the nobel prized was compromized when hitler was nominated.
The first satoshi prize should go to a robust working gui p2p exchange
However it's still respected in certain pockets so may be educational.
Love the idea of a 'Satoshi Prize' too
Yes. Bitcoin should get a Nobel Prize.
Satsohi should be awarded the nobel prize, and if does not appear, then theprize money should be used to buy bitcoins and give them to?
well you could send them to Satoshi's address....i think but that's kind of pointless. There are already a million there.
well you could send them to Satoshi's address....i think but that's kind of pointless. There are already a million there.
Would it be the first prize not to one/some individuals but to "the internet". That'd be great. I don't see any of the github coders getting the prize anyway. And giving it to the "maybe-unreal" Satoshi doesn't make a lot of sense.
Bitcoin does.
I don't think non-humans or anonymous humans can win the prize.
EU won the nobel peace prize, EU is an organization, just like the bitcoin community. Jump to: