I don't think autonomous 'corporations' are anything new. If you replace Bitcoin with the gold market , most of the statements in the article still apply.
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Gold can be thought of as the first real autonomous ‘corporation’ although you probably don’t see it that way. Think about it – it provides a payment protocol and employs traders to maintain that protocol.
The idea is the same – this corporation has revenues, expenditures and profits. However, once again, no one owns this entity, it owns itself.
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I think you're probably right. Except in this case, bitcoin was actually designed. Gold and gold deposits just naturally had the right characteristics to work as a currency.
""" Gold can be thought of as the first real autonomous ‘corporation’ although you probably don’t see it that way. Think about it – it provides a payment protocol and employs traders to maintain that protocol.
The idea is the same – this corporation has revenues, expenditures and profits. However, once again, no one owns this entity, it owns itself. """