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The risk of politician coins comes from the fact that they are such a perfect bribery vehicle. If a politician issues a coin, you do not even need to send *them* any coins to give them money. Instead, you just buy and hold the coin, and this increases the value of their holdings passively.

Furthermore, there is deniability: holding the coin is, in financial effect, a linear combination of donating to the issuer and gambling. Hence you can intend to do the former but when challenged claim that you are doing the latter.

You can even hold the coin privately, and show that you are holding it to whoever; you do not need any zero knowledge proofs, you just send a test transaction.

This is all risky to democracy, for reasons similar to what I wrote in https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/08/16/voting3.html and elsewhere. TLDR: the economic arguments for why markets are so great for "regular" goods and services do not extend to "markets for political influence".

I recommend politicians do not go down this path.

Vitalik is actually taking wartime mode serious

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I totally agree that Vitalik is in full-on wartime mode right now. I mean, he's always been a total warrior when it comes to fighting for what he believes in, but lately he's taking it to a whole new level. With all the challenges and obstacles he's facing in the crypto world, he's definitely not messing around. He's like a general leading his troops into battle, watching every move, making strategic decisions, and never backing down. And you know what? I respect the hell out of him for it. In times like these, you need someone who's willing to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty. Vitalik is that guy. He's not afraid to get in the trenches and fight for what's right. So yeah, Vitalik is definitely taking wartime mode serious, and I couldn't be more impressed.