The same way the IETF started out as a US Government supported activity.
The same way Tor started out as a US Government funded activity.
The similarity being that they are just standards, not required by anyone. For anyone passing by, analogies exclusively compare similarities, not dissimilarities. Here we are exclusively comparing similarities.
In this case the US government would be helping with optional standards that help provide the glue between market participants faster.
The ethos of the space has nothing to do with the technology. I don't even get what the no regulation meme even means to you as a government helping contract formation and lending credence to one path while showing why is not regulation. Its freedom of association all the way down. Everyone is free to associate with a state contributed contract standard, and free to associate with a random one.
It is noteworthy that I used the words "help" and "collaborate" and you read "USG defining" and "USG regulate". Its the allergy to the word government that has room for re-evaluation. The concept of an adversarial state is familiar, but not all that there is, governments can also be gigantic nonprofits actually functioning in collaboration with the public. Sometimes I use them that way.
The same way Tor started out as a US Government funded activity.
The similarity being that they are just standards, not required by anyone. For anyone passing by, analogies exclusively compare similarities, not dissimilarities. Here we are exclusively comparing similarities.
In this case the US government would be helping with optional standards that help provide the glue between market participants faster.
The ethos of the space has nothing to do with the technology. I don't even get what the no regulation meme even means to you as a government helping contract formation and lending credence to one path while showing why is not regulation. Its freedom of association all the way down. Everyone is free to associate with a state contributed contract standard, and free to associate with a random one.
It is noteworthy that I used the words "help" and "collaborate" and you read "USG defining" and "USG regulate". Its the allergy to the word government that has room for re-evaluation. The concept of an adversarial state is familiar, but not all that there is, governments can also be gigantic nonprofits actually functioning in collaboration with the public. Sometimes I use them that way.