Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to my article.

I have a number of questions I would really be interested to hear the answers to if you can provide them.

My first question to you is: aren’t you a little confused about what a system of political-economic governance is and what a software system is? I have been in software development for 37 years and, to my knowledge so far, no software system has ever come close to running a government or economy, let alone provided for the perfect balance of freedom and economic security that western liberal democracy has.

Now, I’m not sure if you’re familiar with China. In the last 40 years, it has also been able to lift its citizens out of poverty and give an enormous number of people vastly improved economic security and living standards. It has, however, been a little bit short on the freedom and democracy side of things. Interestingly, however, (and I have direct experience of this, too) it also is one of the few nations to aggressively embrace “blockchain”. Here you can have a look https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/china-launches-national-blockchain-network-100-cities and here is the link to their whitepaper: https://www.bsnbase.com/sys/file/downLoadPdf You can use google translate to get a good idea of how it is proposed to work, if you’re not able to read the Chinese.

When you speak about the corruption of western liberal democracy, I have to ask, in comparison to what? China? Or maybe Zimbabwe? Or Venezuela? Or Russia? Or Hungary? Or Saudi Arabia? Do you mean these non-liberal western democratic systems are better? But, I suppose the most pressing questions in light of your remarks are: are they NOT “corrupt to the core” and do you propose they be liberated by software, as well? Some of them are already in the process, as it were, but don’t seem to be showing improvement in governance or corruption. Possibly, too early or what?

As for Switzerland (where I once lived and worked for the now merged Swiss Bank Corp (Schweizerische Bank Verein), you are aware that it has a particular banking history that was/is a bit associated with “corruption”, correct? This seems like an odd mention in favor of less corruption. And, you also seem to be not entirely informed on the nature and history of Switzerland’s political system. But that is a whole separate subject where I feel if you were a little more informed you might have a less positive disposition den Schweizer gegenueber/vis a vis les Suisses.

Hopefully this provides some things to further consider in your continued exploration of crypto and DDLTs.