Context : AlternativesToCompanies, VirtualNations

Software platform that uses BitCoin-like BlockChain to manage distributed knowledge.

https://www.ethereum.org/

Could, in theory provide distributed contracts that would allow corporations to exist independent of government regulation. Could therefore counter my argument that Capitalism needs government. OnLibertarianism

a client for RaspPi

EthereumApps

See also :

• CoasesBlockChain
• A VinayGupta talk ... he's currently working with Etherium.

Criticism :

• No one needs Turing Complete smart-contracts : http://www.coindesk.com/turing-complete-smart-contracts/
• the requirement (trustably decentral computation) doesn't justify the extra overhead (ie. extra processing on all the nodes)
• meanwhile it can't be fully trustworthy because you rely on oracles which can in principle be bribed by other smart-contracts.