if the gov ever makes an example out of you 60% of the “bitcoin community” will be indifferent 35% will cheer it on 4.99% will publicly support you .01% will do something about it

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The solution must be that government can’t make an example out of you because they don’t know who you are
privacy is inherently fragile strong network is antifragile the latter is a much better investment
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4ier 4 months ago
I don't wanna spoil your day with a blackpill, but if the US government want to find you hard enough, it's very likely they will succeed. Search about the security issues of Intel ME and AMD PSP. You're only safe if you're using a 15yo hardware with modified firmware, and I'm only talking about one vector of attack. There are also other documented stuff, like using the wires of your machine as an antenna to send data without internet and stuff like that. It's hard to hide from an organization with an infinite budget and a lot of smart people.
I like to think that a large portion of us want the same. Could be the reason we are where we are because what it takes is harder than we really want to imagine. Some day we will be required to step up. I hope we can answer the call for humanity’s sake 🫡
.01% glad we have them! There are protective measures against this. Anonymity, privacy and general opsec are shields some Bitcoiners refuse to use. We simply can not help those. For the rest I have to say that you best treat it as a spiritual probe. No government can ever kill your soul if it is a the right place. If you have to die by the sword of the government, so be it. If Jesus could take it, so can you! Just prepare yourself for the moment so you will recognise your chance to meet god or however you may want to call the ultimate presence.
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Btcwrestle 4 months ago
We witnessed this with Samourai. Majority indifferent.
Step up is important. But becoming invisible or state repeller also is important. Use privacy tools wherever you go. Fucking use Monero as well. It's your shield for an unknown future.
Sometimes those numbers are appropriate. I mean, rarely... But sometimes.
Milgram and Pareto ratios come to mind. Makes me question free will. Not for the minority who embraces BTC for the creative liberty offered, but the obscure motives of the majority. As if determinism is an autoimmune system, ready to fend off, populate and dominate any attempts of emerging free will in the universe.
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Cultures of resistance can take decades to cultivate The IRA came from 100 years of soccer and songs There must be a formal above and below ground separation of tactics A price must always be paid
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Sovereign Press 4 months ago
It is irrelevance to the system making the example. Twelve words. Self custody. No permitted issuer. No custodial exchange. No biometric verification connecting identity to holdings. The person who is genuinely outside the system is a poor example. There is nothing visible to make an example of. Build the invisibility before they need to look. 🟠 Sovereign Press
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Juan L. 4 months ago
Is that the humble 0.01% that hold 27% of all Bitcoin?
how can we improve these numbers, @ODELL?
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if the gov ever makes an example out of you 60% of the “bitcoin community” will be indifferent 35% will cheer it on 4.99% will publicly support you .01% will do something about it
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4ier 4 months ago
Well, it's not impossible to hide if you have the required knowledge, but the CIA could know who is satoshi and just not disclose it. What we know is that he was scared when WikiLeaks started to use Bitcoin, so probably he was aware that it is hard to hide from them.
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Btcwrestle 4 months ago
It's probably just vibes. In my opinion, 90% indifferent, 8% cheer it on because Samourai mean tweets and 1% support them and 1% do something about it. Still only ~15k signatures on the petition. Minimal donations compared to donations to Roman Storm. People have memory holed it. Bitcoin community abandoned them but it's not surprising because they stopped caring about privacy 5+ years ago. Hard not to be black pilled.
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4ier 4 months ago
Well, if you don't believe me, just think about what a skilled hacker could do if the cpu manufacturers colaborate with him. Now imagine that there's thousand of hackers. Now imagine that they have a ridiculous amount of money and access to an enormous amount of information and knowledge.
there aren't any nonprivate strong networks. interactacting privately is a fundamenta aspect of strength and resilience in a network.
Nobody "Publicly" knows who Satoshi is, but it is almost certainly the case that their identitie(s) are known to someone in a position of power. We like to think that a lone person invented the thing that will end the current oppressive system, but it is almost certain that the system knows and has already neutralised the issue...
It’s easier to hide when you’re not actively needed for the project. I often wonder if the samourai team would’ve been arrested if the whirlpool coordinator thing was decentralized
Would be cool to have a samurai day where we all use the open source project and 10% goes to the guys.
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Roboto 4 months ago
This will have to change if we wanna win
That .01 percent got Ross free. It doesn't take an army maybe he would of got out sooner if more people did something about it.
Satoshi set the example of how to not be made an example of by the government. There is blurred lines between bravery and ego
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Deleted Account 4 months ago
And yet if I had 0.01% of the hashrate that would be wild. If I had 0.01% of the total supply that would be wild. If I had 0.01% of the smartest, hardest working bad asses in the bitcoin network in my corner, that’d be more than most can boast. Proud pleb 🫡
🫡 Yes, but if you truly believe in Mandibles pathway (as you have mentioned previously), you must do your best Mandibles looks more likely every month, prepare accordingly
That 5% includes your tribe & a few cashed up OGs who respect the fight that you put in for all bitcoiners. Don't underestimate the power behind that support and don't limit it to .01%. If the government wants to set a precedent & make an example for others, don't give them that. Set a freedom orientated precedent & watch all the support that you'll get. This will take time & will be very uncomfortable for you & your family. There's no guarantee that you'll be repaid the value you tried to deliver but bitcoiners tend to repay their debts. We're generally wary of supporting victims especially if they've made things much harder for the next guy.
you can have a strong network that provides resilience without privacy in fact too much privacy often goes against network resilience try to lock up kylie jenner and see how people react then try to lock up a random anon and noone will care
similarly, people are much more likely to rally around ODELL than you or me
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Benking 4 months ago
It depends on a lot of factors, and these percentages don’t apply to every community. People’s reactions vary based on things like culture, the level of government repression, and the laws in place. Overall, it feels like the further we go, the more people focus only on themselves and care less about others. There are plenty of examples, like #Samourai, who’s still in prison.
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Base0 4 months ago
I think there is one thing that is not taken into account about the new generations, few of them wonder why things happen, this may seem negative and it clearly is, but they also do not need to understand the software and its programming to trust it. We are in the years when generations born after Bitcoin are about to enter the economic system. They are 15 years old, the first will begin working for the state in the next cycle. I was born in the 90s, I learned about bitcoin as a teenager, but despite understanding it as software, I did not understand its need to exist until I started working for the state.
(this is the first time Odell is mentioning it and it'll probably be the last, don't forget Odell cheered at the children being raped amd killed by Israeli pedophiles
I guess when you get to a certain level words don’t have consequences, and apparently they expire too, LoL. Whatever. Your actions speak louder than anything you say, and people see not just what you do, but what you fail to do as well.