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Lyn Alden's avatar Lyn Alden
Many bitcoiners think establishment powers are now in the "and then they join you" phase of the struggle. I don't. I think they're more entering the earlier "and then they fight you" phase. Or more specifically, they are happy to join in on the price exposure side (i.e. ETFs), but they are fighting against privacy (especially) and self-custody (to some extent). The struggle for financial privacy, custody, and overall self-autonomy is just heating up. The gradual shift of critics from "bitcoin is a useless speculative asset with no intrinsic value" to "bitcoin is so powerful that direct usage of it must be curtailed" can be dangerous. image
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Petar 1 year ago
would you say this is the "and then they bite you" phase? great whites out there with big sharp teeth
Have there been any test cases yet, challenging AML on privacy grounds? Hate that angle, but it’s how the system works.
It's naturally scary and feels bad to see things go down this way. But I gotta say I am so fucking stoked I get to be alive to witness this battle in human history. Technology will eventually crush efforts to surveil and control. Just hoping I get to see that out to it's end in my lifetime.