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Bill Cypher bill@nostrplebs.com 2 months ago
It is either illegal to run a node or not. You are either serving CSAM or not. The amount that changes that is "any at all" not "less than an alleged alternate reality I made up" There are way better and cheaper ways to store CSAM just like any other data. The only reason to do it is an attack. This isn't a situation where people will upload their collection anymore than people will upload their MP3 collection. The path is already there before core 30. All we lack is the motivated attacker.
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Super Testnet 2 months ago
> It is either illegal to run a node or not. You are either serving CSAM or not. You seem to be equating these two things but I don't think that's valid. If the blockchain became illegal the moment *any* CSAM entered it, then it would already be illegal, because there is already a small amount of CSAM on it. (source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/20/child-abuse-imagery-bitcoin-blockchain-illegal-content) Since it is not illegal, it must follow that a small amount of CSAM does not make the blockchain illegal. And therefore it is not binary, as you seem to be claiming. Spam filters that help reduce the amount of CSAM are good even if they don't entirely eliminate it.
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