I have my FOMC shirt on today

Just this part “There is a difference using workarounds or loopholes to force arbitrary data into the blockchain or to make it possible per default as core v30 is doing.” (Exclude the last sentence.) I’d like to be able to ask that as a question “Is there a difference…?” without being called a liar, virtue signaler, or fed, as I’m trying in good faith, with curiosity, to figure out how I will use Bitcoin moving forward given this change. Also, a side note, the legal discussion is overly US-centric. There are nearly 200 countries, each with different legal systems. View quoted note →

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So if miners filter out txs with CP in opreturns, is that censorship?

Real talk. IF there’s even one CP in opreturn, what would you do with your node? You can bluster all you want about “fuck the State”, but there is no reality, even in the most anarcho-capitalistic, stateless society where possession isn’t illegal. Ancapistan still has “laws”.

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A masterclass from Bob Murphy. If you were ever confused about tariffs, this is the one to watch.

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https://www.youtube.com/live/G05tmVllLL0 If Hasbara hasn’t targeted Bitcoin yet, it will eventually have to.

I was wrong. I finally finished this and it’s phenomenal. Lex didn’t shut anything down and was enthusiastic about the material. I was biased because the last time I checked a related Lex video, it was James Holland, a British WW2 guy and the comments were praising him as a “real historian”, which at the time, can be inferred to mean contempt for Darryl Cooper and his criticisms of Churchill. I assumed Lex and his audience were just Redditors, but if you look at the comments here, it’s mostly high praise for Scott. This is the greatest podcast I’ve ever seen, a superhuman performance by Scott, who has an unrivaled ability to remember names, dates, events, articles, and quotes. The western world would be a much better place if everyone watched this. Scott is a living legend. View quoted note →

GM, peace among worlds

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