I get where you are coming from. And the video, "...what happened to this community..." I understand.
I don't disagree with you at all that you don't need laws or rules but 'society' will be diverse - some will want sidewalks where they live, others bike trails. There will always be rules and laws, even with Bitcoin.
And there will be representatives that are elected that help provide some of this - either privately or publicly. It's how you build community, business, technology.
As #Bitcoin grows I'm sure some will be disappointed where it goes - as it expands to the world, and more widespread views.
What we can ALL rely on is the base layer - by running our OWN NODE! And until we are living on the Bitcoin Standard, we will need to deal with politicians. Even more of an issue in 3rd world where dictators are still trying to control everything (in many cases funded by US/IMF sadly).
So I'm not begging Politicians - but I'm still going to vote for those that have a belief in 'permissionless' money and abandoning KYC.
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I didn't even intend that as a broad libertarian/anarchist statement. I'm only saying it makes no sense to ask someone else permission for a permissionless money. If one is only going to make approved transaction there is no reason to use Bitcoin for that, just use fiat. If you are going to follow all the rules anyway, Bitcoin is much worse to use than fiat.
The Bitcoin Standard wont ever be a thing on white markets. Governments wont sit idly by and let it usurp fiat currency. They will continue to increase regulatory burden on their markets until artificial cost to use or hold Bitcoin is too burdensome. Or simply make transactions require "approved regulated custodians". White market use of Bitcoin will eventually be completely captured. You can see the direction were heading compared to even five years ago.
It's either permissionless or it's not. And if it is permissionless it is not compatible with white market transactions by definition.