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Janis 3 months ago
Not a Knots apologist, though I’ll sound like one with this question. I genuinely don’t understand how the 100kb data storage on-chain is not a legitimate worry. Like, given enough time someone will push CSAM on-chain. If for no other reason than to see the world burn, or because they’ve opened a huge short on Hyperliquid. And that would likely lead to a “floor discovery phase”. What am I not getting?

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No one is really arguing that the 100kb is a good idea. But CSAM can already be put on chain regardless. This fork would give someone (Luke) the power to roll back bitcoin. The entire CSAM argument is retarded.
No worries, and it's a good question. First, at least according to The Guardian iirc, there's already CSAM on chain, and forking it at a blockheight in the future won't remove that. So if the argument is that anyone storing this data on their computer will be liable in a court of law, then that ship has already sailed or the chain needs to be rolled back to ~2017. Second, embedding CSAM on-chain was already possible before the op-return increase, which was reasoned to be included to disincentivize other forms of data storage that are more harmful to the network, such as by bloating the UTXO set. Third and most importantly, this proposed legal theory simply does not hold up in the face of anyone familiar with the law. Bitcoin nodes (and bitoin miners) are at least by US regulators largely understood to be facilitating communication, and communication providers are not liable for the content they relay or host. Interestingly, holding communications providers liable for the content they host was a large part of the original cryptowars. If that theory had pertained, the internet would simply not exist as nobody would be willing to build services with such a risk attached, as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, etc would routinely lose Billions to hosting CSAM. Hope that helps.
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umni 3 months ago
Organized religions are a major threat to bitcoin. There's a perfect storm coming, with interests of failing nation states aligning with big religion. The existence of both depends on the individuals domination. consuming agency, infantilizing the population into submission. Both want two control the flow of information, it's no coincidence the growth in online censorship is being pushed at the same time religion is gaining popularity. We are being encircled. Bitcoin is the ultimate defense for freedom of speech, because of this it is the ultimate target. There maybe very few agents of these collectivist forces that understand, but the emergent behavior of the State/Religion, is taking this deadly serious. Religions will often fight from their righteous, moral high ground. A position most are unaccustomed and uneasy to dealing with. The cage is being built and most "bitcorners" are helping!