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Javed AB 1 year ago
I have a question to the people of #Nostr and @primal here? Is it possible for any government to shut down Nostr? I mean, they can technically make #Bitcoin illegal. Then people who have no idea about world politics would even see you as a criminal.

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Javed AB 1 year ago
One of the reason why I am asking: @Alby asked what Nostr would mean to them. There were so many people saying: Freedom. Powerful people don't want regular people to live in freedom. So one of the many natural consequences would be: try to shut down Nostr.
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Javed AB 1 year ago
This is very strange. Does nobody have an answer to that very essential question?
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1 year ago
From experience i've been banned from my relay list by IP address and forced now to use dummy accounts like this one on mobile because i know they want me to copy my private key and paste into a likely compromised/paid off dev's app. So yes, gov can ban/silence/limit individuals and so by extension shadow ban (make useless to freedom) #nostr.
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Javed AB 1 year ago
I see. If you ever have the time, ability and capacity, feel free to make a video, blog or something else about. I would love to inshallah see it. The point is, I really appreciate #nostr. However, I do not think that it is that kind of freedom as many want to believe. Freedom is something that cannot be taken away from governments - or at least I would define freedom as such.
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talha 1 year ago
Maybe if they shut down the internet and all services dependent on it. But then there will be bigger problems.