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. 9 months ago
Self custody as we know it is in the crosshairs in America If the court precendent stands that self custodial software is not free from the Bank Secrecy Act then all self custody software will fail to meet the requirements...creating a defacto ban on running self custodial bitcoin software. Wallets, nodes, miners cannot comply with the KYC bullshit. This is an inside job between anti bitcoin politicians and the woke DOJ weilding lawfare when they can't win public support or the ballet box. We are sleep walking into this. Meanwhile all these soy think boi corpo simps are shitcoining wall street iou's and wearing orange ties. An 80 year old judge isn't going to give a shit or understand the nuances between the custodial arguements, the nature of shitposting on twitter or the long term implications. Where have all the toxic Bitcoiner's gone?

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Eternal 9 months ago
huh, larping bitcoiners were never real bitcoiners and there aren't alot of the so called toxic bitcoiners.... left in the USA. bahaha.
Very serious concerns. We must be vigilant. This is where the cucks attempt to garrote sovereignty, and we will be landed back in the prison of banks; Satoshi’s vision/gift to the world sterilized. nevent1qqs8pm2rrme07hqx46d545ryy364790rx7q74a5u0ecc00mcxslt6fcpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcf4mfm3
I fear the same thing. I think Samurai devs are in for many years of legal fighting even if they eventually get out of it. and they will need our support. And as btc users, we that are holding keys should be prepared for multi-year periods where self-custody is illegal. Don't cave, perservere, keep your stacks private, spend regardless of your gov't (it's what the protocol is all about!)
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. 9 months ago
The tornado cash case judge ruled that Fincen custody/self custody diatinction was not relevant to being a money service business. The Samourai case feds argue that transfering data is custody or some convoluted nonsense like a knife maker is responsible for anything the knife does.
Bitcoin is Apex asset cuz it allows plebs and ultra poor access to most hardened money .. at practically zero txn fees and no entry barrier .. KYC is a barrier.. we must fight any and everything that makes it harder for plebs to stack sats !
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. 9 months ago
We shall see. I would prefer that our representatives stop being such fucking retards and pass a clear law. Why we always forced to deal with such hanky panky bullshit?
they keep the grey area so they can justify going back on their word in the future when it begins to inconvenience them.
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Rothbardian 9 months ago
whatever they say -- the sooner they declare us all as illegal, the sooner their slavery system will end
Extremely troubling. nevent1qqs8pm2rrme07hqx46d545ryy364790rx7q74a5u0ecc00mcxslt6fcpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcf4mfm3
Can you share more detail? I thought there was a strong precedent in place that software is essentially speech and therefore protected under free speech rules No doubt they want to nail Bitcoin, and will try anyway But I don’t see how if that’s true
Repeal the bank secrecy act nevent1qqs8pm2rrme07hqx46d545ryy364790rx7q74a5u0ecc00mcxslt6fcpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcf4mfm3
Well, good luck for them trying to implement this. We cannot forget that some laws can be costly for the state to the point of being unviable.
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1776 9 months ago
Yay another nothingburger post with no references
GM ☕🔥 Are you ready to become an illegal bitcoin user?
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Self custody as we know it is in the crosshairs in America If the court precendent stands that self custodial software is not free from the Bank Secrecy Act then all self custody software will fail to meet the requirements...creating a defacto ban on running self custodial bitcoin software. Wallets, nodes, miners cannot comply with the KYC bullshit. This is an inside job between anti bitcoin politicians and the woke DOJ weilding lawfare when they can't win public support or the ballet box. We are sleep walking into this. Meanwhile all these soy think boi corpo simps are shitcoining wall street iou's and wearing orange ties. An 80 year old judge isn't going to give a shit or understand the nuances between the custodial arguements, the nature of shitposting on twitter or the long term implications. Where have all the toxic Bitcoiner's gone?
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. 9 months ago
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