One important thing I forgot to mention during the re-recording, is the following: the freedoms that bitcoin provides rest on responsibility. The responsibility of each and every one of us to use bitcoin in a self-sovereign way. To hold our own keys, run our own nodes, and provide our own hash. Without shouldering this responsibility, all freedoms would fall apart.

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Well, any kind of freedom carries with it the burden of bearing responsibility. Which I believe is the reason so few people want to be truly free.
Years ago I remember loosing a friendship when I found out one my friends downloaded terabytes of torrents for decades without even once contributing by providing uploads of what he downloaded (not once in over 20 years!). I explain to him that he was a parasite and that is behaviour is exactly what "does not allow us to have good things", you cannot just take without also giving. He just didn't give a shit
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