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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @duuv 8 Jun \ on: EU's launching its own DNS, and people are worried it'll break up the internet security
Probably next year every company in the EU will have to use their DNS servers. Perfect for filtering and surveillance.
"Protect your right to transact freely"? I hope you guys are kidding.
We're not going to ask permission, as @Dartcoin mentioned, to use Bitcoin wallets? Self-custodial wallets do not require permission. Perhaps you're taking about custodial wallets. If that is the case, then the current trajectory of the state is to be expected.
Just stop using custodial wallets.
The new California bill, that can seize your bitcoin after it has been idle for 3 years and with no login, etc., gives enough alarm bells for me. Those rules will only be loosened in favor of the state, I assume.
111 sats \ 1 reply \ @duuv 3 Aug 2024 \ parent \ on: Suggest me the best place to live on Earth alter_native
One of the criteria I use to live somewhere is how did they respond to covid. Australia did it full on totalitarian and beyond.
I like Stacker News as it is. I would love for an increase in the body font size. I find it too small.
Amazing news!
How did you get the merchants to attend the Bitcoin meetups? That seems like the first challenge.
What is the end goal of their climate policies? Speeding up a total economic meltdown where a large part of the world population own nothing and are poor? Then you have absolute control?