My answer: Bitcoin is for enemies means you cannot stop the state from offering very high fee-rates to fill blocks with pointless transactions that do nothing and the state cannot stop you from offering a higher fee-rate.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @PictureRoom 4h
Bitcoin doesn't care
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @falsefaucet 4h
trustless and permissionless, when done properly
'bitcoin is for enemies' just has a better ring to it
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254 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 13h
I read it as implicitly saying "Bitcoin is for everyone, including your enemies."
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212 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 13h
Implicit in that statement is the idea that however "enemies" is defined, they can't be blocked from the network.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Solomonsatoshi 6h
All people living in autocracies are blocked from using Bitcoin as a MoE without risking state prosecution.
People in almost all 'liberal western democracies' cannot use BTC MoE lawfully without hugely onerous transaction recording and collation and tax calculation and payment obligations.
BTC is effectively hugely obstructed as a legal MoE, globally.
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 2h
We have a big problem. And IMO the 'social media' environment is making this worse because people argue with each instead of looking for solutions.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 12h
Yes!
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202 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet 12h
Bitcoin's fixed supply does exactly that, its just over long time horizons. It would be unsustainable for them to do so since they can't print Bitcoin to do it with in perpetuity. Spammers must pay.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 7h
Yes, and it does it to everyone equally. Which means there are not cases where one part can do something to Bitcoin that others cannot.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 7h
In a policy sense yes, arbitrary policy like happens in fiat does not effect the many since Bitcoin is the consensus average of it's users
It does however give monopolies on physical force new powers relative to others by decoupling security zones from monetary zones, tradeoffs.
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202 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 11h
I hadn't seen that phrase before, so I don't know the context. The way I see it is, 'bitcoin is for enemies' in the sense that two people who are enemies can still rely on bitcoin to make transactions with each other.
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 7h
I don't know where it came from, but it is an important viewpoint to keep in mind.
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510 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 11h
To me it's always meant that whomever your enemy may be, they will be able to use bitcoin just like you. It doesn't really matter if the state is your enemy, some ordinal spammer, or your ex-wife; they'll all use Bitcoin as they please, as long as they are paying.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 10h
This is the explanation I should have written. Exactly.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 8h
Having peace with this is hard for many bitcoiners today. Which is somewhat odd because that feels like external influence, not intrinsic.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 6h
Without the security and rule of law provided by the state you would be a quivering wreck.
Libertarians are incorrigible hypocrits as they almost never abandon the protection of the state and go to live somewhere there is no functional state.
Bitcoin treats all participants equally - unlike the way fiat gives privilege to usurers and governments...and the USA to whom it gives exceptional privilege...
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 7h
In short, permissionless.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 8h
Money is universal. That is what it means to me. Also, land, gold, fill in the blank. It's not an ideology or a political movement. It's not a culture or religion. All of those can be build around or include bitcoin but an elemental thing is for anyone regardless of your relationship to them.
Bitcoin don't care about you.
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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @Tony 9h
Your post reminded me of this timeless piece by Mike Goldstein
Everyone’s a scammer
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 7h
It's an excellent post. Almost could be re-said as: everyone is an enemy.
The miners are your enemy.
The developers are your enemy.
The other users are your enemy.
But because we have this viewpoint, we are able to come to agreement every 10 minutes or so.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @fourrules 10h
It means it's universal.
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7 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 6h
its the sort of money you would want an enemy to use because its incorruptible
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