This book is garbage, the arguments in it are incoherent, Lowery is a self-aggrandizing dipshit whose entire "career" in the btc space has been appeals to authority as some kind of military strategist genius, all of it dripping w/ implication that he's a valued voice in the Halls of Power. How many tweets where he's talking about giving briefings to some VIP? Cringe-worthy AF.

In nearly every way I can think of he's been Bad for Bitcoin. This isn't some brave censorship battle by btc's own Aaron Swartz, it's the swatting of an idiot fly by the overlords he's been fawning to, and it's win-win-win. A bunch of btc personalities should be embarrassed as fuck for the reception they gave him on the podcast circuit.

Funny how those on the conservative right are the first ones to ban any book that doesn't fit their narrative/talking points but as soon as the other side does it you're the first ones to call foul. ::shrugs::

at least the left isn't banning books because they can't handle the historical/factual truths.

Almost reads like a marketing stunt. An event with undisclosed details occurs that halts distribution of the book and makes the drives up intrigue for the book in general. The psychological effect ends up being "if the government is trying to censor it, it must be a valuable read right?"

I've skimmed through the thesis contents myself and have similar opinions to Jameson Lopp on the book. It's interesting but nothing too novel. His main strength has been in marketing and monetizing the idea. I'm not claiming that Lowery is lying about getting a takedown order, but I do wonder whether he knew this would happen and if it's all part of his marketing strategy.

I like this psyop wars, means we are on the right track