14 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 3 Jun 2022
Fun fact: Germany is the second most active country on SN. https://plausible.io/stacker.news/countries
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3 sats \ 0 replies \ @mf OP 3 Jun 2022
Signal!
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13 sats \ 1 reply \ @faithandcredit 3 Jun 2022
If EU want to argue "Microsoft bad, google bad, too much power" it seems they cant argue self hosted is bad unless they want to be hypocrite
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mf OP 3 Jun 2022
Exactly! That said, it wouldn't surprise anyone.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @felix 3 Jun 2022
Yessss – so happy that they actually understand that we don't have to go deeper in terms of control than what we already have.
KYC & AML already happens enough through exchanges – and it works better than the FIAT system.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @nerd2ninja 3 Jun 2022
Interesting. I wonder why Germany made this descision. I agree with it of course, but I just don't understand why Germany does.
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14 sats \ 0 replies \ @felix 3 Jun 2022
I think we simply got lucky with who actually worked on that stuff. Always depends on which parliamentary focus group + consultants are working on a particular policy – got lucky this time!
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3 sats \ 1 reply \ @mf OP 3 Jun 2022
Possibly someone knows where the ship is heading to and is hodling
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nerd2ninja 3 Jun 2022
Very interesting
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