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1100 sats \ 7 replies \ @petertodd 4 Jan \ on: [important] wallet geofence on at 3a CT: North Korea, Iran, Syria, Ukraine, Cuba meta

Why are you geofencing Ukraine rather than Russia?

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @k00b OP 4 Jan

Because that's what a lawyer told me to do which is what ofac likely stipulates. Technically it's supposed to be specific regions of Ukraine:

Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk

But I don't have that kind of accuracy with the IP range database I'm using.

2 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 4 Jan

Got a link to the IP range DB?

210 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 4 Jan

https://ipapi.is

https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/blob/29a864049313c3e9906e208b657114d5b048c984/worker/ofac.js#L7-L8

1000 sats \ 3 replies \ @petertodd 4 Jan

And you're not geofencing Russia?

98 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 4 Jan

I'm geofencing who lawyers tell me to geofence and they did not tell me to geofence Russia. If it wouldn't jeopardize SN's existence, I wouldn't geofence anyone. It's crude, ineffective, and SN is a fucking toy.

1000 sats \ 1 reply \ @petertodd 4 Jan

Anyone with a bit of courage and common sense would do the obvious thing: geofence Russia instead of Ukraine.

You doing the opposite is disgusting cowardness.

Re: "there are unlikely to be many stackers in these regions", I've given multiple well attended talks in Ukraine, including two during the full scale invasion. One of the well known researchers on Lightning and mempools is living in Kyiv right now, among others.

1222 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 4 Jan

You're right. This is disgusting cowardliness. Even if I'm not making this decision to protect myself, I am a disgusting coward.

I don't follow the war. I don't have anything against any normal person in any of these regions. I'm Persian and these geofences block most of my family from using SN.

I hope this is remedied by going non-custodial, or SN relocating outside of the US, but I don't fucking know to be honest.