555 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 6 May \ on: Books And Articles Newsletter, Issue 14 BooksAndArticles
Your account of how the Samourai thing hit you makes me think (for the millionth time) how you have a big opportunity in this space (or perhaps any space) to bring something of yourself to it, and to fill a niche that only you can, whatever that is. Man, how cool to read a thoughtful @siggy47 series, or a book, or whatever, synthesizing the relevant legal aspects? Nobody else is doing that.
If you're like me, you might get in your own way by thinking: well shit, there are ten million people better positioned to do this; I'm a lawyer of type x but what's really needed is a lawyer of type y or whatever.
But if there's anything btc has taught me, it's that there wasn't some particular credential or skillset that was needed for anything, ever. Instead, people had desires, and they brought something to the table, and they fulfilled their desires as best they could, learning what was needed along the way, and it all evolved in such an interesting and creative journey: they became capable of what needed to be done. They found niches that would previously have been unimaginable.
Or rather, they didn't found them, they dug them. Perhaps they mined them.
Anyway. I've been glad for your scattershot posts. I'd be glad for something less scattershot, too. If something in that calls to you, maybe listen to the feeling.
Thanks for the encouragement and expression of confidence. This is accurate:
If you're like me, you might get in your own way by thinking: well shit, there are ten million people better positioned to do this; I'm a lawyer of type x but what's really needed is a lawyer of type y or whatever.
Also, I'm aware of what's really necessary for bitcoin to get the legal advocacy it deserves. I will post on SN when I feel I have something useful to add to the conversation. I also am trying to put together a legal resource reference that bitcoin lawyers might benefit from. That's a big project. Beyond that, I lack the energy, time and yes, talent, to do more.
Bitcoin needs legal advocacy that is in all respects better than the government's, and that's a lot to ask. They have unlimited fiat resources to commit to an attack. I always find myself going back to the whole zen idea that I mentioned in my Zen of Stacking Sats posts. I guess the principles apply to every endeavor. Our dream lawyer team will have mastered and internalized all of the issues, both case law and constitutional, while at the same time bringing the art of advocacy. It is an art. Like in any field, it's not easily taught. It's a talent.
My ideal outcome would be advocacy so good that to hold against bitcoin would reveal the corruption of the system, and the obvious refutation of the freedoms upon which the US was founded. In other words, to force the courts to rule with us or risk confidence in the system.
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