I was very happy to see this in my inbox just now:
“The security of property, and the freedom of speech always go together; and in those countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarce call anything else his own.” – B E N J A M I N F R A N K L I N
Bitcoin’s Protection under the First Amendment
There is so much gold here:
Most (if not all) governmental restrictions targeting bitcoin have failed to account for the fact that, under bedrock First Amendment principles, bitcoin activity is entitled to First Amendment protection. First, bitcoin consists entirely of the creation and transmission of information, which is speech protected by the First Amendment. Second, bitcoin activity is at minimum protected expressive conduct. And third, participation in the bitcoin network is expressive association separately safeguarded by the First Amendment.