212 sats \ 0 replies \ @nk1tz 27 Feb \ parent \ on: AJ Towns censoring on Delving Bitcoin to cover Bitcoin Core backdoors ? bitcoin
He had every right to object to a disruption of existing and appropriately risk-managed 0conf use cases.
Especially so when core contributors were also projecting an explicit desire to turn the default to ON in a future release on the back of its introduction.
I disagree that this isn’t related. Both situations are examples of pushing aside well articulated critique to achieve a false sense of consensus.
You have an account number, that account number is associated with your IP + traffic logs (which may or may not exist, but likely do exist in some form let's be honest), those logs are a fingerprint to your identity.
Better to be realistic about it.
The defining feature of tech progress in the last 50 years has been the integrated circuit, PC, and internet embodied in mobiles and drones. These technologies enable imperial power, fulfilling tyrants' dreams, but also embody oligarchs' fantasies of eugenics.
The most potent enemy of centralization is Bitcoin, as it eliminates the trust problem and imperator role. Bitcoin supports a transition to a kingless society and eliminates banking power. This arc of history began with cryptography in the 17th century, leading to decentralization and privacy. With Bitcoin, decentralization has reached its highest form of resistance.
The last two years showed the peak of old networks' power. The only tech innovations now are decentralization and privacy, offering the potential to eliminate violence, deception, and coercion. These will dictate future power and wealth flow, flattening human society and allowing the one with most centralization resistance and privacy to rise as the new nobility.
What do you mean "by the end of the year?" We are already in January. Do you mean to say you aren't going live with beta until Q4 2023?
Sweet idea. Very creative.
I'm curious if Liquid settlement risk is part of your internal risk assessment?
GENESIS