One point that Jason is trying to make is that bitcoin does a great job of defying our current classifications sytems and for good reason. Nothing like it has ever existed before. And so it is important that we continually try to understand Bitcoin, not through the lens of what we already take for granted, but through an honest and objective observation about what Bitcoin really is. This does not end with shoehorning it into 2A. That is simply a footnote along the path of trying to quantify the meaning of this new system that humanity, collectively, does not yet fully understand.

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Why classify it as a weapon then? His thesis is nonsensical.

Sir with all due respect: unless you have read Softwar, you have not read his thesis.

Not giving that grifter $40. I’ve read enough of his work and listened to enough of his podcast appearances to know precisely what game he’s playing.

Congratulations, you’ve fallen for one of the social attack vectors on Bitcoin.

He tried to denigrate someone by saying he is more famous than them. If you respect that kind of person, you deserve what's coming to you.