Replying to Avatar Bill Cypher

Go look up steganography.

You cannot know what is in my 1s and 0s unless I teach you the encoding.

Just like human language is incomprehensible until you learn it.

This means you cannot ever prevent me from sharing data anywhere or anyway that I want if I'm determined.

Key concept to bitcoin can't be stopped, but somehow turn it around and all the bitcoiners think they can stop bitcoin now.

If you were right that we could filter then the math is clear that we can all be stopped from using bitcoin at all. The same mathematic principle is at work.

Math doesn't care about your feelings.
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WaffleWater 4mo ago

It seems like your argument is steg tools exist therefore we shouldn't need to use steg tools.

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Bill Cypher 4mo ago

My argument is that steg tools are a working real work example that proves data filtering a motivated opponent is impossible.

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WaffleWater 4mo ago

OK, so how is that relevant to the filter discussion? Is your point that because a motivated actor can sneak hidden data around a filter onto someone elses computer that filters are somehow useless?

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Bill Cypher 4mo ago

Exactly. Why are you taking on the risks of adding all that filtering complexity if you stand 0 chance of modifying the blocks you are going to store?

Every line of code is a potential breaking bug or remote exploit so we do know what risks you take.

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WaffleWater 4mo ago

The code has been there for quite a while and didn't seem to be a problem until Citrea decided it was. Anyway I can make it more difficult to spam the blockchain with kiddie porn I'm going to do. Maybe I can't stop the seriously motivated steg type people but at least I can prevent the average spammer/perv. Open the floodgates to plain as day CP and no normal person will ever consider running a node. I wouldn't.