The pulse of the dead.

I go to a lot of social events where I do talk to people who work in crypto and virtual asset services. Thankfully, I'm fairly unknown in my country. Very few people will actually know what I do, so that allows me to talk quite freely during those events.

I take those opportunities to take the pulse of the sector and the people working in the sector and to see what their thoughts are on issues that are relevant.

Well, on my recent pulse-taking session last weekend, I spoke to two quote unquote hardcore Bitcoiners. I asked them what they thought about KYC AML. Though they had some basic understanding on the Bank Secrecy Act in the United States, and some vague recollection of having heard financial action task force before, They did not seem bothered by what was coming down the pipeline, which I gracefully volunteered to them.

These are the very people who should get angry, who should rise up and collaborate in order to push back the totalitarian provisions that are being put in place. Instead, I just saw shrugs and they continued sipping their drinks.

Has the Bitcoin community... Have you all given up? You obviously know bad things are happening. And yet, are you one of the people who just shrugs it all off? Do you think everything is better now because Trump is in power?

It's exactly because somebody like Trump is in power that you have to act now and act hard because changes are coming and the US is not pushing back against them.