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If the RESTRICT Act is passed, it will give digital freedom activists like the EFF the chance to challenge it in the supreme court, and subsequently legally codify running software code as a form of speech protected by the 1st amendment.
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DrDaniel ⚡️ 2y ago

Haven’t the courts already established that computer code is (protected) speech?

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Fiat Shenanigans 🤡🌎 2y ago

Publishing code is protected, if you're an American. Not necessarily if you're deemed a foreign agent. But running code hasn't been addressed definitively yet.

The end result we want to see is for broadcasting Bitcoin transactions across the internet to be considered protected speech.