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Bitcoin is hardly the chain for supporting human freedom. You’re maybe looking for $XMR. Or $ARRR if you are extremely paranoid.

Disclosure: I am banned from every bank, financial exchange, and social media service in the world. You can google my nick, I have been a lifelong target of the state. So I am at the forefront of knowing what technologies are best for a given mode of action and commerce, because I can simply ask if I can use them or not. And in most cases the answer with Bitcoin is a resounding “no”. If you are concerned about Bitcoin supporting human freedom, the Core developers are doing the right thing because it will potentially allow scripts large enough to use zk-Snarks. I don’t think Bitcoin is an appropriate chain to implement zk-Snarks by the way, but Core’s decision makes that more possible, and also increases the potential number of instruments that can be attached to the chain via atomic swaps, bypassing the need for regulated exchanges altogether.

Regardless, Bitcoin is providing a cornerstone of a much greater financial system, and the value proposition for securing the Bitcoin network will be asymptotically approaching fee-dependence as block rewards get smaller (and eventually disappear).

Regardless, this kind of apocalyptic rhetoric “LAST SHOT FOR THE FREEDOM OF HUMANITY” type stuff is not helpful. You are not writing this code, and the way that you talk about how the code is being written makes me think you do not have the appropriate technical competence to engage in these discussions.

FreeYoda 2mo ago 💬 1

Than write a book or website explaining why ?

Just disqualifying people won't achieve anything and perhaps even the opposite.

If people don't take the time to explain, defend, argue about their intended changes, they should not work on a project such as Bitcoin.

I understand they can't explain it to everyone individually.

So that's is why we need to find a way, book, website, where these things are explained in a way most people can understand.

My "apocalyptic rhetoric" is founded by a life time experience of governent abuse, ever less freedom.

I think just hoping everything will be all right and looking back at the last 50 to 100 years, probably way more, is more reason to doubt the sanity of a person than my "apocalyptic" view..

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weev 2mo ago

“You need to write a book explaining to reddit posters the reasoning behind your code submission” is an asinine statement by someone whose time clearly has no value at all. This kind of reasoning reflects everything I’ve said in this thread. I just explained why this is good for human freedom. Now I need to write a whole book for it! Nothing will satisfy you people. You are clinically deranged.