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If any if the Jason Lowery fans have an answer for this question please let me know as he refuses to respond and blocks any resistance on twitter.

What will happen to the decentralisation of Bitcoin if he is successful as framing it as a weapon. ASIC miners will be designated as munitions and regulations placed on their ownership, manufacturing and distribution?

Code is speech and nothing more. Miners are only doing mathematical equations.

Trying to sneak in a 2nd amendment issue opens a whole new attack vector with the ability to sanction companies that produce miners and restrict who owns them, who can ship them etc.

Appreciate if someone has an answer as to why we entertain this new propaganda campaign.

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( -_-) 2y ago

If decentralization can be stopped by an argument, it was never that robust to begin with.

Watch some of Eric's talks on bitcoins *actual* security model: https://youtu.be/OdqMhzOL1_U

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FarCue 2y ago

Don't think stopped. Think controlled and removed ability to mine independently from the government.

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( -_-) 2y ago

Not if you do it secretly at small scale That's how true decentralization happens - as a response to government attack. What we have now is not decentralized.

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FarCue 2y ago

You're not getting it. They aren't trying to attack it yet. 1st they must co opt and control it.

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( -_-) 2y ago

Co-opt and control what?

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FarCue 2y ago

The hash power and ability to even hash. There trying to designste mathematical equations as weapons. They only allow selected contractors to own operate or distribute ASICs

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( -_-) 2y ago

Way too US centric of a view - US gov does not have that much power. And if they are going to go that far, the narrative doesn't matter - they will use any bullshit excuse to do it. A piece of paper is not a defense.

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FarCue 2y ago

They need to garner public support. Why do you think this operation was done this way. 😆 release your thesis as a book 😆 🤣 😂 yeah let's see if these stupid pricks will pay us to brain wash them. It can't be a government operation if I voluntary bought it right 😆 😂 😅

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( -_-) 2y ago

... so don't buy the book. Information can't hurt you. If the arguments are invalid, they can be countered. But you can't really intelligently counter his arguments unless you actually read/listen to them.

That's the same thing nocoiners are guilty of - dismissal without facing the logic of bitcoin head on.

More content out there that gets people to think deeply about bitcoin is a good thing imo.

I'd rather people get into bitcoin because they independently came to understand its importance, rather than fomo in because NgU and then get rugged.

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FarCue 2y ago

I've already directly refuted the central point of thesis. CODE IS SPEECH. the government already lost this battle in court with the PGP case. Why do you think they are trying to open this new attack vector?

What I find the most offensive is people willing advocating to hand the government more control to fix government corruption.

Govern me harder daddy