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True, discourage is not "ethically unacceptable", that's going too far. But I think it's unwise. I am not going to try to assess whether every hash embedded in the chain is a "good or wise" usage of bitcoin transactions.
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Hanshan 8mo ago

its extremely difficult, basically impossible

to decide policy by ethics in a community that is not homogeneous.

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waxwing 8mo ago

Fair point. I think permissionlessness is right up there with 21 million imo. Without it bitcoin is worthless.

"All the trust required to make it work..."

(Of course if you thought that at a protocol, algorithmic level, you could prevent non-financial usage, this argument wouldn't apply; bitcoin would remain permissionless in the way that matters. But imo this perspective is not just technically wrong, but incoherent)