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Marriage is instituted by God, not the state. Sure the state currently does legal things with the name marriage. But if you don't like it, you can make your own contract without telling the state. But simply sharing a house doesn't mean you're married. Marriage is primarily a committment between two people.
So would you consider it marriage if the guy put a ring on her finger and did proof of existence on the timechain? ..no need for pageantry and recognition of third parties?
I'm not sure exactly what you're saying...
I don't have a 100% thought out definition.
However, in some places people can't interact with their government and they still have a small ceremony with some tribal leader or such.
Before Sweden accepted gay marriage and started forcing rules on the church, all pastors could wed people. But everyone but the state church gave up that right so they wouldn't be forced to wed someone that was against their conscience. They will still hold ceremonies but the couple either needs to bring in a priest for a certain section, or go to the court to sign the papers, for it to be legally acknowledged. In my opinion, those people are still married under God after the church ceremony, even if it takes them a few days before they end up filing the legal paperwork.
So, I think there needs to be some kind of commitment expressed, and at least 1 witness.
I'm not sure I understand the "proof of existence on the timechain" part, but it sounds like they'd be marking their commitment in a permanent place, though not with the state, so that seems acceptable and even good to me.
A timechain, in the context of Bitcoin, refers to the chronological order of blocks in the blockchain. The blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that records all transactions on the Bitcoin network, and each block contains a record of a group of transactions. Each block is linked to the previous block by a hash, creating a chain of blocks that is known as the blockchain.
^^get your vows on here or it didn't happen 🫡