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Some people seem to want to argue that there is already CSAM in Bitcoin's blockchain. This is false. Bitcoin today does not support images at all - only arbitrary data up to 80 bytes (or 95 in the coinbase).

Exploits like "Inscriptions" work by _misinterpreting_ script code, and _bypassing_ existing policy rules. They are not actually storing images, but merely putting gibberish code on the chain, which they later themselves (not Bitcoin) _misinterpret_ as images.

This distinction is very real and relevant. If you don't differentiate between "data that can be misinterpreted to produce CSAM" and "data that correctly interpreted displays CSAM", then literally _all data_ is CSAM, with _no exceptions at all_. This tweet would be CSAM. Google's logo would be CSAM. Your phone's operating system would be CSAM. Literally anything _can_ be misinterpreted as CSAM.

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JOE2o 3mo ago 💬 1

If someone gives me directions to the beach, and I follow those directions and I end up at the beach, then I haven't misinterpreted anything.

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Brian 3mo ago 💬 1

It would be weird to then blame that person for the beach existing

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JOE2o 3mo ago

Yes but you could blame them for a crowded beach existing. Which is a genuine state of existence for a beach.

Basically it's amorphous and messy, and attempts to draw clear lines are pretty ambitious.

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