As a student of constitutional law and a practicing attorney since 1979, I like to revisit past cases in light of what has happened since they were first decided. Before there could be a Satoshi, there was Bernstein v. Dept. of Justice

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1317290.html

The court's opinion anticipated some of the problems that have since been encountered with social media, censorship and authentication. Nostr and bitcoin can trace their ancestry back to these principles of privacy and freedom. This case, and the release of PGP led the way.

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