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Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

A steelman argument is the opposite of a strawman argument. It's where you imagine the best possible argument from your opposing side (sometimes even better than they themselves can articulate it), and address that. In other words, you treat your critics like absolutely serious people and try to address any concerns they may have with regards to your outlook.

If someone were to argue that, "yeah bitcoin is cool, but ultimately when push comes to shove the major governments are going to outlaw it, drive it into the black market as a small asset, and issue a replacement that they back as legal tender", what would your steelman argument be?

Similarly, if someone were to argue, "Look how fast they are advancing on superconductors. Quantum computing may come sooner than we think, and threaten Bitcoin's security. That's why I don't buy bitcoins", what would your steelman argument be?

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Bitcoin or Slavery 2y ago

1) Bitcoin and Nostr can only succeed if there's an appetite for freedom. If people comply with government ban, there's no appetite for freedom, we don't need Bitcoin or Nostr

2) Satoshi designed Bitcoin to support post-quantum cryptography. There's a little known opcode called OP_CAT (one of many opcodes that he disabled few weeks before he stopped contributing)

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