That gets problematic when the thing that's getting done if the removal of rules that shouldn't exist, like taxation, regulation, licensing, etc.
And the fact that the method of coming up with a particular law is also flawed
If you can simply point to a news item or a research paper and justify a law's introduction, there's no end
Tyrrany emerges where Reason dies
No matter what system one lives in,
It must always be much harder to justify the introduction of a new law.
It shouldn't be hard to justify why the law shouldn't exist.
'If ethics is a normative discipline that identifies and classifies certain sets of actions as good or evil, right or wrong, then tort or criminal law is a subset of ethics identifying certain actions as appropriate for using violence against them. The law says that action X should be illegal, and therefore should be combated by the violence of the law. The law is a set of “ought” or normative propositions.'
From:
https://mises.org/mises-daily/law-property-rights-and-air-pollution
Now if you look at the things that are illegal, i.e. unlawful in India with this definition of the Law, you'll realise just how tyrannical the Indian government is.
I wonder if you've explored Rothbard's elaboration of what Freedom of Speech means and doesn't mean.
Nostr enables freedom of speech because it enables property rights (in relays) first. And that's why it works.
To make a case for why this is a feature, rather than a bug, here's an excerpt on Freedom of Speech from 'For a New Liberty' by Rothbard
nostr:naddr1qqyrxcfexy6rsvpsqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7q3q80cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsxpqqqp65w8qktjt
There is no global
There has never been a global
There can never be a global
There should never be a global
Not on Nostr or anywhere else in history, present, future or imagination
Study Austrian Economics
Yet another set of political ideas whose supposed solutions to supposed problems end up actually creating the problems intended to be solved
I highly recommend downloading every single Lightning wallet there is and doing 5 transactions into and out of each wallet before deciding upon what to use for which purpose.
This isn't like on-chain where you're getting mostly the same thing with any given option so you can simply stick to one or two wallets.
That's a great way to get new users started
Working on some video tutorials for nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 to follow up the v0.11.0 release later this week.
Trying to cover:
- Cashu wallet
- New Lightning address types (Cashu + NWC)
- Swaps
Which new features would you like a tutorial for? Which old features?
•Basics of lightning channels
•How channel leasing works
This is one of those times when we have something great in our hands and we don't know what to do with it so we just start hating it 😂
We could say that its about the target userbase being considered by the wallet devs more than standard UX practices. We have so many options now, thanks to the network's open nature, that we don't need to be up in arms about this very much.
For the demographic of Bitcoiners who care about control, customisation and self-custody while using Lightning, Zeus is doing an incredible job. I love their UX. Blixt is a other option.
For people who sort of understand lightning and are okay with giving up a certain degree of customisation but still want self-custody, there's Phoenix.
Aqua is for people who want to minimise fees and maybe go between on-chain and LN very often.
Wallet of Satoshi for people who want to use a wallet without thinking about anything under the hood.
Blink gives a way to get access to Dollars while still using Lightning.
Strike is a great interface with fiat.
Cashu wallets for people who are okay with third parties as long as strong privacy guarantees exist.
Alby for people who want the proper LN experience with full control over literally everything from their desktop.
All of these services will likely exist side-by-side, make money (hopefully enough to become incredibly sustainable) and help people use Bitcoin in the way they see fit.
I don't think we will see a standard UX per se. It's going to be quite diverse.
Yep, and even if one claims to speak for the minority, the smallest minority is the individual.
So individual rights are minority rights.
Ah well yes, no tax enables prosperity.
It only diminishes it.
Tariffs are ultimately taxes on consumers who import.
Prosperity can only emerge through free and voluntary trade between people, groups, communities and companies. Not by fiat decree of what one can and cannot trade and with who. Tariffs are fiat.
It's possible to have this view while also considering central banks to be terrible.
It's not a choice between central banking and tariffs. Both have to go away.