At a small Princeton event last week, among other panels and speeches, Carole House spoke about censoring bitcoin.

She is the former director of cybersecurity for the White House National Security Council, and prior to that was at FinCEN focusing on cryptocurrencies, and prior to that was in the military.

Some of her main points:

-Energy-related regulation may push some hash rate outside of the U.S., whereas she would rather see more of it in the U.S. so that they can force miners to censor the network on the base layer. She also views international cooperation as a necessary component for successful censorship. She also wants stakers to be forced to censor their PoS networks.

-It's not just about telling miners not to mine certain transactions, but to not even build atop blocks that have non-compliant transactions, so that those transactions don't get anywhere in the chain. A 51% attack, in other words. Her main concern is censoring states like North Korea from being able to participate in the network.

The event was interesting because there were several very different perspectives. On one hand there was Roya Mahboob talking about using bitcoin in Afghanistan, followed by Troy Cross, Craig Warmke, and Natalie Smolenski talking about the importance of bitcoin from an ethical perspective. On the other hand, there were panels about Bored Apes and speeches about how to censor the networks.

I want your bitcoin, tell me what I have to do to get it.

Didn’t u see the news sir

After getting used to Linux I literally cannot daily drive Windows anymore, its straight up hot garbage... Not to mention spyware.

The new Corporate psy-opp. It's not the white paper, but the manifesto!

Feeling 🥰 #NewProfilePic PV GN 🫂

Monday mood

I want to make public my concern about "NFTs" which are being sold utilizing my name. Recently, a picture of code I wrote was sold at auction for .41 BTC. It was advertised as my code in the listing and presented to the public for sale and profit. Let me be clear – I was not involved with the creation and sale of this or any other "NFTs". I have not consented to the use of my code or my name for this purpose. Instead, 3rd parties are marketing my name and my code for their own monetary gain. Worse yet – they are creating confusion in the marketplace to the extent that the auction “winner” contacted me and stated: “Think I won your auction? 😊”. Stop using my name to mislead the public so you can make a quick buck. It’s wrong.

The public should also be aware that the seller and/or auction site offered me a donation of 90% of the auction proceeds “should I choose to accept” it. I feel this is a clear attempt to: (1) bribe me into silence; and/or (2) obtain my consent after the fact. I will not accept such payment at the expense of the public who are being misled. I will not accept any such “donation”.

Due to the misrepresentation involved and actual buyer confusion, I strongly insist upon 100% of the auction proceeds to be refunded to the buyer.

I felt obligated to speak out, not just for myself, but for other Bitcoin devs who are being placed in similar situations. The amount of money we have been offered as “donations” for acquiescing to what is taking place is considerable. I do not condone it. I do not consent to the use of my name or code for this grift. I want the public to be aware of where I stand.

I want to do whatever I can do to limit the damage which will inevitably be caused by this confusing and misleading behavior.

I see many zaps include the number 1337, does it have a special meaning? 👀🤔

I have just sent a couple of tips via LN to other Nostr users. This simple integration is both simple and powerful. Why nobody did it first?

I hope the UE at Nostr continues to improve

I am disgusted with corporate social media

It’s all a shill for political currency units

So did you get your vanity npub from the outset or is it possible to change your npub down the track

still can’t believe cash app got cashapp in the npub

Who is funding Craig Wright?