China didn’t like that nostr:nprofile1qqs8msutuusu385l6wpdzf2473d2zlh750yfayfseqwryr6mfazqvmgpy4mhxue69uhkvet9v3ejumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtm0d4hxjh6lwejkuar4wfjhxqgnwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxtcwk72er encrypts user data away from prying eyes 👀

Maple is banned in China ❌

That’s a retarded justification to say “well it can identify illegal immigrants.”

Not only do I care less about that than a giant centralized surveillance apparatus, the way to fix illegal immigration is simply to STOP SUBSIDIZING THE EVER LOCING FUCK OUT OF IT. If we stop paying for their travel, housing, letting them game the welfare system, and make them work honestly, 98% of it will go away all by itself. Paying to flood immigrants into the country and THEN also paying for a giant, centralized, Ai powered surveillance monstrosity is about as peak retarded as it gets

Gotta solve problems of govt with more govt amiright?

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It feels like Bitcoin has finally crossed the Rubicon into the mainstream both a triumph and a tragedy.

Walking around the conference this year, you could easily mistake it for a fintech summit or SaaS expo in Vegas. Same blazers, same VC pitch decks, same awkward networking energy. The suitcoiners outnumber the cypherpunks by 100:1.

On one hand, this is what we fought for: global legitimacy, serious capital, institutional attention.

On the other, something’s been lost in translation. The raw edge, the revolutionary energy, the sense that we were building something against the system not polishing it up to sell it back to the system.

Bitcoin doesn’t feel quite as dangerous anymore.

It feels… professional. Predictable. “Respectable,” even.

Maybe that’s just the mask Bitcoin wears while it continues hollowing out the old world from within.

Either way, the vibe has shifted.