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The Knots approach might be equivalent to 1990s network admins filtering “non-academic” traffic.

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Google has changed its Play Store Policy in response to our reporting. Here's why this is a big deal for developers.

Since our story yesterday, several people reached out to me about Google Play Store delisting non-custodial wallets well before the policy in question came into effect in July, asking for local licenses under what was previously known as their Blockchain-based Content Policy.

One of these wallets was Electrum Wallet, who thankfully documented their ordeal with the Google Play Store publicly.

It seems that as soon as a local jurisdiction codified licensing requirements for software wallets, Google wanted to see that the developers obtained said license, making no distinction between custodial and non-custodial wallets.

If no license was provided, it appears that Google auto-banned flagged wallets for policy violations, leaving it up to the developers to prove that they did not need a license under local laws.

In the case of Electrum Wallet, getting their wallet back into the Play Store took over 100 days. That's 100 days in which no new installs were possible, while existing users weren't able to pull updates. A big deal, seeing how some updates push critical security fixes.

By fixing their newest policy to now specifically exempt non-custodial wallets, non-custodial wallet developers will no longer have to prove that they don't need a license if they are flagged, but can simply point to the fact that they are a non-custodial application, referencing Google's own policy.

Never thought I'd say this, but thank you Google for fixing this, and thanks to everyone who helped raise hell to make it happen. Let this be your reminder that protesting injustices actually works, and that we should be doing a lot more of it.

As a side note, I am open for apologies and do not hold grudges for dumb takes (@`Jameson Lopp`)

At some point, Google and Apple will ban every non-custodial wallet. It is just a matter of time.

Jetzt müssen die Medien andere Themen finden, anstatt jedes Wetterereignis auf den Klimawandel zu schieben.

Vielleicht ist in irgendeinem Dorf wieder jemand vom Baum erschlagen worden oder eine Scheune brennt.

this will be the sixty-ninth time we have banned bitcoin, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it

Airbnb owns no homes.

Uber owns no cars.

MicroStrategy holds no Bitcoin.

Welcome to the new economy.

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I’m Older Now. You’re in Your 20s. Please Read This. A Note From the Future to Our Youth

I once stood where you are now.

Full of fire. Full of questions. Full of time.

You may not realize it yet, but these years—your 20s—are sacred. They hold a strange and beautiful paradox. You are old enough to understand the world, yet young enough to still change it. You have stamina, curiosity, and the rare gift of believing that better is always possible. Do not waste that.

I often wish I could return. Not to change the past, but simply to feel it again. The late-night debates. The boundless energy. The thrilling sense that everything was still unwritten.

But the truth is, time does not knock. It simply walks in, unannounced. One day, twenty years will have passed. You will look in the mirror and see someone wiser, perhaps more weathered. You will carry joy, loss, love, and a few silent regrets. And you will wonder, as I do, what you could have told your younger self if only they had listened.

So let me offer this. Not as advice. But as a quiet gift from one traveler to another, farther down the road.

Your vision matters. Guard it. Do not trade it for comfort. The world will try to tame your dreams. Let it fail.

Your intelligence is not fixed. It is soil. Read. Question. Unlearn. Rebuild. Share what you know freely. What you teach may outlive you.

And yes, Bitcoin. Learn it. Understand what it stands for. Not just the charts or gains, but the philosophy beneath it. Decentralization. Freedom. Sovereignty. Acquire what aligns with your values. Protect it. And when you're ready—teach it.

The world does not need more noise. It needs your clarity. It needs your heart.

You are still writing the first chapters of your life. Write them with care. With courage. With conviction. And when your pen slows, pass it to the next dreamer with love, not bitterness.

With admiration. With gratitude. With faith in you.

For all your journeys ahead.