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Jestastic | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 My comment isn't about DNS. It's about custody.
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Dan | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Your post isn't in reference to the ongoing fedimint guardian offline DNS issue? The one that kinda broke mutiny wallet? The one that everyone is talking about?
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Jestastic | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's an indicator of a bigger problem: the users aren't in control of their own keys to unilaterally exit.
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Dan | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Bitcoin is a fundamentally flawed protocol if your criteria for success is every user having ownership of UTXOs on the base chain.
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Jestastic | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's not at all what I'm saying!
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Dan | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 How can a user "be in control of their own keys with the ability to unilaterally" transact without owning UTXOs on the base chain?
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Jestastic | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The issue is that you're thinking in binary terms of success and failure for technology.

It's about the level of control you have from master all the way down to slave.