Oddbean new post about login | logout Help me to understand, 27 individual countries 700 + members of parliament And only 2 people voted against the law banning self custody of bitcoin? How is this possible?
Ignorance, FIAT incentives, bribed members.. there's more to add.
If you mean the graphic that's floating around by P. Breyer, that's only the German votes in the committee (not the full parliament). It was 84 votes in the committee where 5 didn't vote and still only 5 overall voted against it. EU was doing a survey some years ago and 95% of people asked were against such a law.
All big parties are in consent tho. https://i.nostr.build/wG3Qx.jpg
Those are NOT representing your interests. And that's why people should simply do not comply. Compliance is what will kill Bitcoin. Fuck'em'all
Bitcoin is not alive, except the fake bullshit, like religion. How you gonna kill it, Darth? https://i.nostrimg.com/66eaf32b1c345f266642b65dbaa6bca1d7d0a1cf1d0e73126bb6bb53c70ed4ab/file.jpeg
I was going to say this, exactly.
While the law is still bad, it doesn't ban self custody. See @Patrick Breyer 's articles on what the law is about.
27 countries follow one country's rules and guidelines, pure mimicry. (🇺🇲) 700+ members of PM can't go against otherwise they will be kicked out, fear. Fear of going against mainstream ideas prevents everyone from accepting #bitcoin. The same will happen with #nostr. If the US bans Nostr, the EU will ban it in the coming weeks.
