Oddbean new post about login | logout Maybe KYC only Bitcoin is what they're really pushing towards. You don't believe it when it's random incidents, however many random incidents start to paint a different picture.
of course that's what they want ... but fuck em, bitcoin is not playing by the fiat rules
Agree. All this does is make all of us work and fight harder for freedom technology.
peer-to-peer....
This would mean they need to come for the lightning network. Because it is also a black box.
Most Lightning network users probably use KYC custodians for Lightning. I'd like to think it's getting better though.
They will do whatever they can to maintain control. What a terrible day. Decentralized tools are more important now then ever before. 🙏to those building privacy tools in this environment. God bless you all.
What happened?
Uncle Sam shut down Samouri Wallet and seized their servers citing them as facilitating money laundering.
Well, because they essentially asked to be used for money laundering. That was dumb.
How?
Waiting for the indictment to be unsealed (or drop on social) but allegedly "Russian Oligarchs". How convenient.
Yeah, I saw the tweet referenced... That doesn't make it okay though.
"money reigns the world and he who controls the money controls the crowd"
Absolutely 💯 the wankers / sorry bankers are pushing hard on governments to get a grip on regaining control of something they have ignored for years. Somethings happened and the gloves are off now. It’s not news to them , but it’s starting to rumble the footings.
I feel like privacy is being attacked from all sides. end-to-end encryption in the EU under #chatcontrol. US passed 702, Samourai... just stacking up.
Had to start sometime I guess
You’d die tomorrow, nobody would care, not really. They’d maybe shed a tear or so, but you’d be most an inconvenience. Something to deal with, burials and other distractions to avoid, and anything else is kinda pointless when rusty standards It’s been emotional no doubt 🫶🏻 https://image.nostr.build/680752123670972a4d211c74aeed3eb8be0499f0f83b2aa6d9418bbdd9dae1f7.jpg
it’s not a conspiracy. the government needs to know stuff
They want their cut
Joinmarket and JAM are looking pretty good right now
