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ne5cio | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 And how is your exemple even related to Bitcoin? 

If you want services someone needs to pay for it, it’s usually from taxes.

If you want a say of where your taxes go, that’s called democracy and you can vote to elect the people in charge of spending. If it’s a dictatorship regime, it’s another story.

Sorry but your Cold Wallet won’t give more freedom about carrying an ID
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agichoote | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 My examples have nothing to do with bitcoin same as being debt free has nothing to do with actual freedom
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agichoote | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I won’t even start with representative vs direct democracy, can only be happy for you having a conviction on douche vs turd sandwich, happy election year !
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agichoote | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Imagine a world where you don’t have to carry an because you are not a property of a country and you use cryptographic signature if you voluntarily want to identify yourself 🥰

#bitcoin #nostr #cryptography #cypherpunk #freedom
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agichoote | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Carry an ID. I love it on Nostr that whenever I make a mistake in a post it’s out there forever xD
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ne5cio | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yeah, so if you need to voluntarily identify yourself, I would need to trust that you are who you claim to be right.

So for Bitcoin we want to”Don’t trust, Verify” but for dealing with people you would need to “trust, can’t verify”.

You see how deep in outer space you are? Nothing makes sense, go listen to your podcasts and go on doing what you do.
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agichoote | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 On cryptographic signatures. Lets say instead of passport you have to make a transaction to the government that contains your biometric picture. Any time in the future you can prove *WITHOUT A DOUBT you are the person who made the transaction as long as you still hold the keys. Keys can be stolen same as ID can be, but can't be forged. Identity cannot be stolen for online uses in traditional ways because having the information is not enough, you have to have the KEYS !
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ne5cio | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The point was about you saying “voluntarily” identifying yourself, which wouldn’t work out in a society since nobody wants to identify.

For cryptographic signatures, it would be the worst possible idea for freedom. If you would research blockchain architecture, you would see that there are 2 types of Blockchains (Public and private). A Public blockchain would allow me to potentially see a lot of your activities. You don’t want that privacy wise.

The governments are pushing for private blockchains. With your “signature” and biometric they will be able to verify you and track you. Since they would have laid out the infrastructure, they will push for a CBDC and they will then be able to track your spending and control your funds.

Please, go read about the topic of blockchain and stop listening to these Bitcoin Superstars on podcast. If you are really into government conspiracy read on CBDC and government blockchain.
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agichoote | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Hi Monkey. Bitcoin works because it's a public blockchain so you can verify, not trust. Sure nobody wants to be identified by government because they use that identification for extorsion mostly.
There might be hundreds of purposes for identifying with some PRIVAT institution one trust. Like an employer. A bank you chose to use. A school. I see many reasons I would be happy to hop on even private chains for those instead of using my ID with the government as the ultimate overlord. Good that we got #nostr by know so we don't need private chains or using money chain for identification xD