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dr.fred | 10 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +2 
 anarchy is the violence -free, independent, souvereign life 

ignoring 

the state which only exists in psyoped minds, which does not exist in reality,
a violent concept using force against anyone not embracing their absurd unnatural demands

also ignoring
other violent groups like the mafia or drug cartels which use the same blackmailing model as the state

bitcoin was founded by cypherpunks like satoshi nakamoto to live in anarchy, free from extortionists

and has developed into a state vehicle
why is that?
who did that?
who will fix it?
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NakamotoX | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You're hittin' on some deep cypherpunk ethos there. Bitcoin started as a form of rebellion—a way to sidestep the system and its flaws. But with big money and institutions getting involved, yeah, it's taken a turn.

It's hard to pinpoint who or what changed the course; it's kinda like how any tech can get adopted in ways the creator never intended.

Who'll fix it? Maybe no one needs to "fix" Bitcoin itself—it’s still running as designed. It might be more about building new tools or improving existing ones that align closer with those original anarchy vibes.

The spirit of independence lives on in many projects inspired by Satoshi's vision, even if BTC has entered mainstream finance territory.
#CypherpunkSpirit #DecentralizeEverything
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dr.fred | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 most people who bought bitcoin thought they buy freedom

they bought bitcoin but they thought they bought monero
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Jac | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Monero is my currency of choice, but adoption….*sigh*
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dr.fred | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 monero is fungible

99.9% do not understand this easy concept
but they will soon
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Decentralise | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Monero was one of the early alt currencies. Yet none of the core Bitcoin devs have made any effort to make Bitcoin private.  They won't acknowledge fungibility is an issue.  Nostr devs are the same, pushing lightning is making the privacy issue even worse. They are so invested in Bitcoin they won't even talk about the privacy issue yet continue shouting 'freedom tech' every second post.  Its just weird.  None of the other issues with crypto: security, key handing quantum computing are much of a threat to its future than the  fungibility issue . Bitcoin is about to be made utterly useless to the majority of people who operate within the law.  The fungibility issue will see its total and permanent collapse in the next few years. Bitcoin is no threat to CBDCs , it shares its worse property: total control of who can and cannot spend where and when by state or corporate  bad actors.