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 Relax, the world is not black and white,.

Yes, I do know of this problem and it's real. nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wdaexzmn8v4cxjmrv9ejx2a30qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hsz8rhwden5te0dehhxarj95cjumnzduhxzmn8v9hxjtnrduhsz8rhwden5te0dehhxarjv9n8y6trvyh8qcmyddjzuenedyhsz9nhwden5te0dehhxarj9e5kummnw3sjucmr9uq3gamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4skgmewd9hj7qgcwaehxw309ashgtnwdaehgunhdaexkuewvdhk6tcpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3e8xct5wesjumn9wshsqgzu4kpv3x8wvcqnwyv5t4587lv4f8mytgq3s3na4ch4uf6vtxxklunvhgqx  speaks about it a lot for example, helping people in Africa get onboarded. On-chain fees are a real problem and we should not price out some people just because we think everything should be solved only in one way.

Bitcoin is about open mind, expanding options, competition of ideas, not about some predetermined unshakeable ideology.

Hal Finney understood and wrote about this in 2010, as did Nick Szabo. https://rextar4444.medium.com/hal-finneys-theory-of-bitcoin-backed-banks-6b6484880c14

We will use plenty of technologies and let people choose their price sensitivity and need for privacy, security and censorship resistance.