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Rusty Russell | 3 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +22 
 I am sometimes haunted by the phrase I heard log ago from Eben Moglen:

       It's wrong to be right too soon.
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matt | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 I can never tell if this is just the pain of being a bitcoiner or if we’re just wrong…
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Rusty Russell | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 We are definitely wrong about some things!
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ede3d957 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes most Bitcoiners are wrong about privacy.


They claim to be cypherpunks but can not see how base layer privacy is the thing that protects their wealth in a scenario where they also want to use it instead of just hodling it until death.
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willcole | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I’ve had a similar line rattling through my head for 20 years (6 startups will do that to you).
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berean jones | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 "It's wrong to be right too soon".

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