Oddbean

Where are Bitcoin devs more likely to persecuted? A) El Salvador the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender who are seeking to bring in 5000 experts; led by Bukele whose track record is locking up alleged gang members B) United States who have the global reserve asset under threat from Bitcoin who imprisoned Ross Ulbricht for life, arrested Tornado Cash devs, arrested Samourai devs, arrested Roger Ver under extradition, have ordered all sorts of fund freezing, got SBF, got CZ; led by the Biden regime trying to criminalise and control Bitcoin and cryptocurrency generally, who don’t lock up gang members they just let them cross the border, who has funded proxy wars in Ukraine and Gaza killing hundreds of thousands 🤔

El Salvador. No question. There are literally thousands and thousands of bitcoin devs in the United States, bitcoin park, commons, other work spaces. Meetups. Conferences, and so much more. 99.9% of them have had zero issues, and won’t. There are exchanges, thousands of companies, bitcoin on balance sheets, etfs, banks are allowed to hold it, there are miners, and on and on… Roger Ver is a jackhole, he apparently doesn’t know how us tax law works. It’s laughable if you think El Salvador would allow privacy devs or any bitcoin devs break laws(just or not) to just chill and work there. And as if they wouldn’t instantly deport those without passports, or arrest tax invaders, and serve expedition of said people back to the us. It’s laughable. Dude, they just used europol, Finnish, fbi, DoJ, and other local law enforcement. El Salvador would put up zero fight. Bukele is a dictator, who happens to see bitcoin as a way to gain wealth and or popularity for tourism. Smart man, but a dictator nonetheless.

no country allow any criminals to hide under privacy DEV clock. A) Salvador is next Singapore (SG has death penalty + canning law) Mostly Anglo jerks can keep crying over n over again in English n spin it whichever way they like. B) Dollar is concerstone of USA existence. doesnot matter WTF consitituion they have or other institutions or laws.

Generally don’t lock up gang members? Since when it is the us federal governments jurisdiction or authority to do that? That’s a state, county, and local municipality issue. Mind you hundreds of thousands are locked up every year, lol. We have an insanely high detention rate amongst youth.

Would I trust him, absolutely not. Not because I think he’d turn people over to US Gov, but because I don’t see him leaving office. A benevolent dictator today is just a dictator tomorrow when things don’t go his way. People should recognise the good he has done short term with skepticism that it’s likely unsustainable beyond his tenure. So maybe short term it’s a solution for those devs if they want to continue working on their projects but it’s entirely possible the US will destabilise ES again. Would be great optics for him though as @shawn noted, and good for Bitcoin even if an unlikely long term solution.

Well, it would be the canary in the coal mine and he wouldn't kill it lightly. So apply. If it's too hot for him, he won't get you in to jail you later. It's cheap to simply ignore your application.

I’m aware of their extradition treaty: nostr:note1lxugzdqdnn7s3xaywhhdste3dnggwtx2u7tm75nmn7sce6f7xvjqe05mnl They were also beholden to the IMF prior to Bukele’s ascension and have basically got that debt sorted now so things can change.

I'm not sure how much that helps given the USA's history of assassinating people abroad, especially in Latin America. Not to mention coups. Well at least it's a slightly higher bar than an extradition request.

Well aware of US destabilisation efforts: nostr:note1jtf0vtcmcerwyxp8krhe7etvnm7a443c338tfg46r35759qah0xskrvfyv @Brisket is right, we’re talking about trade offs here. ES has adopted Bitcoin as legal tender and is courting engineers to move there. That’s a long way away from what’s happening in the US.