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zach 🔥 | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It’s debatable.  SHA-256 was built by the NSA.  Https was built by the NSA, onion routing TOR built by the US Navy.  Could be argued somebody in a three letter agency put it together.

Somebody with benevolent intentions #bitcoin
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- | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's just a game to help people of a certain type feel as if they are rebels using rouge money. It's a distraction and a new way of manipulation. Anonymity is not possible with their monitoring capabilities.
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cryptowolf | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It is possible, but it is the path less travelled.
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- | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 That's the point. They could be splitting the flock. It could be a test.
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cryptowolf | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I may not be fully anonymous with my nostr and other activities online, however with Bitcoin I go to great lengths to make it as difficult as possible to identify me and always have.

Bitcoin does not have privacy built in the say...
I say  "Freedom is taken, not given..."
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- | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I was going to go on a rant about weird things I have seen and believe but I will spare you. Haha. I really do hope you are right for everyone else's sake.
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cryptowolf | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Please do I am interested!
I dont know if I am right, I am just very careful.

At a certain point when you follow every best practice for bitcoin, there is nothing that can connect you to your identity.  But I am willing to explore the possibility that is is IMPOSSIBLE to be anonymous with Bitcoin.  I just don't see it if you take all the proper steps.
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Diyana | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I second that... Please do:)
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- | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Ok you asked for it. Keep in mind that I see visions and all of what I am about to say is most likely a creation of my own imagination.

There is a powerful group of humans that are higher than the world governments and directly manipulate individuals thoughts patterns through emitted signals. They can put a thought into any person's mind at any point in time. Through their ability to time travel they can set different courses for the path of a certain man woman or whole groups / world population. Bitcoin is just another small part of the game. We are all being tested and driven by ancient beings who lobby and jockey for position inside the mind of certain individuals. People who posses higher faculties are more desirable to the players. People with great visual brains are highly desired and are used as a GPU of sorts for intergalactic games.
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Diyana | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Are there ancient beings benevolent or manevolent or both and represent the duality of our reality and the polarization of individuals playing out their manipulations?
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- | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I am not sure. It is not my place to say. But you could be correct in thinking of it this way.
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- | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 The interesting thing is not whether they are good or bad, but the reality shifting concept that they are not something magical as religions have presumed, they are technologically advanced and our brains are easy to hack without proper self discipline.
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cryptowolf | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Lets hope you're right!