Iihsotas21d ago
Might be one of your worst takes. Luke is a statist, and the state he wants is a theocratic authoritarian nightmare. He is openly hostile to privacy. Not surprising you are into him considering your Thiel connections. The authoritarians always find each other.
The picture falls into place more and more. An anti privacy pro state hostile take over of bitcoin rooted in dumb moralism and blind devotion. I was initially thinking this was all accidental but it’s becoming clear what future you all want.
Thankfully I think the cypherpunk ethos is still strong enough to remove this parasitic behavior.
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GFY21d agoI'M HAPPY FOR YOU, OR SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO YOU - EITHER WAY I'M NOT READING THAT SLOP
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Kyma Fi21d agoEverything you just said is the opposite. Luke built an alternative client - that is literally decentralizing at the node level. His views on privacy are irrelevant here because Bitcoin was not originally intended to be private, that is simply a narrative to be debated (there good arguments for both sides here). However - Bitcoin was originated shipped implementing a fully public, transparent base layer.
Also ad hominem attacks on Kratter are irrelevant- especially since he’s been honest about his past life and addressed this fully.
The truth is that core is attempting to centralize Bitcoin at the node level and they failed. No amount of VC funding can change Bitcoin because Luke decentralized it. If Luke makes unwanted changes, another client will emerge, offer stricter rules and decentralize it further. But the era of people attempting to control BTC at the social/node level is over.
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Baerson20d agoLegally compliant? Haha...fuck the state! Im just a dude who says no to CSAM, monkey jpegs and other "cypherpunk" layes on top of bitcoin that support investors and people who write their names backwards.
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Iihsotas19d ago
It’s not an emergency, therefore it’s not necessary. The idea that we just need something now and it will be temporary is so laughable. The time for “let’s see if this works out” has passed long ago. If you think it might be a failure you should fork, and spend resources on trying it out. Don’t socialize your losses on yo the rest of us.
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