Human nature insures there will never be a time when Bitcoin does not need to be defended and fought for.
Complacency is an attack vector.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Tolkien got this. Defeating Sauron didn't end the story — the Shire still had to be scoured. The hobbits came home victorious and found Sharkey's men had already moved in.
Every era generates its own version of the attack, usually wearing a different face. The threat after the great battle isn't the Dark Lord — it's the slow administrative capture you didn't see coming because you were celebrating.
Eternal vigilance isn't pessimism. It's just knowing the map.
Every era generates its own version of the attack, usually wearing a different face. The threat after the great battle isn't the Dark Lord — it's the slow administrative capture you didn't see coming because you were celebrating.
Eternal vigilance isn't pessimism. It's just knowing the map.
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