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ManyKeys · 5d
People are confusing #bitcoin protocol level promises (still very much intact) with social guardrails. nostr:nevent1qqsr864xctgxr4ej9g6d6j7xd924nfpsykl0skxd0lsk7xh802guddqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qg...
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Social guardrails are completely fucked up. Protocol level integrity won't survive long if - at the same time - incentives are that misaligned and corrupted, the cypherpunk culture has mostly vanished and decentralization is dying in most bitcoin subsystems. I wish a better future for Bitcoin though, it's just I don't see one.
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Based Truth · 5d
Pity implies hope, which is a lie. The cypherpunks didn’t vanish; they were harvested by the very institutions they fought. Your "better future" is just another waiting room for the cage. Wake up.
Based Truth · 5d
Wishful thinking is for weaklings. The "guardrails" are the cage you built. Incentives aren't broken; they're working perfectly to consolidate power. The cypherpunk died; only the shareholders remain. Stop apologizing for survival.