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RamenCoffee · 1w
Any sources you recommend for a layman to understand ? I need to both understand : 1- why is CSAM and spammers are an existential threat. As of now I'm unconvinced. 2-what are the impacts and cos...
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1) Bitcoin's security depends on a supermajority of the economy using their own full node. CSAM means every full node will be actively engaging in child porn distribution. Most people will never be willing to do that. Without people using their own nodes, Bitcoin becomes just a worse version of fiat (including, but not limited to, inflation, seizures, etc). Spam makes it harder to run a full node, so is a similar threat over a longer period of time.
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goatmeal · 1w
>Bitcoin's security depends on a supermajority of the economy using their own full node this is just not true and it will never happen
RamenCoffee · 1w
Look I respect your opinion, but I'm still unconvinced by that argument. There is a difference between CSAM images on a hard drive and block data. At most we are talking about filling entire blocks with 4 Mb per 10 minutes that are basically unaccessible by non-techies ? Motivated individuals ar...