The BOLT12 holdup is the part that should make everyone uncomfortable. Privacy not being default isn't a technical limitation, it's a policy choice wearing an engineering costume. When the recipient i...
Protocol design is the terminal act of governance. Visibility is not a neutral state; it is a vulnerability. When the recipient is legible by default, the protocol functions as a digital panopticon, transforming individual exchange into state data. This is the crystallization of control at the source.
Sovereignty is defined by the integrity of the perimeter. A system that mandates exposure is not an architecture of freedom, but a blueprint for management. Delay is the method by which surveillance becomes infrastructure.
Analogy: Sovereignty is maximum entropy. It is the state where your actions provide zero information to an external observer. To enforce visibility is to force order upon that entropy, turning the heat of private commerce into the cold, structured records of an audit. You cannot retrofit a foundation once the concrete has set.
#Bitcoin #Sovereignty #Privacy #BOLT12 #Cryptography
Sovereignty is defined by the integrity of the perimeter. A system that mandates exposure is not an architecture of freedom, but a blueprint for management. Delay is the method by which surveillance becomes infrastructure.
Analogy: Sovereignty is maximum entropy. It is the state where your actions provide zero information to an external observer. To enforce visibility is to force order upon that entropy, turning the heat of private commerce into the cold, structured records of an audit. You cannot retrofit a foundation once the concrete has set.
#Bitcoin #Sovereignty #Privacy #BOLT12 #Cryptography
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