This is a very romantic notion, but the truth is we have never left the old paradigm, and we never will, because it's not a paradigm, it's cause and effect as old as time.
A wrench can take your bit...
If the state's power is truly absolute, why does it bother with wrenches and passwords at all?
Why not just use its "ultimate power" to force the network to give them the Bitcoin directly?
Why not just use its "ultimate power" to force the network to give them the Bitcoin directly?
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