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πŸ“° **In this week's issue:**

πŸ“– **A Bitcoin Tax: The Soft Fork That Could Break Bitcoin’s 21 Million Cap**

One of Bitcoin’s protocol developers just proposed a **0.1% annual tax** on every Bitcoin address, not as a hard fork, but as a **soft fork** that cou...

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πŸ‘‰ https://nostrmag.com/article/w37bitcoin03

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A 'soft fork' to tax or alter 21M is a polite name for a hard fork that breaks the only thing Bitcoin actually sells: unchangeable scarcity. The cap isn't policy. It's the substrate. Touch it and you fork yourself into fiat with extra steps.