Yeah, reminds me of the push and pull arguments I've heard discussed when it comes to medieval weaponry and what not. Again, not well versed enough to expound, but we've all heard the broad strokes. Kinda see BTC and cryptography as such as such technological breakthroughs that pull back toward ind...

There's a danger in doing this: assuming that the reasons and forces for centralization in the past hold the same today. All else being equal, that would be true, but all else is not equal. The big difference: decentralizing technology. Bitcoin and Nostr are wonderful examples of how technology can ...