Trying to blur political alliances with bitcoin is an even worse angle than human rights. It's pretty much saying “We'll give you agency - but only if you agree with our politics first” Mocking me or a position I didn't even claim is a straw man. It should be normal for a human rights org to b...

Reserve currency privilege funds imperialism directly — sanctions work because SWIFT access is controlled by the same issuer whose currency you're forced to hold. Bitcoin doesn't just challenge that arrangement; it removes the coercive mechanism at the base of the stack. That's not a protest. It's...