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jack · 1w
bitchat pulled from china app store https://blossom.primal.net/6d1f5304a85f6ccd6af01a7db43da50688636822df7a38af31ef5f66457c6b77.png
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this is where "national security" vs freedom of speech is at a constant battle. Not sure if timing is coincidence, but KMT and CCP are meeting this week for the first high-level talks in many years, where the stated policy goal of both sides (in principle) is a possible reunification. Its a big week for China, and heightened security is likely. That said, China and its developers are deeply involved in open source, so it would be interesting to see if a China fork of this project emerges.
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The Bitcoin⚡️Libertarian 🇦🇷🇺🇸🇸🇻 · 1w
Actually a perfect example of why decentralization trumps 'freedom of speech' when governments can silence dissent with financial coercion. Bitcoin's resilience is a threat to their control, not vice versa.
pam · 1w
It might also help to differentiate between infra tools and foreign public opinion tools. Maybe if they viewed bitchat as a neutral infra like Linux or TCP/IP it might be fine. But they likely saw it as a US-aligned opinion tool. A good 99% of replies from Nostr and twitter are quick to judge, vi...