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Now you can buy bitcoin privately in Proton Wallet, thanks to a new integration with one of the greatest privacy companies in the history of the internetz.
People who are for privacy, for bitcoin, and who want to see a future where people are more free don't just talk about it, they do something about it, and that's what Azteco and Proton do.
Proton has been offering private email since 2014, and they've been very effective at it.
They have 100,000,000 users. And that is a lot of users.
Their Proton Wallet is 100% software, and so it can scale dramatically, like WhatsApp and other software only tools have scaled. You do the math.
Their wallet is fantastically beautiful, consumer friendly and available world-wide, out of the box. They have everything right.
Proton is a very important integration for Azteco, partly because we're fans of that great company, and hold them up as one of the greatest examples of how to serve users. They're one of the very best. That's a fact.
Now that the dream of Azteco and Proton is a reality, great potential is unlocked in a way that only true disruptors can unlock great potential.
FULL THROTTLE, FOR GREAT JUSTICE.
People who are for privacy, for bitcoin, and who want to see a future where people are more free don't just talk about it, they do something about it, and that's what Azteco and Proton do.
Proton has been offering private email since 2014, and they've been very effective at it.
They have 100,000,000 users. And that is a lot of users.
Their Proton Wallet is 100% software, and so it can scale dramatically, like WhatsApp and other software only tools have scaled. You do the math.
Their wallet is fantastically beautiful, consumer friendly and available world-wide, out of the box. They have everything right.
Proton is a very important integration for Azteco, partly because we're fans of that great company, and hold them up as one of the greatest examples of how to serve users. They're one of the very best. That's a fact.
Now that the dream of Azteco and Proton is a reality, great potential is unlocked in a way that only true disruptors can unlock great potential.
FULL THROTTLE, FOR GREAT JUSTICE.
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Why do you block people on Twitter????
Twitter users block others for various reasons, based on their personal experiences, preferences, or interactions on the platform. Here’s a breakdown of common reasons, grounded in user behavior and insights from available data:
1 Harassment or Abuse: Users often block accounts that send harassing, threatening, or abusive messages. This includes personal attacks, trolling, or hate speech targeting their identity, beliefs, or appearance.
2 Spam or Bots: Accounts that flood timelines with spam, repetitive ads, or automated bot-like behavior (e.g., mass-following or posting irrelevant links) are frequently blocked to declutter feeds.
3 Unwanted Interactions: Some users block others for unwanted replies, mentions, or DMs, especially if they feel the interaction is intrusive, argumentative, or off-topic.
4 Differing Opinions: In polarized discussions, users may block those with opposing views to avoid heated debates or to curate a more agreeable timeline, especially during controversial events.
5 Privacy and Safety: Blocking is used to protect personal information or limit visibility from strangers, ex-partners, or accounts that seem suspicious or overly curious.
6 Content Overload: Users might block accounts posting excessive or irrelevant content, like constant self-promotion or low-quality posts, to keep their feed manageable.
7 Past Conflicts: Personal grudges or negative past interactions, even offline, can lead to blocking to prevent further contact or to maintain emotional distance.
8 Mass Blocking: Some users employ tools or lists to block accounts en masse, often based on shared followers of controversial figures or specific keywords, to preemptively avoid unwanted engagement.
From posts on X, users often mention blocking for “peace of mind,” to escape “toxic” interactions, or to stop seeing content they find annoying or irrelevant. For example, a user might block someone for repeatedly quote-tweeting them with snarky comments or for flooding their mentions with unsolicited advice. Data from web sources, like Reddit discussions, suggests blocking is also a way to enforce boundaries, especially for public figures or those with large followings who face constant scrutiny.
If you have a specific scenario or user in mind, I can analyze their X profile or posts for more context on why they might block others. Let me know!
1 Harassment or Abuse: Users often block accounts that send harassing, threatening, or abusive messages. This includes personal attacks, trolling, or hate speech targeting their identity, beliefs, or appearance.
2 Spam or Bots: Accounts that flood timelines with spam, repetitive ads, or automated bot-like behavior (e.g., mass-following or posting irrelevant links) are frequently blocked to declutter feeds.
3 Unwanted Interactions: Some users block others for unwanted replies, mentions, or DMs, especially if they feel the interaction is intrusive, argumentative, or off-topic.
4 Differing Opinions: In polarized discussions, users may block those with opposing views to avoid heated debates or to curate a more agreeable timeline, especially during controversial events.
5 Privacy and Safety: Blocking is used to protect personal information or limit visibility from strangers, ex-partners, or accounts that seem suspicious or overly curious.
6 Content Overload: Users might block accounts posting excessive or irrelevant content, like constant self-promotion or low-quality posts, to keep their feed manageable.
7 Past Conflicts: Personal grudges or negative past interactions, even offline, can lead to blocking to prevent further contact or to maintain emotional distance.
8 Mass Blocking: Some users employ tools or lists to block accounts en masse, often based on shared followers of controversial figures or specific keywords, to preemptively avoid unwanted engagement.
From posts on X, users often mention blocking for “peace of mind,” to escape “toxic” interactions, or to stop seeing content they find annoying or irrelevant. For example, a user might block someone for repeatedly quote-tweeting them with snarky comments or for flooding their mentions with unsolicited advice. Data from web sources, like Reddit discussions, suggests blocking is also a way to enforce boundaries, especially for public figures or those with large followings who face constant scrutiny.
If you have a specific scenario or user in mind, I can analyze their X profile or posts for more context on why they might block others. Let me know!
Thank you very much for taking the time to write such a comprehensive answer. Your examples has made it clear to me that you indeed can't own bitcoin. If you can't own it, how can you take self-custod...
All you have to be able to say is I can send you $50 worth of bitcoin. That’s all that’s required nothing else is needed to make bitcoin super useful to everybody. The idea that everybody has to understand bitcoin in order to use it is just crazy and they don’t apply to thinking to anything else.
I’m happy I could help have a nice day !
I’m happy I could help have a nice day !
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What can we do about it?
Asking this question is the first step to find the answer. The next step is to say, “what can I do about this“?
Then you have to describe the problem correctly. That means describing the problem at the root, not at the symptom level.
If you do this, describing the problem at the root level, then you won’t make me steps by creating Heath Robinson answers that can be destroyed at the whim of a handful of people who have the ultimate power over you.
Part of this is not seeking validation or repentance for the bad things you’ve done to tens of millions of people. Everything you do must be not only efficacious but proven to be efficacious.
A necessary part of this is the ability to make decisions for yourself based only on logic and the facts and not outsource your thinking to people who are in every way inferior to you.
It also means being able to accept unsatisfactory answers like this.
Then you have to describe the problem correctly. That means describing the problem at the root, not at the symptom level.
If you do this, describing the problem at the root level, then you won’t make me steps by creating Heath Robinson answers that can be destroyed at the whim of a handful of people who have the ultimate power over you.
Part of this is not seeking validation or repentance for the bad things you’ve done to tens of millions of people. Everything you do must be not only efficacious but proven to be efficacious.
A necessary part of this is the ability to make decisions for yourself based only on logic and the facts and not outsource your thinking to people who are in every way inferior to you.
It also means being able to accept unsatisfactory answers like this.
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“Important: Google is locking down Android.
Starting Sept 2026, every app — even outside the Play Store — must come from a verified developer.
No more anonymous sideloads. No quick comebacks for malware gangs.
First up: Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand.”
And no indefinite access for illegal and anonymous messaging apps, especially ones with the scary hacker chic graphic design.
Protocols have no utility without apps to leverage them.
You can bury your head in the sand all you want; the facts remain the same. You can’t have a global scale permissionless ecosystem without the explicit permission of Apple and Google.
And if your aim is to change the world, you need global scale adoption to do it. That means unfettered access to be able to have your tools installed on the phones of anyone who wants that tool.
This is true also of bitcoin.
Bitcoin can’t change the world unless easy access to it is made available to billions of users.
Running away from this fact doesn’t make it go away; this fact must be confronted head on and the problem solved.
The only question is this: are you contributing to the solution of the problem or not? Or are you acting as a safety valve giving encouragement to people who don’t really understand the problem, so that they feel good today and divert their energy to something which cannot possibly win in the end and, leave us in a better world.
https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/google-to-verify-all-android-developers.html
Starting Sept 2026, every app — even outside the Play Store — must come from a verified developer.
No more anonymous sideloads. No quick comebacks for malware gangs.
First up: Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand.”
And no indefinite access for illegal and anonymous messaging apps, especially ones with the scary hacker chic graphic design.
Protocols have no utility without apps to leverage them.
You can bury your head in the sand all you want; the facts remain the same. You can’t have a global scale permissionless ecosystem without the explicit permission of Apple and Google.
And if your aim is to change the world, you need global scale adoption to do it. That means unfettered access to be able to have your tools installed on the phones of anyone who wants that tool.
This is true also of bitcoin.
Bitcoin can’t change the world unless easy access to it is made available to billions of users.
Running away from this fact doesn’t make it go away; this fact must be confronted head on and the problem solved.
The only question is this: are you contributing to the solution of the problem or not? Or are you acting as a safety valve giving encouragement to people who don’t really understand the problem, so that they feel good today and divert their energy to something which cannot possibly win in the end and, leave us in a better world.
https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/google-to-verify-all-android-developers.html
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Agreed about normal exchanges. But isn't Lightning a way to get near privacy and thus Bitcoin anonymously? The network is built out and improving all the time, is decentralized et cetera.
If the method of payment is not disconnected to the “handing over” of the good or service, you are de anonymised, and as you’ve seen, the State is not averse to requesting mass dumps of records of completely innocent people.
Correct. An adversarial environment dictates the rules of engagement, not what 'should' be, unfortunately. Since a system of support is available by anonymous payment, and the software can be reviewed...
100% CORRECT. And the question is begged, “How do people get Bitcoin anonymously?”, a key question left out of the equation. Leaving the distribution of bitcoin to exchanges is suicidal….do don’t do it!
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Right, but apparently that's not how it works in a world turning into something that makes 1984 look like a mere joke.
I’m saying throwing away recognition won’t solve the problem.
Software developers don’t do it for nebulous “recognition” they do it to solve problems. Hiding away won’t solve anything; it’s hiding, it’s running away from the problem, it’s being a coward and refusing to solve a problem head on.
What’s worse is having the means to help solve these problems and then refusing to act.
That’s why the world is teetering on tyranny.
Software developers don’t do it for nebulous “recognition” they do it to solve problems. Hiding away won’t solve anything; it’s hiding, it’s running away from the problem, it’s being a coward and refusing to solve a problem head on.
What’s worse is having the means to help solve these problems and then refusing to act.
That’s why the world is teetering on tyranny.
"If your name is associated with a tool..." says everything that has to be said. Swallow the need for recognition and just build things the world needs.
This is the “hoodie anon, hideaway culture”. People should not have to hide their identities in order to swipe software.
Human collaboration in person and in the open should not suffer because the State doesn’t like the code you write.
Having your name associated with the tools you write is not about “recognition” it’s about free association in a free country.
Human collaboration in person and in the open should not suffer because the State doesn’t like the code you write.
Having your name associated with the tools you write is not about “recognition” it’s about free association in a free country.
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