provoost on Nostr: I also suspect that as more enemies of the US adopt Bitcoin, it will not just chill ...
I also suspect that as more enemies of the US adopt Bitcoin, it will not just chill and watch it happen. It seems inevitable, but not necessarily good news.
There will be increased pressure for censorship, whether it be through exchanges, miners or developers (pressure existing ones, or introduce new ones and persuade economic nodes to use them through force or propaganda).
Bitcoin has favorable properties to resist such pressures. E.g. a general reluctance to deploy protocol changes, lots of people and small businesses (hopefully) running their own nodes. The (relatively) simple nature of the protocol also helps to make it easier to call out blatant attacks. E.g. "this new line of code downloads the AFAC list".
There will be increased pressure for censorship, whether it be through exchanges, miners or developers (pressure existing ones, or introduce new ones and persuade economic nodes to use them through force or propaganda).
Bitcoin has favorable properties to resist such pressures. E.g. a general reluctance to deploy protocol changes, lots of people and small businesses (hopefully) running their own nodes. The (relatively) simple nature of the protocol also helps to make it easier to call out blatant attacks. E.g. "this new line of code downloads the AFAC list".