beautyon on Nostr: Elon is correct in the ent in his Tweet. Brazilians are under no obligation to obey ...
Elon is correct in the ent in his Tweet.
Brazilians are under no obligation to obey foreign laws, just as Americans are not obligated to obey foreign laws. Andrew Torba is way ahead of Elon in this.
Elon is also at liberty to publish secret documents about Brazilian government corruption; that is his right.
Is Elon about to become the next Julian Assange? I doubt it.
Having said all of this, Elon doesn't seem to be able to make the connection between government censorship and Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is "Censorship Resistant Money". If you look at Bitcoin through this lens, it is obvious that adding Bitcoin to X would have been a genius move.
Not only would Bitcoin solve the problem of Starlink having its accounts frozen but would have many beneficial effects on a global scale.
The ability of any government anywhere to sanction or block payments to and from X and Starlink users would be eliminated.
Overnight, X would become the most important (and largest) financial institution the world has ever seen, and it would be a tremendous force for good.
The billions of unbanked people would suddenly be able to save, send and spend money; an unprecedented event with multiple order effects that no one can fully grasp.
In the long and short term, Bitcoin is good for Elon and good for everyone on Earth who believes in Democracy.
Why then, does Elon shun this manifestly obvious checkmate move?
Andrew Torba of Gab has partially embraced Bitcoin.
Jack Dorsey has gone 100% Bitcoin with Bitkey.
David Marcus has gone 100% Bitcoin.
How is it that Elon cannot see this? How is it that he thinks Bitcoin is a joke?
Your guess is as good as mine.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1829772614614536537
Brazilians are under no obligation to obey foreign laws, just as Americans are not obligated to obey foreign laws. Andrew Torba is way ahead of Elon in this.
Elon is also at liberty to publish secret documents about Brazilian government corruption; that is his right.
Is Elon about to become the next Julian Assange? I doubt it.
Having said all of this, Elon doesn't seem to be able to make the connection between government censorship and Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is "Censorship Resistant Money". If you look at Bitcoin through this lens, it is obvious that adding Bitcoin to X would have been a genius move.
Not only would Bitcoin solve the problem of Starlink having its accounts frozen but would have many beneficial effects on a global scale.
The ability of any government anywhere to sanction or block payments to and from X and Starlink users would be eliminated.
Overnight, X would become the most important (and largest) financial institution the world has ever seen, and it would be a tremendous force for good.
The billions of unbanked people would suddenly be able to save, send and spend money; an unprecedented event with multiple order effects that no one can fully grasp.
In the long and short term, Bitcoin is good for Elon and good for everyone on Earth who believes in Democracy.
Why then, does Elon shun this manifestly obvious checkmate move?
Andrew Torba of Gab has partially embraced Bitcoin.
Jack Dorsey has gone 100% Bitcoin with Bitkey.
David Marcus has gone 100% Bitcoin.
How is it that Elon cannot see this? How is it that he thinks Bitcoin is a joke?
Your guess is as good as mine.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1829772614614536537