Activists are essential to decentralized systems
Imagine BitTorrent without The Pirate Bay doing everything it can to stick around
Tor exit node operators took on real risk in the early days especially
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From one perspective, maybe this seems obvious: activist software requires activism. From a pure techno-utopian decentralization perspective tho, I think it is easy to see us fighting legal systems w/ pure software. Pirate Bay founders and exit node operators are critical though
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I think "legit" institutions like Coin Center are key too, in terms of creating room for sufficient adoption to happen. Nic put it well:https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1013890458236354561 …
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There's a delicate in-between period, which I think bitcoin and ethereum are probably out of, but almost nothing else
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Pure crypto-anarchism seems to only exist in real world as a subset of legally ambiguous & permissible tech. Tor, BTC, and PGP have all bothered USG before but have general good uses. Darknet markets are the subset combining them all. CoinCenter protects permissible buffer layer
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Totally agree with your original tweet btw, I wasn't trying to refute. In the 2A world, but also the 1A world, Cody Wilson is a prime example of being preternaturally willing to take the heat
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Yeah didn’t think you were. Just realized my key point may not have been clear to others. Yeah Cody is another good example. Interestingly, look at Vitalik’s background before Ethereum with Dark Wallet. Similar stuff
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