sachin on Nostr: The nature of Bitcoin means that nobody can make moral or legal judgements on any of ...
The nature of Bitcoin means that nobody can make moral or legal judgements on any of the transactions that are added to consensus valid blocks, even if they are purely monetary.
I can probably choose not to relay transactions related to Coldcard thefts and BTCPay Server exploits via my node, because I think they are legally invalid.
But if they are added to a block, my node accepts it. If it doesn't, it's not a part of the network anymore. This is uncomfortable to think about, but it is what it is.
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2026-08-11 01:57:38 CESTEvent JSON
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