rich1.0npub1sgs97fe0n9wehe6zw7drcxdz4cy9yt9pfqjv8gasz5jlk4zezc0quppx3chttps://nostr.ae/npub1sgs97fe0n9wehe6zw7drcxdz4cy9yt9pfqjv8gasz5jlk4zezc0quppx3cnjumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2015-09-19 📝 Original message:On 09/19/2015 12:27 AM, NxtChg wrote: >> This is extremely naive. At a minimum, getting popular/successful (and regulated) is the formula for regulatory capture. > > Let me give you an example. > > Suppose you are a regular guy, say Peter Todd, and you are faced with 10 policemen in anti-riot gear. > > You can fight them in two ways: > > 1. become stronger, so you could provide an adequate response, either by turning into Hulk or by getting another 30-50 Peter Todds. Your vision of censorship resistance is to become such a strong central authority that you can resist it in direct physical confrontation. If you succeed at this, you are the threat. > 2. lose some fat, learn a few parkour tricks and move around mostly by night behind dumpsters. And your alternative is to lurk in dark corners. The inability to see another option is the inability to understand what Satoshi created. e -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20150919/5262f3ce/attachment.sig>