rich1.0npub1yw9mz9gsrukq2seu9w9wljqw6k62l8fllpz8fzze673znzc3ddysaz8l47https://nostr.ae/npub1yw9mz9gsrukq2seu9w9wljqw6k62l8fllpz8fzze673znzc3ddysaz8l47njumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2015-09-19 📝 Original message:>While to many of us that sounds crazy, if you're threat model assumes >Bitcoin is a legal/regulated service provided by a highly trusted mining >community it's a reasonable design. There is a large, grey area all the way to "legal/regulated service provided by a highly trusted mining community". Painting the worst looking picture is either a defect in thinking or intentional FUD. > Mike Hearn recently posted his threat model, which specifically argues we > should assume governments are not a threat. There are two ways to fight governments: 1. either you become too big to close, so political repercussions become unacceptable 2. or you become too tiny to hunt, in which case you are much better off with a specialized alt-coin, designed specifically for that purpose.