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Re: Bitcoin XT has code which downloads your IP address to facilitate blacklisting
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iCEBREAKER
on 07/09/2015, 03:17:02 UTC

All transactions do not need to be censorship-proof in a world where censorship-proof transactions exist. The possibility of censorship-proof transactions by itself will cut down on censorship because it will be seen as futile.


Bravo!  That is an excellent corollary to davout's maxim:

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The true value that Bitcoin brings to the table is not "everyone gets to write into the holy ledger", it is instead "everyone gets to benefit from sane and non-inflationary financial instutions whose sanity and honesty are ensured by the holy blockchain".