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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Mike Hearn, Foundation's Law & Policy Chair, is pushing blacklists right now
by
justusranvier
on 14/11/2013, 20:36:31 UTC
The only way to prevent this from happening is to get involved in politics and convince the decision makers to not do it. If this fails, the worst case scenario is that this is done in a way that makes use of bitcoin in the country involved very impractical.

If you don't like this scenario. Here's what to do:
  • Keep an eye on the political scene in your country to make sure you don't miss movements towards this scenario
  • If you see any, do what you can to oppose them
  • Think up technical ways to combat usefulness of redlisting
  • Stop trying to silence people calling for discussion. That will make the problem worse.
Getting involved with politics or lobbying in any way is a pure waste of resources at best, or grossly counterproductive at worse.

The current proposals that are being floated are a direct result of "opening a dialogue" with regulators.

If you want to do something effective focus entirely on technological solutions which make politics and regulation moot.