Quote from: icopress on February 03, 2021, 10:11:43 PM

GazetaBitcoin, This article seems to me to be more of a protest against centralization. After reading the title of the thread, I expected to see an essay that sorted out the reasons why most people perceive bitcoin as a financial tool or something like that, (more reasons).

It was mostly another try I made to open eyes, to raise awareness, to help those not seeing the forest for the trees...

Quote from: icopress on February 03, 2021, 10:11:43 PM

In this particular case, I think we should better focus on another issue, namely how we all the same get back to basics. To the philosophy that was originally laid down

This is a great idea. I tried to touch it, in part in my 1000^th post on the forum - Bitcoin: The dream of Cypherpunks, libertarians and crypto-anarchists. But indeed, more writing on this subject would only help more people.

Quote from: Kakmakr on Today at 06:07:35 AM

OP, you are 100% correct. You should also mention other "centralized" services like Wallet providers.

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People also re-use Bitcoin addresses and when they use their single Bitcoin address at a centralized service where they required a signup with personal information (KYC requirements at some online casinos) ..they expose their whole Bitcoin footprint to the person who can trace and link these services to your true identity. Sad

Indeed, some Wallet providers represent also a huge problem... We've all seen what happened with Ledger leaking hundreds of thousands of users personal information, but let's not forget also about the wallets with closed source code, where nobody knows what's inside that code. Let's also not forget about other wallets which don't issue new BTC addresses after the users made transactions... Yes, these should be avoided as well.

Quote from: Karartma1 on Today at 08:24:30 AM

Well deserved merits for you Gazeta.

Thank you!

Quote from: Karartma1 on Today at 08:24:30 AM

Reading your thoughts, it is like reading mine as I also believe that many people do not have a clue about the bitcoin history behind the scenes. The problem is we can't force anyone to find bitcoin and use it the way it was supposed to. Our freedom shouldn't go as far as forcing others to treat bitcoin as a real bitcoiner would do.

Indeed, we can't force anyone. I would never think anything like that. Crypto-anarchy is also totally against violence. As Wei Dai wisely wrote 22 years ago,

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Unlike the communities traditionally associated with the word "anarchy", in a crypto-anarchy the government is not temporarily destroyed but permanently forbidden and permanently unnecessary. It's a community where the threat of violence is impotent because violence is impossible, and violence is impossible because its participants cannot be linked to their true names or physical locations.

But we can help these people, trying to help them understand the truth.