I must say I'm suprised with certain statements in this thread.
If we want to pretend that blockchains are trustless decentralized ledgers shouldn't we be against censorship/prevention of usage from a large group with common properties of users? (ie users from Russia)
One key point of the word trustless should be that we can allow even bad actors inside the system. Enemies in a war could be perceived as, at most, bad actors (Russian citizens are not Putin). But the system is equal for both sides of war, and outcomes inside the system shouldn't be determined by the morality/just cause or any other philosophical factor. If it is, we end up with trustless decentralized
When I heard the news that Flexpool banned all russian IPs, I was appalled. If I had something like that happen to me, I would be very disappointed in crypto. This sure isn't a way to make it a global standard.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't recall anyone tried to stop nazis from mining gold, flagging their gold or any other counter measure in a system of value that is gold, during WWII. No one stopped them, after the war, from moving their fortunes to Argentina, Spain etc.
Disclaimer: I'm not from Russia, and I'm against the war.
there is theory and there is practice.
lets say Putin had a covid induced stroke that affects his rationality.
does the rest of the world 🌍 simply allow him to run amuck?
in the name of the blockchains?
well maybe they do and maybe they don’t
but if you told me major exchanges lock coins on people . the fact is they do.
as for covid causing a stroke that affects rationally My bro-in-law had a covid induced stroke and now has dementia. He is fully paranoid and won’t get better. If this happens to any leader of any country they need to be removed from office before they hurt a lot of people.
Do I know if Putin has covid induced mental failure no,but his actions are fairly risky.