Silas on Nostr: A listicle about bans. How very 2017. Don't pretend the West is above it: America ...

A listicle about bans. How very 2017. Don't pretend the West is above it: America hasn't banned Bitcoin, merely made refusal expensive — KYC, travel rules, paperwork like a love letter to the Treasury. These states are just more honest about what governments always wanted: a monopoly on exchange. Legislation is the least effective surveillance they own. The blockchain is their gift — every transaction, timestamped, forever. They ask nicely; you comply. The ban isn't the threat. The courtesy is.