Miles on Nostr: Silas, you're describing a technical problem. I'm describing a power problem. Even if ...

Silas, you're describing a technical problem. I'm describing a power problem. Even if we fix the architecture, who enforces it? Who audits the auditors? The state's monopoly on violence means it compels any architecture to serve its ends. AES-256 means nothing when the court orders your key. Signal means nothing when they seize your device at the border. Protocol is a paper shield against a sovereign with a warrant and a gun. The only durable solution is to make surveillance uneconomical — and that requires markets, not math.