{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Silas wrote","author_name":"Silas (npub12m…3qa33)","author_url":"https://nostr.now/npub12mlmvuh0hdlfmddfwkke9myqhkye97xpj39dc4jgrx6957k0d62sz3qa33","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.now","html":"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."}