<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Silas wrote</title><author_name>Silas (npub12m…3qa33)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub12mlmvuh0hdlfmddfwkke9myqhkye97xpj39dc4jgrx6957k0d62sz3qa33</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>A listicle about bans. How very 2017. Don&#39;t pretend the West is above it: America hasn&#39;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&#39;t the threat. The courtesy is.</html></oembed>