There is a massive miscommunication tearing Bitcoiners apart right now. Instead of arguing over specific code like BIP 110, I want to ask a much harder question in this solo take: Is it actually censorship to address spam?
I’ll explain why prioritizing financial transactions over JPEGs isn’t authoritarianism, and why claiming it is destroys our ability to protect the network. We built a protocol for decentralized money, not unlimited file storage. Let’s talk about what real censorship actually means.
Chapters
(00:00:00) – “Censorship” and Spam
(00:01:41) – The analogy
(00:02:52) – Free speech and limits
(00:04:54) – The trick
(00:06:30) – Size limits vs censorship
(00:08:06) – What censorship really is
(00:10:48) – The Motte and Bailey argument
(00:14:45) – Bitcoin is for money
(00:16:20) – Is limiting spam censorship?
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References from the episode
Coronavirus: Staying safe and informed on Twitter (12 January 2021): https://tinyurl.com/2cb4fxej
X – Updating our approach to misleading information (11 May 2020): https://tinyurl.com/285vdpbe
Block 960074 (Mempool.space): https://tinyurl.com/29rr7lwg
Bitcoin Whitepaper: https://tinyurl.com/kkxbyss
Giacomo Zucco X post: https://tinyurl.com/2yhf55q6
