When I started to get into the Bitcoin rabbit hole, I was always hearing repeatedly from those who have helped me, the issue of privacy and security. Admittedly, I even came to think a bit that they had a certain "trauma" and that they had deep-rooted conspiracy theories, always talking about possible hostile scenarios. Now I fully understand that I was wrong. The facts show that privacy is the key to our security.

They have attacked several who are in favor of the right to privacy, they have accused them of things for which they are not responsible. Durov is accused of everything that Telegram users have done, and the only thing Durov has done is be co-founder of a social network of 90 million users and be its CEO. Now they attack the creators of Samurai Wallet, when the only thing they have done is create a wallet for each user to safely store, guarding their keys, their assets.

Let's be aware that Bitcoin, its environment and freedom and the right to be free and to keep our privacy are thorns in the flesh of current government and financial systems.

Let's be smart. LET'S KEEP OUR PRIVACY

Its been happening for a while now.

whac-a-mole

This is another in the multiple attacks upon Bitcoin. Death by a Thousand Cuts is their strategy. Bitcoin was created to enable P2P decentralised censorship resistant Means of Exchange. This was to free us of the need to trust financial institutions who previously monopolised (and still largely do) the provision of transactions between us. The idea of Bitcoin was to remove the intermediaries and allow us to have direct custody of our money and direct control over our transactions. The idea being that we demand and apply the right to trade directly without requiring the approval of institutional intermediaries. Of course the powers that be hated and still hate this idea- it attacks the very base of their control over us. So this idea has been attacked with KYC and with increasing institutional custody and control. Yes you and I can still hold Bitcoin and send Bitcoin directly between ourselves, but as the claws of the state and bankers sharpen their grip upon Bitcoin the ability to do this has constantly reduced. Now OECD nations are proposing broad agreement on reporting requirements to assess tax liability of Bitcoin users. This agreement will be to require reporting of all transactions ostensibly for tax liability assessment purposes but in reality will result in the ability to transact with Bitcoin privately almost impossible because most Bitcoin is already KYCed. Furthermore ETFs set in place a mechanism to increase the amount of Bitcoin that Cannot be used for P2P MoE - ETFs explicitly characterise Bitcoin as a speculative commodity and obstruct its use to the extent that people hold Bitcoin via ETFs. How many of us now hold Bitcoin outside of KYC and how many still use it as a direct censorship resistant P2P MoE? IMO the jaws of the colluding banks and governments are closing upon our freedom to exchange value freely and without fear or favour, with the banks mostly directing this sly obstruction, but with also full collusion of our supposedly democratic governments. Its seems they do not believe we have the right to free and private MoE- they appear to insist upon maintaining their monopoly of MoE monetary hegemony over us. Are we surrendering the fundamental principles of Bitcoin (freedom of association, private property rights, privacy and freedom to exchange value P2P without centralised authorities and their arbitrary censorship) for 30 pieces of silver, ie the price pumping that ETFs and institutional capture and control promises? If ETFs and other state banker constructs (CEXes, KYC etc) expand the market for Bitcoin but undermine its fundamental premise and purpose, then the bankers and governments are now seeking to capture and control Bitcoin and thereby defeat its purpose.

I think it's important

That's bad but important