paintedfrog

Censorship is a perennial topic of discussion in certain cryptocurrency circles, but the near-universal absence of comprehension of what actually consititutes censorship is glaringly apparent and troubling. It’s one of those terms like “ironic”, used frequently but rarely correctly. But more concerning is the case of “censorship” because its fallacious use can be weaponized, so we need to counter that with a true, working understanding. So, here’s an attempt to promote such.

Make no mistake, the only workable definition of censorship is that which is compatible with Negative Liberty. It’s the only one that can be universally ap

@satoshi

Yes, it's Roger. Of course. Not content merely with control over the @bitcoin account, he also feels empowered to curate a feed of Satoshi's own words, selected to produce a narrative favorable to Bitcoin Cash.

Given Roger's clear appeal to Satoshi's authority to validate BCH as Bitcoin, here's one Satoshi quote that you will NEVER see his sham account advertise:

"There is only one global chain" -Satoshi Nakamoto, e-mail reply to Mike Hearn, April 12, 2009

Source

Here are the relevant sections:

Mike Hearn:

12. "Specifically, it's not quite clear to me what blocks contain. If I
13. understand correctly, there i

This is written in response to the post titled "It's time we as a community moved away from Bitcoin" by u/MrCrickets

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“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven” - Ecclesiastes

In December 2017, a huge influx of first-time cryptocurrency speculators began entering the space and populating cryptocurrency subreddits. The Bitcoin bull run captured international media attention which sparked a craze and ignited Bitcoin FOMO on an unprecedented scale. The price of Bitcoin skyrocketed, and for those who entered on the tail end of the bull run, the kind of massive returns being advertised in the media seemed already out of rea

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a scam pushed primarily by Roger Ver and Jihan Wu. Their roles are different, but the goal is the same: to make more money by dividing Bitcoin against itself. The concept of manufactured competition within a brand was pioneered in the 1930’s by Neil McElroy of Procter and Gamble, later US Secretary of Defense. This idea finds a clear expression in the creation and marketing of BCH, though the open source nature of Bitcoin allows further improprieties for BCH.

Bitcoin Cash was created when a minority