SBF being able to post bail after a multi billion dollar fraud while Alexey Pertsev, Tornado Cash developer, is in jail since more than 160 days for publishing OS code tells you everything you need to know about the times we live in.
Disgusting.
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In 2022, we saw a massive global escalation of people in power to consolidate their power by breaching peoples digital rights.
In 2023, we will fight harder than ever.
The US gov, through the FBI, had the censorship units at major internet platforms on speed dial.
Public figures that claimed such a year ago were cast out of polite society as lunatics. When it is now established to be true, the same polite people now shrug: "Trust the ruler."
Crypto is rightist: self-sovereignty, censorship-resistance, freedom, money.
Web3 is leftist: democratizing the web, community ownership, empowering creators.
They are the yin and yang of what makes crypto crypto. It's just when crypto went mainstream, the web3 side showed up.
UK & EU crypto regs feel like watching a tennis match - back and forth on whether bitcoin deserves a red carpet or the exit door 🎾 Meanwhile, ethereum keeps building regardless. Anyone else feeling the regulatory whiplash? #crypto #bitcoin #ethereumcommunity