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Most men don’t lack discipline. They lack structure. Motivation fades. Rules remain.

JUST IN: 🇮🇱 Microsoft $MSFT terminates Israeli military's access to its technology after uncovering mass civilian surveillance system, violating its terms.

🚨 BREAKING: Massive crypto supply chain attack. Ledger CTO warns: Hardware wallet users must verify every transaction. Others should avoid on-chain activity until patched.

I'm taking a stand for privacy. Privacy is the missing key that will unlock new dimensions, expand opportunities, and finally bring the world onchain. View my @aztecnetwork privacy glyph & create your own: glyph.aztec.network/jakegray248

I heard someone today say “we shouldn’t pretend Tornado Cash isn’t used for illicit purposes”. I don’t pretend Tornado Cash is used for one thing or another - it’s none of my business what people use software for.  It’s also not anyone else’s business what anyone does with their money. It’s not “illicit” to move money.  Moving money is not a legitimate crime. ALL surveillance and control, all AML KYC and all violations of privacy are completely unethical, immoral and illegitimate. All of them. We have to go along with this because the tyrants pushing these horrible things have guns - but none of it has any place in a free society. Moving money and having privacy is not a legit crime.  There is no victim. If someone moves money for a purpose that is in violation of a legitimate law then the law enforcement can chase them for that legitimate crime.  (A legitimate law is a crime against someone’s life, body or property. It has an a direct clear victim.  No other laws are legitimate or ethical.) It’s wrong to treat the whole world as criminal suspects and to force draconian regulations on everyone.  It’s wrong to threaten, fine or jail people for paperwork or other made up violations which harm no one. This is all a very new and very bad idea. Almost none of this existed only 30 years ago. For most of human history the idea that thug tyrants in high offices had the right to visibility to who owns what and where and how it’s transferred would have been considered absurd. Even some of the most totalitarian regimes did not have as tight of financial controls as we have now. People didn’t even need an ID to buy stocks until the 90s. The tyrants have made people lose the plot and think that privacy or moving money without filing out some forms is a “crime”. This entire thing should be scrapped.  There’s no legitimate case for this.  Money should be able to move freely. “I see you deposited $8000.  We need to know where it came from.” “I see you are withdrawing $3400 cash to buy a rare Magic the Gathering card…not so fast, we need some forms.” Gets out of here. Totally immoral.  Unethical.  No one should support this. We need to fight much harder - not just for cases like Roman — but at a bigger picture level. Every conversation with every politician and regulator should note that ALL regs related to KYC and AML are illegitimate, anti business, anti freedom and a human rights violation.  All should be scrapped. “But Bruce what about the terrrorrooorrrrrrrists and the child traffickers 😭 think of the children!” That’s the problem of the terrorists and traffickers - chase them.  Don’t treat the other 4 billion of us like criminals.  Don’t grind down the wheels of the global economy and create friction on a trillion transactions — go do some police work.  Not my problem.   Money movement should be free. Privacy is a human right.

The SEC's new "Project Crypto" is the most bullish thing I've seen in a long time from a regulator. Read the speech, it's incredible: * Almost all tokens are not securities * Want to discourage decentralization kabuki theater * Americans should not get excluded by IP/VPN blocks * Explicit exemptions for ICOs, airdrops, etc. * Non-securities should be tradeable alongside securities on the same platforms * Protect software engineers * Streamline licensing requirements * "Innovation exemption" to protect builders pre-decentralization Wow. Wow wow wow.

I’ve had enough of this shit too. Every word of @Graham__Hancock here.

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Your phone is a tracking device, but it doesn't have to be. When I switched to @GrapheneOS, it felt amazing to finally have real control over my data & know my phone wasn't sending everything to Apple & Google. Here’s how to install & set it up:

Without privacy, all we're building are better tools for surveillance and control. We need a cultural shift -- one that makes privacy a foundation, not an afterthought.

It's quite simple, Senator: if you're more upset at the whistleblower than you are at the lawbreaking they revealed, you're not in a position to be questioning anybody's judgment.

pardon @Snowden & Assange

Unpopular opinion: 😂 All governments should track all their spending on the blockchain, an immutable public ledger. It's called "public spending" for a reason.

🚨 BREAKING: Court lifts OFAC sanctions on Tornado Cash, marking a major win for crypto privacy advocates.

No man left behind. @rstormsf and @alex_pertsev next. Tornado Cash itself won an important case today: x.com/L0laL33tz/stat…

🇺🇸 JUST IN: The FDIC sent out 25 letters telling banks to STOP developing Bitcoin banking products like: - Trading and custody - Bitcoin-backed loans - Bitcoin 'cash-back' rewards - Bitcoin-linked payment cards [@nic_carter]

BITCOIN: A Brighter Future By @BurnTheFed

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 The FDIC deliberately targeted the restriction of Bitcoin activities under Operation Chokepoint 2.0, new document reveals.

Bitcoin was launched 16 years ago on this day. The now infamous headline is forever recorded on the genesis block 0. “Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”

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