the stupids already got bilked. it’s stupid to give away custody of your funds.

the poors are the ones whom the regulators are here to claim to protect.

it’s one thing to talk shit. it’s another to talk shit without knowing a damn thing

it’s not gymnastics to understand the ftx and crypto aren’t any more related than bernie madoff and the dollar.

how much tether do you have? what would be the outcome of a failed audit? what’s the definition of immutable?

smartest person in the thread

how will they regulate bitcoin?

you can’t vibe with something that you don’t understand.

stop boot licking. it’s gross

ain’t none. comply with the technology and stop trying to censor people.

your terminology is wrong and it makes you come off as under-informed

get it right, it’s censorship resistance that we’re avoiding. guess what “regulation” is?

the retail investor is too stupid? speak for yourself

folks using the word regulation don’t understand the technology.

this is a global peer to peer network. mfers haven’t regulated downloading movies off the internet what makes you think they’ll regulate a public financial infrastructure.

mfers really can’t answer the where and how or regulation.

what are you gonna do?

stop me from creating public and private keys?

you gonna stop me from using public rpcs? you gonna stop me from using command line on my computer? make cryptography illegal.

like, this isn’t hypothetical. fucking regulate if you can.

no. regulation is needed for banks that are in custody of my money.

you might support but you don’t understand.

regulation is needed when you turnover custody of your assets.

crypto’s tenants are based self custody.

what you really meant to say is that you support regulating banks.

you’re comparing administrative duties with technical competence.

you see how slow the gov moves and you expect them to keep up with infrastructure demand?

umm, y’all remeber the net neutrality discussion we had a few years ago.

that’s what this is. you’re providing special treatment.

you can’t tax netflix and not brit box? if you did what’s the bar that gets britbox to pay taxes.

i get that they want revenue but it shouldn’t be at the expense of competition.