Sovereignty is Proven.
We live in a world where people want more control over other people. That much is certain. You aren't sovereign unless you prove it. Anyone who can't defend themselves may find they're at the mercy of someone looking to control them, from abusive relationships to entire countries.
When something is illegal, it is illegal not everywhere, but in the Sovereign Nation of _______. Whatever rules dictate that sovereign nation are enforced under its own power.
What makes America a sovereign nation?
I guess that's an argument in itself, but many would point to the Military Industrial Complex. If you can force a big group of people to act a certain way and follow a certain grouping of rules, I guess we could call that a government. These nations typically have "democratic elections" and representative politicians that have the best interests for their constituents in mind (in theory).
What makes Bitcoin a sovereign nation?
Crypto is trying to automate governance. It gains its sovereignty by being borderless and hard to enforce from country to country. The Internet is its backbone, so the infrastructure is already mostly there, embedded into modern society. Yet, the network continues to expand exponentially.
Bitcoin citizens have the smallest constitution in the world:
- 21 million max coins (logarithmic hard cap via halving inflation)
- SHA-256 digital mining lottery.
That's about it. As basic as it gets; a purely economic government (because money is the most corrupt and important asset on the planet). Thousands of nodes are being run all around the world, and you can be sure many will continue to do so. In fact, you can likely assume the network will expand over time.
Complexity
The more complex the governance structure is, the more vulnerable to attack it becomes. Welcome to firsthand experience.
However, what I'd really like to talk about is sovereignty as it pertains to law.
Soft Fork 22.2 was maliciously structured, intending to freeze a handful of very targeted accounts and taking away their rights and possession to their owned asset, and may be deemed illegal and criminal.
The more I think about it, I just can't get over it. Crypto is governance. We are trying to be our own sovereign entities. It can't be against the law if we came to consensus to do it. That's the entire point. Unless you're saying we're actually under control of another nation... oh right... you are. Cool.
Consensus hacked!
Forever on the blockchain, Steem will have indisputable evidence that Binance went insolvent in order to hack our consensus and help enslave our community to another nation. We were purchased, after all. People are things you can buy, right? Right.
Our constitution is being rewritten at this very moment in time. In fact, it was being rewritten before the attack even occurred. 100% preemptive.
CZ what were you thinking? This is a permanent stain on your record, you just don't know it yet because it hasn't happened 10 times yet and people aren't pissed. Imagine that time in the future when messing with crypto governments is much more of an issue in the public eye. The blockchain has a permanent record of all misconduct. Oops.
Perhaps that a bit overdramatic. I'm truly not that emotionally invested in all this, just trying to make a point.
We are all enslaved to nature and the laws of physics. Everyone wants to be a super hero. We want to defy gravity and have the power to fly away at a moment's notice.
We can't, there are rules.
And we continued to create more rules as we've ceaselessly attempted to tame reality. Anyone can choose to try to live out in the woods. No one does for a reason. Even as servants, we get a better deal in this system; a much much better deal. Will that always be the case? Crypto is proving... maybe not.
Conclusion
The hostile takeover of this blockchain is not a setback, it's a progression; a progression that was going to happen no matter what, and if you think it ends with Steem, you are dreaming.
All nations are under constant attack at all times.
You're already taking the deal they're giving you.
This just makes it official.
Remember that.
