Narrative Watch 10.8 | The NBA, Hearthstone & Hong Kong on Why Censorship Resistance Matters pscp.tv/w/cGzUNDE0Nzc1…
What we're talking about today:
Censorship resistance in *practice* not just theory, with the specific context of
@dmorey comments on Hong Kong and the fast aggressive reaction from China (and the NBA)
@blitzchungHS getting banned from Hearthstone for live comments about HK
Censorship resistance in *practice* not just theory, with the specific context of
@dmorey comments on Hong Kong and the fast aggressive reaction from China (and the NBA)
@blitzchungHS getting banned from Hearthstone for live comments about HK
@dmorey @blitzchungHS How does it connect to crypto?
In a specific way, @GodsUnchained has offered to pay for @blitzchungHS lost winnings and get him to an upcoming $500k tournament.
In other words, the crypto alternative may not just be about NFTs and true digital asset ownership.
In a specific way, @GodsUnchained has offered to pay for @blitzchungHS lost winnings and get him to an upcoming $500k tournament.
In other words, the crypto alternative may not just be about NFTs and true digital asset ownership.
@dmorey @blitzchungHS @GodsUnchained But in a more overarching way, both "money crypto" and "tech crypto" (to use @eriktorenberg's convention) have this notion of censorship resistance at their core.
Keeping track of *where* censorship resistance is actually required in political communities and markets is key.
Keeping track of *where* censorship resistance is actually required in political communities and markets is key.
@dmorey @blitzchungHS @GodsUnchained @eriktorenberg In today's world, there is perhaps no more confounding context for this than China's strange combination of theoretically liberal markets and often illiberal policies. In densely connected global markets, the implications of that friction go far beyond those shores, as we've seen
@dmorey @blitzchungHS @GodsUnchained @eriktorenberg This is not a "bitcoin solves this" convo ...although you gotta think that these folks might have preferred to be operating in the context of a permissionless network with no leader to ban or disavow them.
It's about the larger context that bitcoin & all cryptos operate in.
It's about the larger context that bitcoin & all cryptos operate in.
@dmorey @blitzchungHS @GodsUnchained @eriktorenberg I highly encourage you to go spend time on the different takes on this one. I've got everyone from @Jkylebass to @southpark to @Slasher to @NateSilver538 to @MollyMcKew to @brucefenton on the @MessariCrypto board, and this is just scratching the surface boards.messari.io/b/narrative-wa…
@dmorey @blitzchungHS @GodsUnchained @eriktorenberg @Jkylebass @SouthPark @Slasher @NateSilver538 @MollyMcKew @brucefenton @MessariCrypto Going to continue updating the board, as this story is still ascending in terms of the chatter
