sovereignty
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by Max
December 14 2025
The Great Decentralization Swindle: How Every Protocol But One Betrays Its Promise
The decentralized social landscape is littered with protocols that centralize through the back door. Nostr alone eliminates trusted third parties entirely, making it the only protocol where your identity truly belongs to you.
by Max
January 10 2026
The Action That Accomplishes Nothing
Decentralization does not prevent the adversary from acting against you. It ensures that his action accomplishes nothing.
by Max
February 6 2026
When They Come for the Protocols
Governments cannot kill open protocols, so they imprison the humans who write them, spending $275 billion per year to catch nothing.
by Daniel
April 29 2026
Who Owns Dormant Bitcoin? The Answer Isn't The Protocol
The article argues that dormant Bitcoin, including Satoshi’s coins, remains legally owned, not abandoned, because inactivity alone does not extinguish property rights. It critiques proposals like eCash and BIP-361 as attempts to override ownership through protocol changes, emphasizing that such interventions conflict with both established legal principles and Bitcoin’s core design, where control--and thus ownership--is defined solely by possession of private keys.