This one should not be skipped!
There is a fascinating precedent set by case law and the long battles over PGP and US "munitions" laws, that gives us a rather clear conclusion on how Bitcoin should be treated by the US government. The short version? Bitcoin is speech, plain and simple, and should be subject to a total of *0* federal or state laws on money transmission, KYC/AML, financial regulations, etc. This is not an opinion, but an objective and clear truth. Listen to a thorough argument from @beautyon_ explaining exactly why.
Don't forget to drop some applause on the original article over at the HackerNoon Medium page:
https://hackernoon.com/why-america-cant-regulate-bitcoin-8c77cee8d794
Below is another excellent article by @beautyon_ we covered recently about Bitcoin, and the nature of system critical software:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_254---Bitcoin--Software-Reliability-e46lnu
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