The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @lopp ever

January 13th, 2017

@brianchoffman I’m quite sure that a variety of entities have ingested and stored this information on servers outsi… https://t.co/1GPy6nsByY

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@brianchoffman What’s the deal with tech folks acting as if they can delete information from the Internet?

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RT @Excellion: Bitcoin is many things to many people. Some utilize it as digital gold & some as P2P cash. Both are correct. Bitcoin doesn’t…

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RT @masonic_tweets: Finally - A decent guide for setting up @Yubico Yubikey (as 2FA) on @ubuntu servers. https://t.co/jSkwlWK2Yo @JamesCPoo…

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@ModernApostate @Bitcoin_IRA If the bitcoin was purchased inside the Roth IRA, there should be no tax so long as you aren’t day trading.

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Oh no, 70% of @Bitcoin_IRA investors use Traditional IRAs. Think long term, folks: tax-wise, Roth IRAs are superior! https://t.co/OnnHTKMMU5

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Great work by @BitGo engineer @arikaleph to protect our SDK users against MITM attacks! https://t.co/a2ppMKzy6A

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@999BTC Also: deprecation of State where individuals can opt-out of its control doesn’t preclude people from choosing to live under a State.

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@999BTC To be clear, I think statists often create a strawman argument that anarchists claim a stateless society will be a nonviolent utopia

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RT @CathyReisenwitz: Money laundering laws are 100% bullshit, 100% of the time. https://t.co/R49a5b6GDM

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@999BTC Someone has to pay for security personnel, the only difference is how the money is raised.

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@999BTC If an individual or group is incapable of defending themselves, they can hire private security forces. Need not be backed by a State

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@coin_artist @decredproject Hard fork voting? Does that mean that a majority of voters can force a minority to follow them onto a hard fork?

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@999BTC Most infrastructure is already built and maintained by private companies - the State is merely coordinating them.

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@999BTC Right, that’s what I mean by deprecating the State - making superior voluntary options available for people.

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6) “Deprecate the State” is my take on @balajis’ “Silicon Valley’s Ultimate Exit” https://t.co/ipfA5T0IHg

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5) “Death to the State” can’t work - it’s insane to continue this cycle. Our best hope for freedom is to peacefully deprecate the State.

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4) It may take centuries for weak govt to amass enough power that citizens find it too onerous, revolting & resetting the cycle of violence.

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3) Even when a nation is replaced by a much weaker govt (such as the USA with its many restrictions on power) it will slowly grow stronger.

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2) However, nation states can’t be destroyed via violence. Nation states are the embodiment of the monopolization of violence.

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1) Throughout human history when citizens could no longer tolerate the atrocities committed by the State, they’d violently overthrow it.

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Don’t hold the private keys? You don’t actually own BTC.
Don’t hold hashing equipment? You aren’t actually mining.
https://t.co/NK8rRFTvPF

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