Yes I opt out of voting as a political act often- my non-participation is a statement about opting out
Politics is defined as how a society organizes, distributes, and/or contests power, authority, and resources
Bitcoin is a money yes… in the sense that UTXOs have a spendable monetary value but the network itself is a “network of nodes”- a society, so to speak and rough consensus is the means by which that society is exercising decision making
How do we decide softforks? That’s a political activity
Programmable electronic cash has to upgrade regularly
Those upgrades require political activity- rough consensus for a soft fork
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2025-04-15 04:34:53
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