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Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re... by krapp on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:25PM (#18765444)
> Bitcoin is failing and if that’s the best option for free speech, it proves that the mainstream actually doesn’t support it.

Bitcoin is an anarcho-capitalist currency, and the mainstream aren't anarchists. The mainstream doesn't object to it because they object to free speech, they object to it because they like banks with their FDIC insurance and laws.

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Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re... by jakelazaroff on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @05:35PM (#18765499)
"Object" is even probably too strong a term! The mainstream is mostly indifferent to it, because normal banking is better for virtually every transaction they want to make.

Bitcoin is failing on its own (lack of) merits, not because people are mounting some campaign to destroy it.

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