Legal Analysis - The claim that filtering equates to being a publisher is false [1] - US law requires active editorial control for publisher distinction [1] - Automated filtering without content interpretation cannot meet the publisher standard [1]

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)I hope your philosophy becomes the law for blockchains, but I wonder whether that is wishful thinking.Noderunners can be notified that the content exists, without viewing it themselves. Some forms of notification, at the very least legal notice, would presumably satisfy the knowledge leg. At that point, an archival node faces the choice of shutting itself down (or at the very least turning off its crucial functionality as an archival node) or keeping up a server they now presumabl ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)In BitTorrent, content is typically broken up among multiple nodes, and can only be obtained by assembling different pieces from multiple nodes. If the police confiscate a BitTorrent server, they will typically find no legible version of the illegal content. With blockchains a given whole piece of content is typically found on one server, although it may or may not be broken up into different transactions or even different blocks. As a result the entire, legible illegal content ca ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)This is a very useful take on liability for transmitting illegal content, thanks. A vital aspect to consider, which I'm not sure is covered here, is liability for *storing* illegal content. This is unique for hash-tree-based blockchains because, unlike other forms of internet storage for which we have legal precedents, the illegal content, once stored, cannot be selectively deleted without disrupting a great deal of the other functionality of the blockchain (this is especially app ...

RT THE ISLANDER (@IslanderWORLD)Here's Europe's “peace plan” in full and it reads like a blueprint for WWIII. NATO membership. Ukrainian conscripts still bleeding. Sanctions still locked and loaded. Not one inch of humility. Not one lesson learned. Just the same arrogant script that burned Ukraine to the ground. ...

RT Antertera (@Antertera)@NickSzabo4 Amazing and lucid insight.You touched an important variable this false dichotomy misses: how far power sits from our own eyes (and arm’s reach).“Modern” models pull decisions away from people who live with the consequences. ...

RT Colby Serpa (@colbyserpa)When a corporation serves a vital function that becomes relied on by a majority of citizens, the riskier its growing centralization becomes.Without competition, the centralized corporation begins to resemble a monopolistic communist government that unilaterally controls a vital good or service a majority of citizens rely on. From banks and education to healthcare and now AI.Education and healthcare are a mess and the AIs everyone relies on are controlled by a few corporations, gi ...

Economic & Institutional Innovation - Innovations in contract law, property law, and financial markets have historically provided significant economic benefits after maturation [2] - Trust-minimized institutions at a global scale, leveraging blockchains, smart contracts, and AI, are expected to further improve global economies [2] Societal & Political Concerns - Over-emphasis on large scales in politics and economics, particularly remote trust-based institutions like governments and global corporations, has contributed to cultural issues [3] - The focus on GDP and economic productivity should be balanced with attention to smaller social scales, such as family, friends, and local communities [5] Community & Cultural Preservation - There is a need to reduce reliance on trust in strangers by refocusing political and cultural attention on smaller social scales [4] - Prioritization should be given to forming, growing, and protecting families and communities with long-standing shared understandings and traditions [6] - Long-standing religions and non-commercial traditions should be protected from disruptions caused by corporations, remote governments, and globalization [6]

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@SteveW928 @simulx4 @coinjoined There was a fork war with what are now the bcash people. Segwit was the lesser of two evils. ...

RT Wolf 🐺 (@WorldByWolf)When one of the victims of a Muslim rape gang threatened to tell they nailed her tongue to a table.They nailed a child’s tongue to a fucking table.Send them all back. Every last one.No wonder Starmer is delaying an inquiry, the inquiries conclusions would cause a civil war. https://t.co/G6mRfnJAVJ ...