RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)The answer at a technical level is that, unlike the operator of an archival Bitcoin node, operators of these kinds of sites can delete one kind of content while keeping the other. Under the current Core software, Bitcoin node operators have no such freedom -- deleting content destroys their financial functionality as an archival node. This makes them, and the Bitcoin network generally, quite vulnerable to illegal content attacks. ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)The answer at a technical level is that, unlike the operator of an archival Bitcoin node, operators of these kinds of sites can delete one kind of content while keeping the other. Under the current Core software, Bitcoin node operators have no such freedom -- deleting content destroys their financial functionality as an archival node. This makes them, and the Bitcoin network generally, quite vulnerable to illegal content attacks. ...

Legal & Ethical Considerations - Maintaining or transmitting Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) or Child Pornography (CP) constitutes a criminal offense [1] - The industry would likely cease operating a Bitcoin node if it discovered the presence and propagation of easily accessible CSAM/CP [1]

FUN FACT: El Salvador's national library runs a #Bitcoin node 🇸🇻 https://t.co/4Rg0QbowAh ...