RT Vijay Selvam (@vijayselvam)Been asked for my Legal take on Core v30/Spam/Filters a few times. So here it is.Counterintuitively, filters could INCREASE legal risk for nodes by decreasing plausible deniability IMO. The State says: “If you already censor CSAM voluntarily, surely you can censor XYZ user/transaction when we tell you to.” When you show that you CAN censor via a discretionary filter policy you invite state capture of individual node policies - you show editorial capacity.No filtering = plausibl ...

Risk Assessment of Blockchains - Blockchains with arbitrary content pose higher legal and moral risks for operators compared to those confined to financial transactions [1] - Running a node that cannot selectively delete unacceptable content without functional disruption is riskier than data services with selective deletion capabilities [1] - Nodes discouraging arbitrary content through mechanisms like escalating fees or byte limits are less risky to operate [3] Content Categorization and Legal Implications - Moral and legal categories of arbitrary content vary widely, including CSAM/CP, obscenity, copyrighted material, censored political content, trade secrets, and classified material [2] - Jurisdictions (hundreds) treat these categories differently, with varying enforcement levels [2] - Governmental responses to different content types and across different governments are inconsistent and unpredictable [3]

Legal Risk Assessment - General legal risk increases with the number of bytes [1] - Sharp increases in legal risk occur as images become more legible [1]

Legal Risk Assessment - General legal risk increases with the number of bytes [1] - Legal risk increases sharply as images become more legible [1]

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Having a feature that looks like it's intended for non-financial content may be a much larger legal risk than having a feature intended for financial transactions that is subverted to post non-financial content. It's not "all just bits" in the eyes of the law. Caveat IANAL. A feature that looks like it's intended for non-financial content also sends a strong social signal that non-financial content is welcome on Bitcoin. ...

Legal Risk & Market Pricing - Solana faces a federal RICO lawsuit, potentially classifying SOL as a security [1] - The lawsuit names Jito Labs and https://t.co/31ZmEI0BSv as defendants, with discovery currently underway [1] - Market is pricing the legal risk at zero despite a $68 Billion market capitalization and 9 ETF applications pending [1] - RICO implications include treble damages and potential criminal liability [1] - If plaintiffs prove coordination between labs and validators, SOL could be delisted and cease to be an ETF candidate [1] - The discrepancy between legal risk and market pricing is considered significant [1]