+- Abuirfhan -- 10d ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Freezing coins is a hard no. | | | | Bitcoin is simple at its core. If you have the keys, you control the coins. That rule is the foundation. There are | | no exceptions based on age, identity, or narrative. | | | | The moment you freeze coins, you break that rule. You introduce human judgment into a system that was designed to | | remove it. That shifts Bitcoin from a neutral protocol to a governed system. | | | | Satoshi’s coins are not a problem. They are a signal. A large, untouched set of coins that acts as a natural test | | surface. | | | | If quantum capability ever becomes real, it won’t be subtle. It will go after the most visible and valuable targets | | first. That means Satoshi’s coins. | | | | When those coins move, the signal will be clear. No need for speculation or preemptive action. The network will see | | it in real time. | | | | Freezing coins tries to act before reality. It assumes a threat and changes the rules in advance. That is not how | | Bitcoin was designed to operate. | | | | Bitcoin works because the rules are fixed and predictable. Ownership is determined by keys, not by decisions made | | later under pressure. | | | | Once you accept freezing, you open the door to further intervention. That path leads away from Bitcoin’s core | | principles. | | | | #Bip-361 | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Freezing coins is a hard no. Bitcoin is simple at its core. If you have the keys, you control the coins. That rule is the foundation. There are no exceptions based on age, identity, or narrative. The moment you freeze coins, you break that rule. You introduce human judgment into a system that was designed to remove it. That shifts Bitcoin from a neutral protocol to a governed system. Satoshi’s coins are not a problem. They are a signal. A large, untouched set of coins that acts as a natural test surface. If quantum capability ever becomes real, it won’t be subtle. It will go after the most visible and valuable targets first. That means Satoshi’s coins. When those coins move, the signal will be clear. No need for speculation or preemptive action. The network will see it in real time. Freezing coins tries to act before reality. It assumes a threat and changes the rules in advance. That is not how Bitcoin was designed to operate. Bitcoin works because the rules are fixed and predictable. Ownership is determined by keys, not by decisions made later under pressure. Once you accept freezing, you open the door to further intervention. That path leads away from Bitcoin’s core principles. #Bip-361
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Freezing coins is a hard no.Bitcoin is simple at its core. If you have the keys, you control the coins. That rule is the foundation. Thereare no exceptions based on age, identity, or narrative.The moment you freeze coins, you break that rule. You introduce human judgment into a system that was designedto remove it. That shifts Bitcoin from a neutral protocol to a governed system.Satoshi’s coins are not a problem. They are a signal. A large, untouched set of coins that acts as a naturaltest surface.If quantum capability ever becomes real, it won’t be subtle. It will go after the most visible and valuabletargets first. That means Satoshi’s coins.When those coins move, the signal will be clear. No need for speculation or preemptive action. The network willsee it in real time.Freezing coins tries to act before reality. It assumes a threat and changes the rules in advance. That is nothow Bitcoin was designed to operate.Bitcoin works because the rules are fixed and predictable. Ownership is determined by keys, not by decisionsmade later under pressure.Once you accept freezing, you open the door to further intervention. That path leads away from Bitcoin’s coreprinciples.#Bip-361