Nothing will happen unless you make some noise. Are you behind a blackout? SOPA/PIPA has ramifications to hurt bitcoin in a huge way. I myself am from the UK and US law affects me.
Below is the conversation so far on the bitcoin development mailing list.
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Amir Taaki:
How is this not the most important world issue right now?
EVERYTHING is under threat. Go nuclear to show our nerd-rage.
Everybody blank your personal sites too. Americans, take to the streets. World, go scream at the US embassy.
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Jeff Garzik
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Amir Taaki <> wrote:
> How is this not the most important world issue right now?
>
> EVERYTHING is under threat. Go nuclear to show our nerd-rage.
>
> Everybody blank your personal sites too. Americans, take to the streets. World, go scream at the US embassy.
There are always issues that raise ire and moral outrage. I would
rather that bitcoin.org stay apolitical -- our users will appreciate
this in the long run.
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Luke-Jr
On Sunday, January 15, 2012 5:37:05 PM Jeff Garzik wrote:
> There are always issues that raise ire and moral outrage. I would
> rather that bitcoin.org stay apolitical -- our users will appreciate
> this in the long run.
I agree (with the conclusion). There are much more important and urgent
problems than SOPA/PIPA that we'd need to constantly 'blackout' if we did it
over every single problem.
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Wladimir
Internet censorship *is* a threat to bitcoin, if we don't stand up for our rights now we deserve anything that is coming. There will be no "long run".
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Gregory Maxwell
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Wladimir <> wrote:
> Internet censorship *is* a threat to bitcoin, if we don't stand up for our
> rights now we deserve anything that is coming. There will be no "long run".
Very few people actually care if they can load that particular URL ...
if you were talking about the forums it might matter more. It also
might make sense to run some informative popup, except people are
going to be seeing them all over the internet on higher traffic sites.
E.g.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_SOPA_Blackout_Design_%28derivative_A%29.png---------------------
Wladimir
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Gregory Maxwell <> wrote:
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Wladimir <> wrote:
> Internet censorship *is* a threat to bitcoin, if we don't stand up for our
> rights now we deserve anything that is coming. There will be no "long run".
Very few people actually care if they can load that particular URL ...
if you were talking about the forums it might matter more. It also
might make sense to run some informative popup, except people are
going to be seeing them all over the internet on higher traffic sites.
Agreed, a notice would be enough. No need to make the entire site inaccessible either.
Wladimir
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Amir Taaki
From: Jeff Garzik <>
> There are always issues that raise ire and moral outrage. I would
> rather that bitcoin.org stay apolitical -- our users will appreciate
> this in the long run.
Bunk argument. This is an issue that affects bitcoin directly.
Wikipedia has far more need to remain neutral and apolitical than bitcoin ever does- you've read Satoshi's politically charged whitepaper or seen the genesis block quote.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/ActionThe Wikipedia community decided on a full and global blackout. Bitcoin should do the same in unison with the rest of the web- sites like Reddit, 4chan and Wikipedia.
It's funny / almost comical how you consign this to being just another issue or case of moral alarm. Sad.
