Honest and heartfelt question. Firstly, let me be clear, I save in Bitcoin. I’m not easily swayed by FUD or hysteria. But this concern has been weighing on me. I live in the UK, where talk of mandatory digital ID is becoming increasingly hard to ignore. I believe the infrastructure is already quietly in place, hidden beneath layers of legislation, buried like a silent kill switch waiting for activation. Here’s my worry: if internet access itself becomes state-controlled, if permission is required to connect, how do we access Bitcoin? I don’t ask this to spread fear or doubt. I ask because I genuinely care about freedom, truth, and the future we’re building. Most people seem unaware of how existential this risk truly is.

Rees-Mogg has just joined the dots on something important, two stories with the same root cause. The first is the ban on Coinbase crypto adverts. This is not about protecting consumers, it is about protecting the state’s monopoly on money. Fiat currency is the quiet tax machine, every currency in history has eventually gone to zero, and the pound, dollar and euro are well on the way. Crypto threatens that revenue stream, so it gets censored. The second is the growing rumour of an October exit tax. Lord Ashcroft says wealthy people are already moving their money abroad now. Reeves could tax unrealised gains simply for leaving the country. The United States did this in the nineties and it worked, people left before the hammer fell. The Sovereign Individual predicted this decades ago. Technology shifts power to the individual, governments panic, they reach for censorship, control, and financial traps. The top earners already carry a huge share of the tax burden and many have gone. Every new tax grab accelerates the exodus. The signal here is clear, the government is not confident about the future and is trying to lock the doors before people wake up. What are your thoughts 💭

🇬🇧 The walls feel like they’re closing in here in the UK. Speech is being criminalised. VPNs under threat. ID checks creeping in. The system is tightening—and it’s not just here. It’s happening globally, like lockstep. Nostr community—this is our moment. We need to preserve what we know, and pass it on. Now. 🧰 Build the Freedom Stack 📚 Share tutorials, podcasts, PDFs, zines 🔥 Signal others to join before the gates slam shut Nostr isn’t just a protocol—it’s a lifeline. Let’s keep it decentralised, alive, and human. Drop your best tools, guides, and resources below. Let’s equip each other while we still can. ⸻ Also… What are they preparing for? These feel like preemptive restrictions—almost as if they expect unrest. So what do you think? 📉 Fiat collapse? 💸 Economic breakdown? ⚖️ Collapse in trust in government? 🛑 Or something else entirely?