Local Models and Bitcoin Are Both Freedom Tools, Argues Gladstein
csuwildcat · x · 2026-09-28
Replying to the claim that "local models are useless," Bitcoin commentator gladstein argues the take comes from the same place as "Bitcoin is useless" — people who've never faced censorship, surveillance, deplatforming, theft, or state and corporate interference. In his view, local models and Bitcoin are both freedom tools for those who need to route around such restrictions.
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