The Cat and Bitcoin Confiscation
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In this video, I discuss the Cat soft fork proposal and the related topics of Bitcoin confiscation and theft.
I demonstrate that there is no slippery slope here, and that there have even been some Bitcoin soft forks in the past that were "confiscatory."
Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.
Claire's response to Greg Maxwell:
https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bip-the-cat-draft-discussion/2153/2
The Cat discussion on the ML:
https://groups.google.com/u/2/g/bitcoindev/c/Q6ulQb13okg
Greg Maxwell accusing the Cat of being "confiscatory":
https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Q6ulQb13okg/m/TJLrd4CXCwAJ
Spammers have provided us with lists of their spam:
https://www.ord.io/
Greg Maxwell proposes a 1 year ban:
https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/Q6ulQb13okg/m/AWsU_uGpAQAJ
Peter Wuille advocating for confiscation:
https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/8PM6iZCeDMc/m/9ipwupXeAQAJ
Bitcoin Devs Float Proposal to Freeze Quantum-Vulnerable Addresses:
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/07/16/bitcoin-devs-float-proposal-to-freeze-quantum-vulnerable-addresses-even-satoshi-nakamoto-s?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://github.com/jlopp/bips/blob/quantum_migration/bip-post-quantum-migration.mediawiki
Odell is wrong:
https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqszmprhvdx2xlm9n52cjmgk7g0dvewufl0pm8fwqtyy4sk83qu33pg4z60ng
Value overflow incident:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Value_overflow_incident
BIP-16 (P2SH):
https://river.com/learn/terms/b/bip-16-p2sh/
Was P2SH confiscatory?
https://x.com/SuperTestnet/status/2001041017315701198
https://x.com/SuperTestnet/status/2001116173727871481
https://x.com/SuperTestnet/status/2001092171382841482
https://x.com/SuperTestnet/status/2001356203864310145
Bitcoin UTXO spam dust problem:
https://x.com/ostrom72158/status/1998675602342080523/photo/1
Konrad Graf's monograph:
https://x.com/Conza/status/2001110156306997748
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