zhenya on Nostr: growing up i was taught monkeys at the zoo were originally caught using the "banana ...

growing up i was taught monkeys at the zoo were originally caught using the "banana trick"

whereby a trapper would place banana in a small cage, large enough for a free, wild monkey to see the banana and put their hand in to grab its prize... but small enough the monkey can't pull it's hand out whole also holding the banana

the monkey could easily let go of the banana and leave free, but they had to let go and they didnt want to

so it would stand there trying every which way to get it's hand and the banana out, giving the trapper time and distraction enough to walk right up and grab the monkey for good

whether that's true or not, that's how bitcoin privacy feels, imo.

we spend all this time and energy hyper focused on getting onchain privacy using only bitcoin. we chain ourselves to axioms like BITCOIN ONLY EVER instead of letting go and using a multi chain approach to get what we want - freedom and a god damned banana.

i dont get it.

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