[arcticfox]

> Not really, it is clearly demonstrated by the popularity of bitcoin in a world with capital controls, WikiLeaks payment sanctions etc.

Everyone I know that is remotely interested in Bitcoin is interested because it may increase in value, it's not popular at all as a payment mechanism outside of illegal circles.

> Most SV technologists would be really excited by the idea of a decentralized, censorship proof forum

Is this really exciting? It sounds like a formula for a cesspool. It seems to me that the challenge in getting anything interesting to happen there is not in the technology, but in the design of the service. There are already tons of places where you can discuss anything that's not actually illegal, including being alt-right. It's just that they're seedy, so nobody normal goes there.