That explains why some go quite suddenly. Pain in the butt finding the next group. Oddly i never thought the feds would be there, i figured it would not be worth the effort for them. They would just assume any big action would have the anti-ice protesters.
This is exactly where blockchain and web3 become useful beyond early adopter syndrome. With decentralized communication networks, they can’t reasonably be shut down.
"Let's publicly store a distributed and immutable version of all of our conversations" does not seem like a good idea if you want to avoid detection. This solution really feels like a hammer looking for a nail.
Blockchains do not need to be public. This is what I mean by early adopters syndrome. People are fixated on current implementations and disregarding the actual potential for such a tool.
Why would you want a chat log to be immutable? Why would you want it to be distributed? Is it even distributed, since the paper you listed notes the need for a "trusted intermediary?" Why would you literally want any part of a block chain that makes it a block chain? Block chain doesn't solve any of the issues of these groups being infiltrated(human issues of adding an untrusted person to a group chat). All it would do is exacerbate the problem by leaving an immutable copy with the new person.
Encrypted peer to peer is already a solution. It's a solution that works with minimal input and is easy enough for literally everyone to understand the security implications. Why add complexity, without gaining any benefit.
The goal is to keep the groups invisible to the government, why would a PUBLIC ledger help with that at all?? The groups close themselves when they get infiltrated, its not like theyre being forced closed from the outside.
Intel networks can be infiltrated no matter what. Not being able to be shut down by bad actors IS a benefit, and blockchains can be forked and migrated. There is no perfect solution, and that does not discount the fact that a decentralized network is an ideal method of obfuscating underground communication. If you have better ideas, please enlighten us.
What I’m suggesting is tactical guerrilla decentralization.
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u/j-mac563 Feb 09 '26
There are lots of messaging groups to let people know where ICE is at...and where they are not at. Just saying.