Great analysis, however I think that Hive is now in the best position to resist censorship of any platform.

Hive has now successfully decentralised API nodes. There are now 19 (up from 7 API nodes 6 months ago) and the number is growing rapidly.

Thanks to work by @blocktrades and others in making the code more efficient, a single API node running on a $1000 machine (4/8 core modern CPU, 64Gb RAM and 2 TB NVME) can handle ALL of Hive's current traffic.

There are numerous front ends hosted by many different people in different countries on different domain names and it is very easy to create new ones. Trying to shut down all the Hive front ends would be whack a mole.

If necessary, the Hive blockchain itself can act as an uncensorable DNS server with API calls built into the hived code run by every API node. @brianoflondon is already testing something similar with podcasts.

This is not the time to start on something new, Hive already has the capability to do everything required to ensure freedom of speech. There is a very committed and talented community here that will fight tooth and nail for it.

Also Big Tech is about to be hit by a massive wave of cartel lawsuits, including @jbpliberty's #cryptoclassaction, that is going to be their undoing.

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