Do crypto folks who parrot Lessig's "Code is Law" maxim know that Lessig's point is that because code can powerfully regulate individuals it should, like regular law, be democratically accountable and therefore regulated? In many ways "code is law" is anti free speech.
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You publish code that allows people to do X. Democratic government passes law to say X is illegal. If code=law then code should be accountable to Democratic process. So regulating the publication of code that allows people to do X is good. Regulating publishing= regulating speech.