"Out of sight out of mind."

If people had someone over their shoulder watching their every move, with a google logo on their shirt, then people would care a lot more about privacy.

"It won't happen to me."

Many people live in complacency. They might occasionally hear about someone getting fucked over by lack of privacy, but then not learn anything from it, because it would never happen to them. Until it does.

lighthouse
beacon_node/client/src/builder.rs => Line 302

if now > deneb_time + blob_availability_window {
   return Err(
          "Syncing from genesis is insecure and incompatible with data availability checks. \
           You should instead perform a checkpoint sync from a trusted node using the --checkpoint-sync-url option. \
           For a list of public endpoints, see: https://eth-clients.github.io/checkpoint-sync-endpoints/ \
           Alternatively, use --allow-insecure-genesis-sync if the risks are understood."
           .to_string(),
   );
}

// It doesn't make sense to try and sync the chain if we can't
// verify blob availability by downloading blobs from the P2P
// network. The user should do a checkpoint sync instead.

git commit -m "YOLO"
git push —force