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Bitcoin pleb, economics enthusiast, and basketball fan. Fix the money fix the world 🧡🌎
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2026-02-25 03:27:11 CET

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Good perspective.

2026-02-25 00:09:32 CET

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Then I’d say yes, it’s under about three layers of discourse now. Should be memory-holed by the end of the month.

2026-02-25 00:03:46 CET

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Done talking about it or done with it being committed

2026-02-24 22:04:17 CET

Day #5 🎺 🇺🇸
Weather was beautiful today, although the Trumpet doesn’t like 10 degrees.
Here’s Taps.
https://v.nostr.build/2JGPmYdtloRBTlNF.mp4

2026-02-24 04:34:04 CET

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It’s a small amount, I’m able to be patient because I’d be happy to buy at 100k too.
100k or 48k, that’s up to Bitcoin. Can’t catch a falling knife again though, don’t have the cash flows I had in 2022 and am not interested in playing that game anymore.

2026-02-24 04:31:17 CET

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That’s where my limit orders are right now

2026-02-24 03:30:38 CET

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Agreed.

2026-02-23 23:50:03 CET

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If you don’t want to decide, just wait it out. I’m pretty sure there will be one side with fairly obvious consensus.
Doing research is a good idea either way.

2026-02-23 23:36:39 CET

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It exists. Way overhyped.

2026-02-23 23:35:44 CET

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What are we even doing ☠️

2026-02-23 23:32:16 CET

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Why is that a concern (if it happens)

2026-02-23 23:22:33 CET

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Different because it breaks consensus and unironically BCash was good for Bitcoin. Let ideas compete.

2026-02-23 22:50:30 CET

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Face melting rips are driven by demand, that’s what will set the bottom.

2026-02-23 22:41:40 CET

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Nope, Core still exists if you switch to Knots.

2026-02-23 22:30:41 CET

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So let’s say you have 100 Core developers. You add one more developer who has a new take on the code, and he starts promoting his consensus compatible fork.
That’s a move towards more decentralization.

2026-02-23 22:29:08 CET

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And that’s great for you. I agree with you on a lot of those ideas. Just don’t be surprised when a business makes a model around proprietary software.

2026-02-23 22:27:43 CET

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Go one level higher - positive sum for who?
For apple shareholders it was massively positive sum. Imagine if you could run MacOS or iOS on off-brand devices and integrate with the ecosystem. Their business model would be cooked.
For the world, maybe Linux has been more positive, but even that is subjective. Apple and their design and their cultural impact were a huge part of the past three decades.
All I’m saying is, big nothing-burger.

2026-02-23 22:24:34 CET

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It’s not about stopping spam completely, and I’m sure you understand that too.
I’m in favor of a soft fork to reduce the size of OP return transactions. I’m not hysterical about it and I wouldn’t say it’s an emergency, but September seems like a reasonable timeline. This has been a discussion for years now.

2026-02-23 22:22:01 CET

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Yes. So either win or lose.
Don’t extend your principles to the point of insanity if it means you’re guaranteeing your own defeat. That concept is why the people in the video are acting that way, and that’s how you should act too.

2026-02-23 22:15:48 CET

He’s sending to a known Coinbase address to preserve privacy and prevent surveillance?
Right…
#note183q…kdrk

2026-02-23 22:14:08 CET

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I agree with you but let’s be real, most people do not think freely and having control over the dominate narrative, media, and culture is always going to be aggressively fought over.

2026-02-23 22:12:20 CET

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It’s hard now because we’ve taken so many Ls recently that it’s beginning to affect our ego and personal reputations again.
But if you let those go it’s really easy, like stupid easy. You just put sats in savings and forget about it. Absolutely nothing to it.
We got smoked by gold these past 5 years (I know, timeframes blah blah blah) and some of us told everyone that we had a Bitcoin president who was going to send it to a million 🤣
For most of us, the real hard thing isn’t holding Bitcoin, it’s admitting we were wrong.

2026-02-23 22:08:41 CET

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There are lots of examples of closed source, proprietary software which has been massively successful. Apple’s whole ecosystem is a good example of this.
I get if you personally want everything to be open-sourced, but to say that is the solution for a business, and to then conflate open-source with “decentralized” seems like straying away from the core issue.

2026-02-23 22:04:58 CET

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I for one am in favor of restricting the size of OP returns at a consensus level. Is becoming more restrictive really a “consensus change”?

2026-02-23 22:01:28 CET

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People use it non-satirically, my point stands.
And I haven’t followed BIP110 so I don’t have an opinion on that.

2026-02-23 21:57:33 CET

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True, but their business model is built around having a proprietary model. So while I agree with you that I would prefer open sourced code, from the perspective of their business, open source is basically running the attack on yourself.

2026-02-23 21:53:41 CET

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Compatibility and there are a few known bugs which will require a fork in the future, if I remember correctly one big one related to time-stamping.
In addition, I would consider the inscriptions and ordinals to be a vulnerability and an improper use of network resources, and just like any open source project, you want it to be addressed.
I understand others share different perspectives but almost everyone knows we cannot just lock in on Core 29 forever and leave it at that. Bitcoin is a project which requires vigilance and maintenance.

2026-02-23 21:48:13 CET

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How does decentralization relate to that problem

2026-02-23 21:44:04 CET

While this sentiment is true it’s also a crazy cope post ☠️ 3 out of 4 years the narrative is Bitcoin is great because it makes your life easier.
The truth is there is no hard and there is no easy, it’s all your perception and you can choose what you believe. There is nothing truly hard about Bitcoin, it’s all ego and it’s all in your head.
There are things which require more action than others to achieve. Bitcoin taking over the world requires your action. You becoming filthy rich requires your action. You getting a hot wife and having children with her requires your action.
But it’s not hard.
Act like it’s easy, and then act upon the world.
#note1uqv…yq4p

2026-02-23 21:36:04 CET

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AI slop

2026-02-23 21:31:44 CET

Knotzis is such a stupid term. How does wanting to decentralize beyond Core, work to implement conservative relay policy, and limit the ability of illicit material to propagate across the chain make you in any way comparable to a Nazi?
Or is it as simple as “idea I don’t like means bad person”?
#note1ena…jlyq

2026-02-23 21:28:44 CET

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Zero

2026-02-23 20:04:16 CET

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Sure it can. The space where arbitrary data is stored, enforce consensus level limits on the amount of data which it can store.

2026-02-23 19:23:33 CET

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What the hell is even that

2026-02-23 17:57:14 CET

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Bitcoin price

2026-02-23 16:47:06 CET

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Even a pruned node usually stores a few weeks of blocks, and making the standard be not being able to run a full node if you don’t want to store large images is bad

2026-02-23 16:22:53 CET

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So real

2026-02-23 16:22:29 CET

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Not what I was referring to. War and widespread chaos, and the accompanying currency collapse and cultural strife, will be Bitcoins time to shine.

2026-02-23 15:35:10 CET

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2026-02-23 15:34:30 CET

All of this entirely misses the point of Bitcoin. By this logic, all of the hundreds of thousands of shitcoins also have some level of scarcity. Except they don’t.
#note13w3…3upr

2026-02-23 14:01:24 CET

Disagree.
#note108r…lfce

2026-02-23 12:38:26 CET

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Technically it was over in 2022 when we went below the 2017 high

2026-02-23 06:17:18 CET

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They are impressive but Luna was a one day event where it felt like everyone was online and watching it in real time. Same with FTX.
That’s been the worst part of this bear market so far, it’s felt like a straight bleed out where we just go no bid for 5 months and there isn’t anything to point to.

2026-02-23 06:14:37 CET

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None have imploded quite as magnificently yet

2026-02-23 05:59:01 CET

This was a good era, I miss this. Lots of fun. We could use some of this. Bottoms don’t set themselves.
https://i.nostr.build/EiSURGtV7NGzRzgy.jpg

2026-02-23 05:48:17 CET

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God bless you. Great response. Lot of frustration the past year. The number one priority remains surviving.

2026-02-23 04:53:13 CET

We will be so back, but the circumstances under which we will be back are nothing I’m too thrilled about.
#note1ccr…etq7

2026-02-23 04:52:01 CET

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I’m not even a knots or BIP110 supporter as of now either. I run old core software. I’m very sympathetic to both though and there’s clearly a problem which needs to be addressed.
I’m glad there are people willing to put themselves out there to try and solve it.

2026-02-23 04:37:04 CET

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We create the pumps

2026-02-23 04:31:44 CET

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You’re missing my point. I hope you don’t interpret this as hate, I’m trying to be constructive.
We are at a much different stage than we were in 2013, and while I don’t have all the answers, I can recognize that the period from 2021-2026 has been a comparative failure. We have lost a lot of momentum and we are struggling to reach a higher density of adoption.
In 2021, Bitcoin dropped from 64,000 to 29,000 during the summer. You were around for that. -50%, just like the hodling post. And now today, 5 years later, we are ~110% above that.
And that’s still good returns for someone who bought at 29k, but that’s much more of how the market has been so far this decade. Basing your predictions on 2013 returns from when the market cap was in the 10s of billions has not panned out.
You’re essentially an influencer, all I’m trying to say is that we need to have new, original approaches in order to influence the broader world into supporting the idea of Bitcoin. Trying to relive the past will not lead to our success.

2026-02-23 04:18:38 CET

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Many of the ones who actually HODL’d through that period sold during the ETF era as the institutional liquidity and mind-melting wealth was too much to pass up.
My point is that the type of people and types of behavior which brought the outstanding success of that era are not the same as those who have been successful in this era.

2026-02-23 04:12:25 CET

That’s a lot of moon math considering the typical rhetoric is One Bitcoin = One Bitcoin
#note1mpf…9scg

2026-02-23 04:09:29 CET

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I’ll say this as level-headed as I can - I disagree with their rhetoric.
With that said, Core blowing up the OP return limit DID expose a vulnerability of Bitcoin, which is that rules governing the storage of arbitrary data at a consensus level are too loose.
The actions of Luke, Mechanic, Kratter, and those like them are in my opinion a reasonable immune response to the ordinal fiasco of 2023, the inscription spam, and now the weakening of consensus around OP return relay policy.
It’s frustrating and upsetting to see Bitcoiners I respect on both sides become so torn up about what should be a non-existential technical problem which has viable potential solutions.
What’s it going to take to move forward on this issue? It’s bad for the network if so many legit people in this space to fork off.

2026-02-23 03:58:07 CET

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Read please.

2026-02-23 03:53:45 CET

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We only care because of our relationship with Israel

2026-02-23 03:52:42 CET

People with Bitcoin is self-custody smile when the price goes up, people with cash smile when the price goes down.
Let’s raise the bar above being happy to not be liquidated in some kind of crazy degenerate leverage scheme.
#note1y2a…u28s

2026-02-23 03:50:38 CET

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Who are these people

2026-02-23 03:36:40 CET

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That’s a star

2026-02-23 03:32:58 CET

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Yes yes. Network is fine, this isn’t about the network. This is about the culture and the growth of Bitcoin as an idea.

2026-02-23 03:30:24 CET

This is a form of imitation or caricature where we are clinging to a period and culture which is now dead. The days of crypto-anarchists “HODLING” are over - these people are already wildly rich and successful and many have been effectively bought off.
We are below prices we were at 5 years ago. In 2013, Bitcoin wasn’t even 5 years old. During these past 5 years, we have failed to integrate in any meaningful way into broader culture.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Please, let’s do new things. The past is dead and will not help us anymore.
#note1mre…mrs7

2026-02-23 03:17:54 CET

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I’ll do it now to lock in another 5 years of brutal soul crushing chop

2026-02-23 03:17:02 CET

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Base case as of when?

2026-02-23 03:16:00 CET

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Remortgage your house?

2026-02-21 21:51:36 CET

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You don’t need to hate anyone but you can acknowledge conflicting or problematic aspects of religion and identity

2026-02-21 01:53:17 CET

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They post the suicide hotline during bear markets guys, I get the sentiment but Bitcoin clearly does not fix all financial related depression.

2026-02-21 01:31:10 CET

Bitcoin does not end depression guys. They post the hotline on the subreddit every four years like clockwork.
Look out for one another and don’t be overly hyperbolic about what Bitcoin is please.
#note16fp…us5c

2026-02-19 23:36:34 CET

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Did I inspire this post, brought my trumpet home during new years and have been terrorizing the neighbors ever since

2026-02-19 23:14:41 CET

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By day 1000 I’ll be Louis Armstrong

2026-02-19 23:11:27 CET

Day #1. 🎺 🇺🇸
https://v.nostr.build/xirAIl3IA3mQ109v.mp4

2026-02-19 05:17:27 CET

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Well, some of them would be solved with the right people in charge. The issue is that we have a system and culture which prevents that. Bitcoin itself doesn’t solve all problems and it would be to our benefit to incorporate ourselves into wider groups.

2026-02-19 04:33:06 CET

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Very true. I’m saying there are more civilization-level problems than just currency, and the laser focus on this one angle by podcasters can reinforce the echo chamber which creates plebs who don’t think.

2026-02-19 04:14:40 CET

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Able to think outside the context of money and broader economics and discuss and reflect on culture, politics, and religion.
These are drivers of our government and overall lives which are highly underrated by Bitcoiners. Bitcoin would be more successful if we were better able to relate it to the context of our time.
For most people today, money is a silent background element and isn’t something they focus on. We have to meet people where they’re at.

2026-02-19 03:32:55 CET

This is podcasts in general but Bitcoin does have a huge echo chamber problem.
And a lot of people who become WAY too one dimensional in their thinking. I fell into this trap myself.
#note1v3s…5gqf

2026-02-19 03:28:36 CET

Feels like everyone in the world thinks this (myself included).
How can we all be right though?
#note1n7d…we8t

2026-02-19 02:18:26 CET

The energy is here tired. It’s been a long 5 years. I was borderline euphoric last bear market, and the past 5 months have felt exhausting.
BUT WE ARE NOT FINISHED. I WILL NOT QUIT. FIGHT AND WIN.
The need for orange pillers is back. Yes you’re an idiot again. Great. Stack and be the Bitcoin guy. Make yourself impossible to ignore.
I’m saying it to you, because I’m also saying it to myself. PV!
https://v.nostr.build/CAcVGQTIs3j12pIR.mp4

2026-02-17 23:26:48 CET

ANYONE OUT THERE?
500 sats per EPIC quote. Needs to be truly awesome and embody the positive spirit of mankind.
Inspire me.

2026-02-17 02:16:09 CET

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Intense is one way to describe it, rekt is another lol.
Any details about what types of leverage?

2026-02-17 02:12:34 CET

Bitcoin +19% on the 5 year chart ☠️
+3.5% CAGR, a bond would’ve performed better. DCA fixes a lot of this but let me represent the class of 2020 and say that OGs had it better.
Imagine if Bitcoin had been +19% from 2011-2016 or from 2014-2019. Very different world.

2026-02-17 00:08:17 CET

Let’s make some 2026 content together @npub1der…xzpc
#note1ls0…2nec

2026-02-17 00:06:04 CET

There was a rocket ship on Elmo near the fiction section, so the earth is flat.
Stop polluting discourse with this negative IQ nonsense. I’m sympathetic to a lot of ‘alternative ideas’ but framing them this way is self-destructive.
#note1xx4…nnmk