AlexNicol
Alex Nicol

V4V musician / audio editor and mixing engineer / Star Trek nerd
Drummer for Strange Love (@strangeloveofmusic) and Ground Zero (@GroundZero). Join the V4V Music Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1502117418326761/

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2026-09-09 17:57:16 UTC

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Sounds super sick brother! Its like the bull run of v4v music is about to happen!!!

2026-09-09 17:30:42 UTC

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This will be our second child. Our second son, the first just turned two. So there will be lots energy running around our house 🤣

2026-09-06 13:31:52 UTC

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Good question. Because it was often funded by royalty would be my guess.

2026-09-04 17:56:50 UTC

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Interesting about the B vitamins! Yes I always encourage my wife to be as natural as possible with the pregnancy. Here in Canada its crazy how much they want to give the mother and the baby, vaccines and things that doctors recommend. I don't trust our medical system after covid and did research into vaccination in general and I think the benefits are unproven and risk of chronic disease is higher the more vaccines are given.

2026-09-04 17:51:49 UTC

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Haha thanks so much! Really cool! Working on getting the studio version of that out this year too! And thank you about my wife! She is due late October so we are doing as much as we can before that. Life will get much busier.

2026-09-04 17:48:14 UTC

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Haha yeah I kinda pulled an all nighter almost and was doing more research into tools and fine tuning the set up a bit. Pretty excited to see how it turns out!

2026-09-02 21:09:07 UTC

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My wife is pregnant but we are not in Europe haha

2026-09-02 21:06:05 UTC

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I have figured out and used OBS so far. I will also try to start using Restream.io where you can connect OBS and stream to multiple locations. Just have to figure out how to make nostr one of those locations but I think I know how. Just gotta do it next test we do either this weekend or next.

2026-09-02 20:57:40 UTC

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I might just post this in the V4V music Facebook group!

2026-09-02 20:56:56 UTC

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For sure. Listeners and artists have different needs

2026-09-02 20:54:52 UTC

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Yeah really great! Can’t wait to learn as much as I can about live streaming and see how good I can get at it! 🤘

2026-08-31 19:45:30 UTC

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Oh wow great! Would love to check out stream road and see if it would help to integrate into my workflow! Thanks!

2026-08-31 18:22:06 UTC

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Wow! That looks straight out of a movie! Really nice

2026-08-29 18:43:35 UTC

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Thank you! Shall do!

2026-08-29 18:43:01 UTC

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😎

2026-08-29 16:13:21 UTC

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Haha thanks so much! I am hoping my drum chops age like fine wine and get more sophisticated 😂. But only time will tell.

2026-08-29 16:12:12 UTC

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Any birthday with friends, family and music is great one! Thanks man! 🤘

2026-08-29 16:11:36 UTC

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Thanks Kat! Much love! ✌

2026-08-29 16:11:02 UTC

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Thank you sir!

2026-08-29 16:10:52 UTC

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Thanks bro! Hopefully many more to come 😂

2026-08-29 14:12:54 UTC

Today is my 34th birthday. I get to spend it embracing my Italian heritage in the first half of the day, followed by band practice with @nprofile…av3f . Nothing like jarring homemade tomatoes with some music to look forward to after!
https://milo.nostria.app/0a5ec93ab76738eb959c65e4bc4b4e92cf0c499d6af05c628d1022001627e23b.jpeg
https://milo.nostria.app/b5eef3b4162bd45fd98fc1570164478d9316f42be3e23df8175c4d4276d380fc.jpeg
https://milo.nostria.app/a69f613235dd43f321fa6a40ae1afc6678bf568ac5241c1d7bd9c8f8f3419db2.jpeg

2026-08-29 10:17:11 UTC

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My favourite by you guys! Such a special feeling comes with this song!👌

2026-08-24 15:31:29 UTC

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Oh wow nice! Happy birthday! My birthday is next weekend too 🎂

2026-08-24 15:30:06 UTC

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Sounds awesome dude! Can’t wait to hear more interviews too! Love what @nprofile…n0le and @nprofile…ydjw are doing with interviewing musicians and builders in the V4V space! Getting normies to listen to the music is also key. That’s also why I made the V4V music group on Facebook, as much as nostr kicks the crap out of traditional social media, you have to go to where the people are and also build a new world for them to come to.

2026-08-23 14:49:20 UTC

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Thanks mate! Glad to be here! I remember first discovering this space and learning about it and hearing you and others talk on podcasts about the music, nistr and bitcoin etc. And I was thinking man, there is a kit to learn, but it would cool to get into it and get our music heard. I didn't know that less than a year into it I would bengiving interviews and my opinions on the space and things I learned!

2026-08-23 14:46:40 UTC

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Thank you so much!

2026-08-23 14:45:43 UTC

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You can't see the picture? I don't know what it is, maybe a relay or server thing, but I noticed sometimes when posting or hosting media from nostria some other clients can't read it

2026-08-23 13:01:10 UTC

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Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated! I have a few things going on the musical front now but more videos and songs are on the way! 😁

2026-08-20 01:00:11 UTC

We need more days like this😍#btc #bitcoin
https://milo.nostria.app/2126be4a42f36cee5583233e0cec6bfc44bd9ff9302bb18a23e01c0cd1b7ee57.png

2026-08-19 20:46:15 UTC

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I do still want to try and clean up the first couple episodes. I have just been so busy lately. I am dying for a weekend to myself! 😄

2026-08-17 17:36:26 UTC

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Haha! Too funny

2026-08-13 09:27:26 UTC

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One of my favourites of yours brother!

2026-08-12 05:17:53 UTC

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Not sure. The USA for sure

2026-08-11 23:49:36 UTC

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Been out of the BTC news for a while because of life and music, but there are several bitcoiners I highly respect that believe the rejection of BIP 110 means the mining pools have become co-opted and bitcoin is no longer decentralized. If there is a chain split I will probably hodl both because I have no idea what to think right now

2026-08-11 21:12:07 UTC

Finally hit 1000 day streak! #btc #bitcoin
https://milo.nostria.app/612792b18231d5675e10a16826ef5df4d0adf4fd53ba05441710598379bc622a.png

2026-08-08 23:53:04 UTC

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Thank you! 😎

2026-08-08 16:33:19 UTC

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No, I mean the node runners and miners.

2026-08-08 16:31:44 UTC

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Do you not find it a bit reversed however that the large corporate entities and interests do not support this soft fork, when in the past it was those same interests who supported the hard forks?? This might not be as similar to BCH as you think...but what do i know lol

2026-08-08 06:27:30 UTC

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Isn’t that the point of open source software though? And letting the free market decide what is most useful or needed? I honestly haven’t paid attention enough to BTC news in the last year or so to know the ins and outs of this, so I honestly don’t know if I support or not. I do not run a node so I am just interested to see what happens. But never has a soft fork resulted in a chain split. So I think this will probably be more uneventful than we think lol

2026-08-08 04:41:45 UTC

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I thought BSV and BCH were hard forks, meaning wanting to expand the rules set so it is not reverse compatible. BIP 110 would be a soft fork and constrains the rules set, without changing them entirely.

2026-08-06 21:00:36 UTC

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Thanks Aza! Didn't release anything for a bit because of my lsprop repair and getting out of the mixing groove but I want August and September to have lots coming!

2026-08-06 20:53:26 UTC

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Thanks! Will always be creating more! 😎

2026-08-06 20:52:45 UTC

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Thanks so much! Will do

2026-08-06 09:02:17 UTC

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Haha thanks man. Yeah drums are physically demanding so it can be hard to keep your breathing right. I will will have to practice more so I can do it again 😂

2026-08-05 18:05:11 UTC

Check out a live performance of a song I sing from behind the drums with my band @nprofile…nj5k ! #music #v4vmusic https://nostu.be/v/naddr1qvzqqqy9hvpzplfwuf0apm6y92smwsz2jd2tztj4fmqdatvp5mytmwxd5tlsjdelqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgafwvfjszrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcqysmkxceevvuryc3dxv6ryvfdxs6kyv3d8pjx2c3d8ymnyepjv3nxzcnrx56sh3qj2j

2026-08-05 08:03:15 UTC

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I am sure I will! It's cool you got 3 of them on.

2026-08-04 17:17:45 UTC

You know it is kinda funny. One day I thought of how one of the biggest slogans in bitcoin is "Don't trust, verify". And then I thought about how almost nobody can read code, and are essentially "trusting" that code written in the space is not malicious. I was more thinking about the codes of the cryptos themselves, but the recent seed phrase catastrophe from Coldcard goes to show it can be code written for physical devices as well. There is lots to consider for proper security going forward! #bitcoin #btc

2026-08-04 14:52:30 UTC

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Great to see more episodes! Will have to catch up on the last couple shows! Can't wait to hear about the Doerfels though!

2026-08-04 14:51:35 UTC

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They are the Gold standard (or should I say Bitcoin Standard) for V4V bands. Just all around good music, good production, good musicianship.

2026-08-02 21:35:39 UTC

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Damn...

2026-08-02 12:37:40 UTC

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Interesting. I didn't know that! Sounds cool though!

2026-08-01 21:25:42 UTC

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Thank you!

2026-08-01 19:26:21 UTC

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Nope no AI. This was a group I was part of ten years ago and finally got around to mixing some demos we recorded. Figured I would start releasing them on RSS and nostr.

2026-08-01 18:45:09 UTC

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Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated!

2026-08-01 18:35:18 UTC

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Interesting. Which Joe Jackson song would you recommend I check out?

2026-08-01 18:01:50 UTC

Check out my latest release called Dance With Me by @nprofile…n46c . kind of a jazzy song with a catchy chorus. #demu #v4vmusic #music
https://stablekraft.app/album/ground-zero-demolition?track=ground-zero-demolition-bf4e70bd-db19-4a22-9b2e-9463a9190bec

2026-07-31 17:38:08 UTC

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I o lay have one other family member who is a bitcoiner and he said he was on a Twitter space listening to some of the people who lost their bitcoin. Someone lost 25 coins. 🤯 I would be dying if that happened to me

2026-07-30 17:30:12 UTC

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Really great area to film a tune! Nice!

2026-07-25 16:48:13 UTC

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I will check on PC. I don't see it on my phone

2026-07-25 16:22:49 UTC

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How do I download it? Never used github before. Which folder is it in?

2026-07-25 15:10:24 UTC

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Yes! Its funny how things kinda come full circle. Like I started off just loving music and then became a bitcoiner. Bitcoin lead me to nostr and v4v music, which made me connections online, and now IRL! Funny how it seems like the things in life you experience are often stepping stones to something.

2026-07-24 16:01:17 UTC

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Yeah its great to meet a fellow v4v musician. We just may have something in the works! I actually layed down a drum track to a song he has in the works and TJ Doerfel is adding some banjo!

2026-07-24 14:49:26 UTC

I have been lucky enough to meet, jam and work with the great Jimmy V! Been learning lots from him musically. A true OG! 👍 check out his stuff on RSS. https://fountain.fm/episode/WgkhH9wtQdiFv5cxf4pe
https://milo.nostria.app/a05bf8f456f2acebdaa9495c2226a3f2eb42f126c24c648c77b650c931559eae.jpeg

2026-07-23 12:23:28 UTC

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Hey! Sorry for the late reply! I just noticed this comment while browsing Fountain. Thank you so much for the kind words. We are glad this song pulls you in and resonates with you. Most of our song writing starts with our guitarists having an idea and our bassist writing lyrics and a melody. many of our lyrics are more poetic than telling a particular story, however I would say this song's lyrics definitely draw on past experiences/relationships and feelings that they evoke. I would say in our own way, we are each emotional people, but our bassist in particular often writes lyrics about the good and bad times that romantic relationships can bring you. In this case, about leaving a relationship that took a turn for the worse.

2026-07-23 12:22:33 UTC

Its super awesome when your creativity and art can inspire the same in others! Here is a really cool and trippy effects video to The Moment We Leave from our Live at Rockpile album! #demu #v4v #v4vmusic #music
#nevent1q…rmgu

2026-07-23 12:04:18 UTC

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Really cool! Love the visuals! It reminds me of the media player visualizer that would show cool and trippy effects when I would listen to music on my computer growing up! Love how there is no AI. Obviously AI has its uses but if an artists can create something without it, I think that makes it purely human and worthwhile! props!

2026-07-21 21:16:28 UTC

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Nice brother! Will have to check it out!

2026-07-20 01:22:54 UTC

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Haha nice! Well that’s the beauty of open source protocols! 😂

2026-07-19 20:38:40 UTC

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Super cool! Will have to use that site a bit more.

2026-07-18 19:11:46 UTC

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Yes I have gotten a lot of good experiences from joining the value for value music community! I would say check out the work of other artists like @nprofile…f7lk, @nprofile…j6d6, @nprofile…s7x9, and I will continue to be releasing more songs from my bands @nprofile…zkv6 and @nprofile…ef25. It depends what type of music your are into but those artists provide a decent variety.

2026-07-18 15:05:47 UTC

Got to meet and jam with another fellow V4V musician the other day! Jimmy V was a cool guy to meet and check out his studio!

2026-07-16 16:51:33 UTC

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yeah didnt get into the 80s stuff. The last album I bothered to listen to was And Then There Were Three. Thats an ok album, but everything else after Hackett left not a fan really.

2026-07-16 16:47:32 UTC

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Nice man!

2026-07-16 14:32:43 UTC

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That era of Genesis is super sick! Nothing beats 70s Genesis!

2026-07-15 03:17:10 UTC

These are some of the best chips I have ever had! And I am not even a chip guy.
https://milo.nostria.app/aca3af0d05af41eacf9678f391df0b943fdc63029163cc4dab12b3f7367176de.jpeg

2026-07-14 01:19:33 UTC

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Its a soft fork which does not change the main consensus rules for bitcoin. Its been a while since I listened to bitcoin podcasts but this BIP will essentially act as a filter that will not store large op returns or info stored in it on your node. It will only store transaction info and validate transactions that have the smaller op returns where you can't store too much information. The concern with large amounts of info being stored in the op return is that it will take up too Much space, and take longer to update or upkeep the blockchain, thus cutting down on decentralization by limiting the amount of people that have the space and ability to store extra information beyond the basic transactional info. The best way to think of a soft vs hard fork would be to consider a game of chess. You can change the rules such that pawns can move anywhere they want, but that wouldn't be the game of chess anymore. It's not reverse compatible with established rules. But you can change rules in a way that do not break the established rules of chess if say you and your opponent agree to only move each pawn once. Its a subset of rules that augment the established rules but do not outright break them.

2026-07-14 01:08:34 UTC

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Yeah I have noticed order gets screwed up sometimes too. Sometimes it displays reverse order.

2026-07-11 20:27:54 UTC

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Congrats Aza! Such great news! I know a newborn takes all your time and sleep away so all the best and can’t wait for more magazines and podcast episodes when the dust settles! ✌️

2026-07-07 20:36:30 UTC

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Nice! Congrats!

2026-07-07 17:30:14 UTC

The V4V music Facebook group I created about a month ago is up to 37 people so far! If you haven’t already, come check it out and help expose this great concept to people on conventional social media! 😎
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1RNePtxqsY/?mibextid=wwXIfr

2026-07-05 22:20:23 UTC

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😂🖖

2026-07-05 22:01:41 UTC

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Never trust a smoking banana 😂

2026-07-05 15:53:47 UTC

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And you didn’t post a pic?! What a sight haha

2026-07-03 14:18:24 UTC

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Nice mate! Will have to check it out! Frankie is a great artist!

2026-07-03 00:20:11 UTC

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Why didn’t it age well?

2026-06-30 17:34:16 UTC

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That sounds cool! If our creativity can spark your creativity I think that is great! Interested to see.

2026-06-29 17:34:24 UTC

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Berliner Luft is one my favorite Ivy Lumi songs!

2026-06-25 15:12:31 UTC

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Haha! My wife knows she is lucky 😉 Drummers are the coolest in the band after all! 🤘

2026-06-25 02:30:01 UTC

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Yeah it’s true! Just spending time with family and enjoying the little things! Lots of time to rock later! 🤘 Can’t wait to get some things out! We have just been getting warmed up!

2026-06-23 14:49:39 UTC

My laptop is in for repairs this week so it doesn’t look like I will get to release any other songs this month 😫.

2026-06-21 16:36:13 UTC

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Sounds amazing! Would have loved to have been there too!🤘

2026-06-21 16:35:31 UTC

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Shitcoiners!! 😯

2026-06-20 23:17:45 UTC

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I would say just keep running the version you were running until you have a reason not to. Or get convinced one way or the other

2026-06-20 23:16:58 UTC

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I feel like it’s not necessarily censorship. But it’s a filter. That’s why there are different version of bitcoin to run. The purists will say the white paper called bitcoin p2p digital cash, but lots of maxis will also say that like money, only one blockchain will be dominant for building society upon. And bitcoin can be used as an anchor of truth between the physical and digital worlds. If I were running a node I would probably run knots until convinced otherwise. The whole huge OP return thing could be used as an attack vector on btc’s decentralization. But that’s why you can run whichever version you want.

2026-06-20 03:21:35 UTC

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Where are you on the core vs knots debate??

2026-06-20 01:05:00 UTC

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Oh wow. Never been to Italy. My maternal grandfather was born there though.

2026-06-19 22:50:09 UTC

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Where was that?

2026-06-19 15:54:11 UTC

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Love his drum set! 🤘

2026-06-18 08:17:12 UTC

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Looks sick!

2026-06-17 20:02:08 UTC

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That's awesome! Six bundles of joy! Hope all goes well. My wife is expecting our 2nd in October! 👶We are not doing a home birth, but with our first I convinced my wife to not give him any "vaccines" of any kind. Will do the same with #2.