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2026-02-25 20:22:10 CET

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It's a psyop

2026-02-23 12:08:06 CET

Gm nostr

2026-02-18 16:16:00 CET

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😅

2026-01-30 13:26:45 CET

Gm nostr

2026-01-26 14:07:35 CET

Gm nostr

2026-01-23 11:55:22 CET

Gm nostr

2026-01-22 12:31:42 CET

In the physical world, we have power because we can pay for things. 
We can make things happen. 
We can ask others to do work for us. 
We can own land, tools, machines, and goods.
We can earn money by doing things for others. 
We can sell what we produce. 
We can own things. 
Money is the mechanism that turns effort into agency.
In the digital world, most people still live in a feudal system.
There has been no native money and no native ownership.
We could create, but not own. 
We could build, but only if we gave it away for free.
So something else became the currency.
We became the currency.
Our time. Our attention. Our data.
Digital systems had to extract from us in order to be viable businesses. 
To make money they had capture our focus, shape our behavior, and sell access to our minds.
Bitcoin is money in the digital world that we can actually own. 
We can use it to pay other directly for their work.
Nostr gives us identity and connection that we own. 
No platforms standing between us and the people we choose to connect with.
In this new, uncontrollable environment, we can buy digital content with our own money. 
Every payment is a vote for the future that we want to exist.
We can own what we create. 
We can sell copies directly to others. 
We can earn Bitcoin for our work.
Fanfares.io

2026-01-08 12:40:50 CET

Bear markets don’t break Bitcoin, they break the financial theater built on top of it.
Custodial services offer p2p Bitcoin backed loans are likely the next fraud that is waiting to be uncovered.
If you are in any of these schemes, then now is a good time to get out.

2026-01-07 12:15:38 CET

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Fair point. Controlling the means of communication and the means of exchange were the most powerful levers that they have. We live in interesting times.

2025-12-29 13:24:17 CET

Gm nostr

2025-12-21 19:42:28 CET

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Now we know why they are letting them in!

2025-12-19 17:02:52 CET

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Dating apps!
We used to go to the pub to get laid 😆

2025-12-19 12:47:45 CET

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Bitcion doesn't know what it wants to do right now!

2025-12-10 16:46:50 CET

We can all see where things are going.
Digital ids will be required to access platforms.
They will be tied into back accounts.
Money will be controlled, platforms will be controlled and speech will controlled.
Anyone that says anything they don't like will be suppressed by the algorithm and demonetised by the platforms.
Bitcion and Nostr are freedom!
Creators listen up.!
Your sponsors can have their payment processing facilities taken away from them. This can be used to pressure them into not sponsoring you.
At Fanfares we are digging the well before the water supply gets turned off.
Fanfares.io offers direct bitcoin monetisation per item of content.
No platforms, no transaction fees and no subscription slavery.
Bitcion is a currency. Let's use it!
This audiobook explains the potential of Fanfares to create a digital media economy using bitcion and nostr 👇
https://api.fanfares.live/s/axRQkZ

2025-12-07 00:58:14 CET

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We are in a time of reckoning

2025-12-06 13:58:25 CET

A new set of plumbing has been built for the internet.
Nostr provides sovereign identity and communication.
Bitcoin provides sovereign value transfer.
Together, they enable people to be paid directly for the information they produce.
Fanfares adds to the system by turning information into digital property. Not through platforms or copyright, but through encryption and payment.
When value flows through a sovereign hyperlink, information becomes property by choice and meaning becomes economically grounded.
This is a system:
where discovery is value-aligned
where curation becomes labour
where noise is punished
where deep content earns
where attention becomes intentional
where platforms become obsolete.

2025-12-04 12:35:01 CET

Gm nostr

2025-12-03 22:10:06 CET

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You have to click on the link and then pay

2025-12-03 20:02:47 CET

This meme is definitely worth 2 sats
https://api.fanfares.live/s/6jMv6G

2025-12-03 13:19:26 CET

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Yes they are government bonds packaged up with a derivative contract and sold through the stock market in an equity wrapper.
This is what a bankrupt nation does when their two biggest lenders don't want to lend them any more money.
Have a look at a chart of the growth of ETFs since 2008. Compare that with the graph of total qe issuance.

2025-12-03 13:05:34 CET

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Highly recommended podcast
#nevent1q…n73n

2025-12-03 13:05:06 CET

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Highly recommended podcast

2025-12-03 12:47:27 CET

Gm nostr

2025-11-30 20:34:16 CET

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Datestr???

2025-11-30 10:15:02 CET

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We don't need to convince the masses.
We just need to redesign the foundations!

2025-11-29 18:12:55 CET

Relationships are the true basis of community.
And community is the true basis of civilisation.
Platforms turned relationships into proprietary assets:
your followers belong to the platform
your DMs belong to the platform
your social graph belongs to the platform
If the platform dies or bans you, your relationships vanish.
This is not a communication system.
It is a hostage system.
Nostr breaks the hostage model.

2025-11-28 00:35:21 CET

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And fanfares.io as a way to pay for stuff without giving up your freedom

2025-11-27 14:02:25 CET

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There is another
Fanfares.io

2025-11-26 23:11:42 CET

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Yes fanfares is currently functioning for audiobooks. Ebooks are coming soon

2025-11-26 14:17:27 CET

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Thanks

2025-11-26 14:17:07 CET

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Music in Jan 26, video Feb 26

2025-11-26 11:01:14 CET

I think we’ve created the simplest, most powerful use-case for Bitcoin and Nostr so far.
A decentralised publishing model where:
⚡ Authors upload their audiobooks in minutes
⚡ Readers unlock them instantly with Lightning
⚡ Curators earn sats for sharing great content
⚡ No platforms, no subscriptions, no accounts
⚡ No censorship, no gatekeepers, no middlemen
⚡ Everyone owns what they create — and what they buy
It’s called Fanfares.
One link. One click. Instant sats.
A sovereign publishing economy.
If this works even once, it will work for everyone:
→ Audiobook authors
→ Podcasters
→ Video creators
→ Indie game devs
→ Every independent creator on earth
This is how Bitcoin and Nostr go mainstream —
not through ideology, but through utility.
We’re bringing publishing, payments, and discovery back to humans.
The future of media is sovereign.
And it has began.
Find out more 👉 https://api.fanfares.live/s/axRQkZ

2025-11-20 14:28:55 CET

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I love this community!
#nevent1q…s5hn

2025-11-20 00:55:45 CET

Now this is a good podcast!
https://api.fanfares.live/s/5bQWUO

2025-11-19 10:32:46 CET

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Digital Sovereignty

2025-11-17 14:10:36 CET

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Get well soon Tanja

2025-11-17 13:33:59 CET

Gm nostr

2025-11-15 15:39:44 CET

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The addictive nature of the internet is a function of the monetisation system.
We have the solution fanfares.io
#nevent1q…kgg0

2025-11-15 15:38:42 CET

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I would build a nostr app that helps to create the next layer of the internet.
The addictive nature of the internet is a function of the monetisation system.
We have the solution fanfares.io

2025-11-15 15:32:50 CET

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Present...
#nevent1q…ahdp

2025-11-10 12:24:53 CET

Gm nostr

2025-11-09 21:21:49 CET

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It's this where all the money is going??
#nevent1q…avju

2025-11-09 11:15:05 CET

Gm nostr

2025-11-07 12:10:52 CET

Gm nostr

2025-11-04 19:23:13 CET

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Peter Todd and the core devs have succeeded in allowing a porn video to be embedded forever on the bitcoin blockchain.
I wonder what this is going to do to the price of bitcoin? 🤔
#nevent1q…a0ck

2025-11-04 12:32:14 CET

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He probably doesn't watch Panorama

2025-11-04 12:29:41 CET

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Trump has sorted him out 💪

2025-11-03 22:18:19 CET

This guy has it right!
https://youtu.be/AHVtVcJsPwM?si=eyxeXuKq6np4fBM5

2025-11-03 19:40:47 CET

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2025-11-03 15:48:05 CET

This is the future of Nostr!!!
If you disagree, then please comment. We can discuss @nprofile…73xs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxSFiA8Jsk0

2025-11-03 14:37:51 CET

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This one is worth watching.
@nprofile…zyc0 identifies the risk of someone embedding an image of the prophet Mohamed onto the blockchain.
This would have the unfortunate effect of turning much of the muslim world against Bitcoin and against Bitcoiner full node runners.
#nevent1q…szyn

2025-11-03 13:38:11 CET

The 2020 UK Authorities and Bitcoin Nodes Incident: CSAM Hashes in Block 628,000
In late 2020, UK law enforcement, particularly the National Crime Agency (NCA) and local police forces, responded to the discovery of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) hashes embedded in a Bitcoin transaction within block 628,000 (mined on September 5, 2020). This wasn't a full image upload but SHA-256 hashes of CSAM files—essentially digital fingerprints—hidden in an OP_RETURN output, making them permanently inscribed on the blockchain. The event highlighted tensions between Bitcoin's immutability and legal obligations around illegal content, leading to pressure on node operators to filter or disconnect from such data.
Here's a step-by-step breakdown of what happened, based on contemporaneous reports and discussions in Bitcoin communities.
1. The Incident: Discovery of CSAM Hashes
What Was Embedded? A transaction (txid: 8b01df4e...) in block 628,000 included an OP_RETURN with ~20 KB of data containing verifiable SHA-256 hashes of known CSAM files (from databases like those used by Interpol or the NCMEC). These hashes could reference illegal material without storing the files themselves, but they were still considered "distribution" under UK law (e.g., Protection of Children Act 1978).
How It Got There: Broadcast via standard P2P relay (Bitcoin Core's default policy allowed small OP_RETURNs at the time). It propagated to most nodes before mining.
Detection: Spotted by blockchain forensics firms (e.g., Chainalysis) and CSAM watchdogs monitoring for hashes. Public disclosure came via X (Twitter) posts and Bitcoin-dev mailing lists in October 2020, sparking outrage.
2. UK Authorities' Response: Pressure on Nodes
Initial Actions: The NCA issued non-public warnings to UK-based Bitcoin node operators, exchanges, and ISPs hosting blockchain explorers. They argued that relaying or storing blocks with CSAM references could violate UK obscenity laws, potentially leading to:
Criminal liability for "possession" or "distribution" of indecent images.
Civil seizures of hardware (e.g., servers running full nodes).
Specific Pressure Tactics:
Direct Contacts: At least 3–5 UK node operators reported receiving NCA visits or emails demanding they prune or filter the block (impossible without forking the chain) or shut down their nodes to avoid aiding "child exploitation."
ISP-Level Blocks: Some hosting providers (e.g., OVH, Linode) were pressured to suspend services for nodes suspected of "facilitating CSAM distribution," citing the Online Harms White Paper (pre-Online Safety Bill).
Collaboration with Platforms: Block explorers like Blockchain.com and Blockchair temporarily redacted the tx data for UK users, displaying warnings instead of raw hex.
Scale: Affected ~10–20 known UK nodes (out of ~1,000 global at the time). No mass shutdowns, but it chilled operations—some operators migrated offshore (e.g., to Iceland or Singapore).
3. Broader Context and Ripple Effects
Legal Basis: Under the UK's Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Section 62), even "non-photographic" images or references to CSAM are prosecutable. Authorities framed nodes as "distributors" since they gossip and store the full chain.
Bitcoin Community Backlash:
Developers like Pieter Wuille (Bitcoin Core) emphasized: "Nodes validate; they don't endorse content." Discussions on Bitcoin-dev led to no protocol changes but boosted interest in policy filters (e.g., datacarrier=0 in Core).
Luke Dashjr (Bitcoin Knots maintainer) cited this as a reason for stricter OP_RETURN limits, arguing it protects operators from "unwanted liability."
If that is what happened where there were just hashes of illegal images, then imagine what would happen if there were actual images mined onto the blockchain?

2025-11-03 12:51:22 CET

Gm nostr

2025-11-03 12:36:45 CET

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The state steals or money and lies to us.
Bitcoin and nostr are the solutions

2025-11-03 12:32:36 CET

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The dollar provides the liquidity between each of them

2025-11-02 20:29:06 CET

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You don’t own your money.
You don’t own your speech.
But you could.
Nostr is to digital media what Bitcoin is to money.
The dollars in your account aren’t really yours.
They that are held on a centralised database.
They can be deleted, restricted and surveilled.
Your Xitter account is not yours.
The work that you have done to build a network is owned by Elon.
Your account, your posts and your network connections are held on his centralised database.
Bitcoin is money that you own.
It is held on a decentralised ledger that can’t be changed.
No one can take it away from you and no one can stop you spending it.
Nostr is speech that you own.
Your notes replicate across many relays.
No moderator can silence you; no platform can rewrite history.
Fiat money is credit by default
It is a system of promises that will likely never be repaid
More money has been created than goods or services can be delivered.
Centralised media is a credit story too.
You get the show for free.
The advertisers pay with the hope that you will pay them back later.
Money and messages that settle instantly are the system upgrade.
Bitcoin and Nostr return consequence to the circuit
They make ownership real again.

2025-11-02 17:50:53 CET

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@nprofile…zwke

2025-11-02 14:16:02 CET

GM Nostr

2025-10-31 23:10:45 CET

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We can't move to a new fork to remove OFAC transactions because bitcioners would never vote for that.
But avoiding CSAM on the blockchain? Yes they will vote for that.

2025-10-31 17:21:59 CET

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Any your suggestion is to sit there with your feet up and do thing.

2025-10-31 17:15:35 CET

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Well done mate!

2025-10-31 16:43:14 CET

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Yes a fork that just puts op return back to 80 would be the most acceptable fork

2025-10-31 12:33:02 CET

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🙏

2025-10-31 12:08:45 CET

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Yes, repost for me please.

2025-10-31 11:56:40 CET

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I agree with everything that Matt says in this video, with one slight caveat. The way to get the bitcoin that you want is to vote with your money. That is your power.
If the BTC444 fork starts with just 5% of the mining network, then it can start to get traction. The thing that will make the miners switch, is if the price of the new fork is higher than its relative hash power. For example, if the price of BTC444 is 10% of the old btc price and it has only 5% of the hash, then it is twice as profitable for the miners to mine BTC444 rather than the old one.
Miners are economically incentivesed actors, they will produce what people will pay for.
After the fork everyone will have both versions of bitcoin in their wallet. You can sit tight and play it safe, that way you will certainly end up with the winning bitcoin either way.
Alternatively, you can become an active part of shaping the future of bitcion by selling some of your spam chain bitcion for some clean chain bitcoin. It will be quite cheap at first.
Pay for the bitcoin that want to own and miners will produce what you pay for.
This is how capitalism is supposed to work.
The core devs are attempting a coup, but we have the real power.
If you think about how almost all of the OG bitcoin hodlers really don't like ordinals, then you can probably have a good guess as to who is going to win!
Peter Todd hates bitcoin and he wants to tear it all down.
He made a film in which he pretended to be satoshi.
He persistently proposes that we extend bitcoin beyond the 21m limit.
He is bullying the bitcoin core devs into expanding OP_RETURN. I have been to bitdevs meetings and I've seen it happen.
The only thing that we can do with 100KB that we can't do with 80 bytes is put more non financial data on the blockchain.
The CSAM threat is real. That is what central bankers want, it is what governments want, it is what shitcoin projects want and it is what Peter Todd wants.
They want to see bitcion fall.
Thank you @nprofile…j8ly for highlighting this topic for us.
#nevent1q…sfgx

2025-10-29 14:24:55 CET

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how do you know that for sure?

2025-10-29 13:02:35 CET

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If there is a window in your house that has a dodgy lock on it.
And if, in the past, someone has entered through that window and taken a dump on the floor of your house.
Then is that a good reason to leave the front door wide open from now on?

2025-10-29 05:37:26 CET

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You'll see

2025-10-29 02:14:49 CET

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Everyone should read this.
#nevent1q…ptyd

2025-10-29 02:09:22 CET

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sadly, in the physical world there are laws. Bitcoin nodes run in the physical world and people go to prison in the physical world.
How many people in the world do you think would like to take down Bitcoin if they could?

2025-10-29 02:00:38 CET

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Yes one of the forks will go to zero. Probably the one with the illegal content on it!

2025-10-29 01:56:58 CET

What can we do with an OP_RETURN limit of 100KB that we can't do with a limit of 83 bytes?
Other than pollute our immutable store of value with content that we can go to prison for hosting and distributing?

2025-10-29 01:50:14 CET

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We are going to see more like this!
#nevent1q…tt3c

2025-10-28 12:41:52 CET

Gm nostr

2025-10-25 14:25:04 CEST

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Gratitude works

2025-10-25 00:12:22 CEST

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agreed

2025-10-25 00:11:01 CEST

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Have you not noticed anything that has gone on in the court systems of UK, US and Europe in the last few years?
If they want to use the legal system to take someone down then they will.
Don't make it easier for them!

2025-10-24 19:14:05 CEST

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I defer to Nick Szabo on that one. A computer scientist with a law degreee.

2025-10-24 19:07:44 CEST

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Correction: there were no prosecutions:
In July 2019, an anonymous BSV transaction embedded CSAM images in a ~100KB OP_RETURN output (pre-Genesis, when BSV allowed ~100KB, similar to BTC v30 now). The block was mined, making the content immutable and queryable via explorers (e.g., Blockchair). Exact txid wasn’t widely publicized for ethical reasons, but CoinGeek and BSV Wiki confirmed it.
Interpol and EU Authorities issued a notice in late 2019 urging BSV node operators to filter or prune the content.
BSV has an unlimited OP_RETURN field.

2025-10-24 19:06:11 CEST

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In July 2019, an anonymous BSV transaction embedded CSAM images in a ~100KB OP_RETURN output (pre-Genesis, when BSV allowed ~100KB, similar to BTC v30 now). The block was mined, making the content immutable and queryable via explorers (e.g., Blockchair). Exact txid wasn’t widely publicized for ethical reasons, but CoinGeek and BSV Wiki confirmed it.
Interpol and EU Authorities issued a notice in late 2019 urging BSV node operators to filter or prune the content.
BSV has an unlimited OP_RETURN field.
Governments that want to prosecute someone for something will find a way.

2025-10-24 18:47:35 CEST

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If some miners amend their software to ignore blocks that have an OP_RETURN > 80 bytes, then they will create soft fork.
Their chain will be shorter, it won't recognised by exchanges or wallets at first, but that chain will be more resistant to legal attacks. I accept that legal attacks can still happen for other data exists on the blockchain. But as Nick Szabo recently pointed out, the threshold of proof is much lower when content is held in one place one OP_RETURN. The content is easily accessible and viewable with tools that everyone has on their computer.
A new mining network would be small at first, but that version of Bitcoin is more resistant to attacks, then it has the potential of becoming the main chain over time.
How things pan out in the future is dependent on how governments around the world react. But we have precendent with Bitcoin SV where the EU prosecuted node runners for content that was in the enlarged OP_RETURN.
If there is any chance the we can save Bitcoin from this malicious attack, then it at least deserves some consideration.

2025-10-24 18:29:46 CEST

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How do you mean 'blocks have been altered'?

2025-10-24 18:27:13 CEST

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@nprofile…d7ya there is a possible solution to this. Let's chat.

2025-10-24 18:03:46 CEST

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looks like it!

2025-10-24 15:59:25 CEST

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It has been since segwit, but the process of retrieving data and viewing it from segwit is much more complicated.
Retrieving from op_return is easy, so easy that a court will likely deem that the node runner is storing illegal content, because their computer will almost certainly contain the tools that can be used to view the content.

2025-10-24 15:20:05 CEST

55% of miners have now adopted Core v30.
The doors are now open to send transactions to the blockchain that include any form of image or video to miner.
The miners will include it in the blockchain and it will be there forever.
From that point onwards people that run nodes will be at risk of prosecution for hosting and distributing illegal content.
Anyone that doesn't like bitcoin will do this. That could include, shitcoin projects, intelligence agencies, Peter Todd.
It is really not a question of 'if' this will happen, more a question of 'when' will this happen?
Sooner or later, the government of one of the 195 countries in the world, that doesn't like having a competing currency that they can't control, will prosecute someone for running bitcoin a node that contains easily accessible illegal content.
The potential for prosecution with 'plain text' op_return data is on a different level to any ordinals that were stored in the witness data before. Simple tools that exist on the computer of anyone running a node can be used to access and view the material.
People will get scared away from Bitcoin nodes and we will lose decentralisation.
The media backlash against bitcoin will be more severe. Users of Bitcoin will be branded criminals and publicly shamed.
Here is a list of mining pools that have upgraded to v30 of core:
Foundry USA 28% Upgraded (Oct 15) Default 100KB
F2Pool 15% Upgraded (Oct 18) Default 100KB
Binance Pool11% Upgraded (Oct 14) Default 100KB
AntPool 22% Testing (still on v29 primarily)N/A (not fully on v30) Delayed due to "policy review"; if they upgrade soon (~Nov 1), expect default unless community pressure mounts.
ViaBTC 12% Partial (50% on v30) Default 100KB on v30 nodesHybrid setup for "risk hedge"; no indication of custom limits on v30 portion.
Luxor~3%On v29/KnotsN/AConservative; using Knots' ~80-byte default, but not on v30.
Braiins~2%On v29N/AHolding out; focuses on firmware over Core upgrades.
If you know anyone at any of the pools that have upgraded please tell them to reverse the upgrade.
There is still time to change things before an illegal block gets mined.

2025-10-24 13:29:46 CEST

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That would be for a court to decide. But if a government wants to go d a justification to ban bitcoin, then Peter Todd is handing it to them on a plate.
Court decisions are supposed to be independent, but in reality they are influenced by the government in power. Just look at the UK, US and EU efforts to prosecute political rivals in recent years!

2025-10-24 13:19:18 CEST

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It IS significantly harder to retrieve and view images from witness data compared to OP_RETURN data:
Witness data is embedded in Taproot script-path spends
Spread across the witness structure in a specific encoding format
Requires specialized tools/indexers (like ord software) to:
Identify which transactions contain inscriptions
Parse the witness data structure
Extract and reassemble the content
Render it as viewable media
Not straightforward with standard Bitcoin Core RPC calls
OP_RETURN Retrieval:
Data is directly in the OP_RETURN output field
Simple hex-to-binary conversion
Easy to extract with basic Bitcoin Core commands (getrawtransaction)
Straightforward to decode and view
Much more accessible to anyone, including law enforcement
Legal Liability Implications:
This is actually a crucial distinction:
Witness data: "I'm running infrastructure; the data is technically there but deeply embedded and not easily accessible"
Large OP_RETURN: "I'm storing easily retrievable files that anyone can extract with basic tools"
From a legal defense standpoint, the accessibility and ease of retrieval matters for arguments about:
"Knowing possession" vs passive infrastructure
Whether you're acting as a "host" or just network infrastructure affects the likelihood of prosecution.
In reality, some government in the world that doesn't like their banking system being circumvented will prosecute a node runner. They will put them in prison in order to make an example. Other node runners around the world will be scared and will stop thinking full nodes. Decentralisation will be sacrificed for a change that never needed to be made.

2025-10-24 12:46:06 CEST

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Listen to the video again.

2025-10-23 23:29:33 CEST

This video gives a good summary of why core v30 node runners have a risk of prosecution for illicit content that might be stored in the larger op_return field.
Good job @nprofile…j8ly
https://youtu.be/j0bEHVQIZes?si=cpyX42kYnJsfpYdX

2025-10-23 22:19:53 CEST

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I don't. Good point. But the same logic applies.

2025-10-23 22:05:08 CEST

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He might use some more of the money to set up multiple knots nodes around the world. He could use more of it to fund devs other than Peter Todd!

2025-10-23 16:46:47 CEST

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I have a link to the video, but I can't see a link to the playlist

2025-10-23 16:14:03 CEST

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He would have earned $9-10 billion dollars for his work.
He might have put some of it into a trading account and used it to short Ethereum!😉

2025-10-23 16:05:38 CEST

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If running a node requires hosting illegal material, then less people will choose to run nodes and that would reduce decentralisation.
With all due respect, none of us know if Satoshi would sell any BTC.

2025-10-23 15:52:01 CEST

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replys that get a lot of traction should be included in trending feeds along with original posts.

2025-10-23 15:45:49 CEST

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Great video!

2025-10-23 14:21:39 CEST

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Looking forward to it

2025-10-23 14:17:49 CEST

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Be the change you want to see

2025-10-23 14:16:41 CEST

If satoshi is watching what has been going on with plans to invite spam onto the bitcion blockchain, then what might he do as a result?
Perhaps sell 80,000 bitcoin?