brent
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Software developer and bitcoin collector with a philosophy background.

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relay.wellorder.net

nostr.bitcoiner.social

nostr.mutinywallet.com

relay.damus.io

relay.getalby.com/v1

nos.lol

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2026-03-17 02:04:34 UTC

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Awesome!
https://fountain.fm/episode/kXTXEMLjy2thADQ8rTob
#nevent1q…wman

2026-03-12 00:46:03 UTC

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You are confused. “Policy” in Bitcoin is codified by the consensus rules. Nodes enforce adherence to the consensus rules: no mined blocks that break consensus rules shall be added to their copy of the chain. The consensus rules are hard-coded into the protocol, and the version of bitcoin software you run determines which protocol rules you are enforcing. Mempool forwarding settings are not policy, and are of little consequence. Find something more interesting to worry about.

2026-03-09 05:56:13 UTC

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https://fountain.fm/episode/OTxJEYqsaIsgvUFGrOg9
#nevent1q…5fex

2026-03-08 21:21:36 UTC

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Experienced software developers will remain in high demand.

2026-02-28 21:57:38 UTC

The Pentagon Feuding With an AI Company Is a Very Bad Sign
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/25/anthropic-pentagon-feud-ai/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921
> But Trump’s dispute with Anthropic involves additional, even more complicated stakes. At the root of Anthropic’s claim is the belief that the Trump White House is an unreliable custodian of AI military and surveillance technologies, and that the firm must impose independent guardrails to prevent the Pentagon and other agencies from potential misuse. Does Anthropic have a point?
https://stacker.news/items/1444937

2026-02-23 21:57:15 UTC

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Someone should make a Slack clone that uses NOSTR. 💪

2026-02-23 03:33:56 UTC

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Amazing. I need to work on this. 🧠

2026-02-23 02:13:28 UTC

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You’re confused because your premise is wrong. It was a change to the default value of a client side preference, not “a cap”. Users can set the value as they please. It’s not a consensus rule that miners heed, it’s a client side setting, which ultimately doesn’t matter, and also, nothing is “forced through” - you can still set a low value if you’re into incentivizing permanent storage of redundant data over optional storage in a prunable (throw-away) field, for some reason. Nobody has to accept the default value.

2026-02-23 02:03:16 UTC

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Part of the calculus for miners when considering switching to Bitcoin Luke’s Vision (BLV), which they might if fees are higher over there due to transactions finding it harder to get included because of lack of miners, is the cost of turmoil and disruption on the Bitcoin market. Degradation of confidence could be devastating for hard-earned institutional buy-in. I highly doubt that anywhere close to half of the network will be interested in the latest narcissist-lead, fear-driven, fringe-group fork. May BLV be shorter lived than BSV.

2026-02-23 01:50:30 UTC

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Bitcoin LV 😅💩

2026-02-23 01:20:10 UTC

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That’s what the Bcashers thought. Didn’t work out too well for them.

2026-02-23 01:18:40 UTC

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Same, SSDs are so much nicer. I want quiet, low power, and fast for something I’m running at home, 24/7.

2026-02-22 16:26:29 UTC

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Yes, really. Decentralization is a priority, so nodes must be affordable.

2026-02-04 22:05:31 UTC

Yes, It's Fascism - America now meets the 18 criteria
https://samharris.org/episode/SE8CA91C746
Sam Harris speaks with Jonathan Rauch about the emergence of fascism in American politics. They discuss Rauch’s article, “Yes, It’s Fascism,” the 18 criteria of fascism, the glorification and unapologetic use of state violence, “might is right” foreign policy, the politicization of law enforcement, the complicity of the rich and powerful, blood and soil nationalism, the influence of Carl Schmitt, the resilience of American institutions, and other topics.
Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, is the author of eight books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book, published in 2021 by the Brookings Press, is [_The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth_](https://amzn.to/4qdoa9d), a spirited and deep-diving account of how to push back against disinformation, canceling, and other new threats to our fact-based epistemic order.
Jonathan’s Atlantic article, “[Yes, It’s Fascism](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/)”
https://stacker.news/items/1426613

2026-02-02 02:25:03 UTC

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Not true. The 1:10 ratio was discarded long ago, it’s more like 1:100 now.

2026-01-30 16:34:23 UTC

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You mean the Gravy Seals?

2026-01-29 18:59:03 UTC

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Yep.
White supremacist and far-right extremist violence is considered the top domestic terrorism threat to the United States, according to law enforcement officials, intelligence assessments, and independent researchers. Since 2018, white supremacists have conducted the majority of lethal attacks and plots among domestic violent extremists in the U.S..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States

2026-01-22 16:24:36 UTC

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lol @ “revelation of…” yeah let me pull something out of my ass to give you more revelations 😆
A photo of them together proves nothing. Do you know Epstein did more than just creep on young women? He was also involved in big financial ventures, and as a result interacted with a lot of rich people for that. His interactions were not confined to only fellow creeps. The assumption that everyone who ever talked to him is also a sexual predator is crazy. Literally impossible. Get a grip!

2026-01-22 01:47:33 UTC

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Is there a single shred of evidence for that?

2026-01-22 00:45:28 UTC

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He almost single handedly funded the cure for malaria. How many millions of lives will be saved because of it?

2026-01-22 00:41:16 UTC

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Bitcoin bud

2026-01-19 00:25:27 UTC

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“Seem to” if you consume antisemitic propaganda as if it were true. Iran has been pumping that shit out at full volume since they discovered the Internet.

2026-01-18 22:41:25 UTC

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Why post it at all, if your existing narrative is all that matters? It is ironic that this guy is calling for people to listen to each other and respect truth, and is presented in the opposite context?

2026-01-18 22:21:57 UTC

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That is not what he said in this clip. He said we must listen to each other to resolve issues, not only with our brains, but also with our hearts, in order to maintain our humanity in the age of machine intelligence. Ironic that you failed to listen.

2026-01-18 00:54:24 UTC

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Hybrid is best: a knowledgeable developer guiding the AI, step by step.

2026-01-18 00:11:36 UTC

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Use high quality chicken broth, and roast the vegetables first, broil at the end for a tiny bit of char. 🔥

2026-01-17 01:41:36 UTC

Canadian government is running out of appeal options on the court ruling that found they violated protestors’ charter rights when they illegally invoked the Emergency Powers (aka War Measures) Act to arrest them, seize their assets, and other abuses. Will the politicians involved be personally held to account? 🤔

2026-01-17 01:37:38 UTC

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She explains it well to the non-developers who think this. It’s not going well for the companies that let their senior devs go.
https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9ftcn3nawtxlk0gygd43g5228xs5998h50duzycr86hkffvskugqcqel7r

2026-01-17 00:16:20 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/0dacdb6e1d8ec9759bf94465feb7c48a6d37113c802c5fabb70878de545ee330.png

2026-01-13 17:15:08 UTC

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The older you are, the more you understand how difficult it is to coordinate groups of people to achieve anything meaningful, and also how secrets don’t often scale past 2 people. Thus, how highly improbable most conspiracy theories are.

2026-01-13 03:37:32 UTC

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lol

2026-01-10 22:03:11 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/34ed31095b40bcae227857fe1b786afe99654f1a058b8aa87ae361e4b582ba68.jpg

2026-01-10 21:56:12 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/fbee99ce6696fb21e7e1a831654e6dc6e8f2d14b02a0a4414790323fde4e559b.jpg

2026-01-09 16:59:52 UTC

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Reinventing the wheel isn’t for everyone

2026-01-08 16:41:52 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/55741186a4b18bc5beb32e9a764b8c5ba476f4d91a632b8d6313a91d6c6a1a23.jpg

2026-01-08 16:20:57 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/6be18235c6c47e7a02c90e8e992a3407b66aa258cdbe613d60a3a7e7b406d044.jpg

2026-01-08 15:11:31 UTC

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https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyMGpoYWU3ZTY3ZHZxNXppZm9udGxudjdyOWI1dDl6bDk4ZGc1YXY3byZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/voKRB2g96S8q4/giphy.gif

2026-01-08 13:29:48 UTC

GM
How could a 50% increase in U.S. military budget be funded?
🖨️💵💵💵💵💵💵
https://blossom.primal.net/19506d95b03e4723dae6cdde90c51960c2bbb2c126cd48e01d4281fe5cd5c372.jpg

2026-01-06 00:10:59 UTC

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BIPS are discussed/assessed here:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips

2026-01-05 23:49:46 UTC

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Is “P2P ecash” made of wood? Glass? No, it is made of bits of data. Fundamentally, the Bitcoin blockchain is data. It represents financial transactions, contracts, identity, and unfortunately, spam.
Being made of data, there is no way to police what every bit of data represents at a macro level, in the external world. Proof of this is here, if you care about the truth.
https://www.bitmex.com/blog/the-unstoppable-jpg-in-private-keys

2026-01-05 15:43:06 UTC

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No. Changing client settings does not affect consensus rules. Only consensus rules determine what a valid transaction is. Since everything in Bitcoin is data, everything can be used for spam. Read this ffs:
https://www.bitmex.com/blog/the-unstoppable-jpg-in-private-keys

2026-01-04 20:41:47 UTC

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Did you miss the “since” part?
> since block height 930,600 (Core v30 release)
How is that “manipulative”? It seems very clear to me.
Why did spammers go to all of the trouble of creating inscriptions, which store data in non-prunable UXTO records, instead of OP_RETURN, which can be pruned off?

2026-01-04 20:28:51 UTC

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Only to please President Taco McDipshit
https://blossom.primal.net/789403e221316bcdacc515da27041131da7bec8f9f9e2133846f823f062f02a6.jpg

2026-01-04 20:11:23 UTC

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If he keeps this up, FIFA will take back their peace prize

2026-01-04 17:04:35 UTC

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Government, not capital.

2026-01-03 18:11:02 UTC

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Putin has always wanted to rule Ukraine; its a reclamation of the old Soviet empire.
Trump is even copying Putin’s phrase, “special military operation” for his undeclared war. Impotent Congress.

2026-01-03 18:03:46 UTC

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And it’s The Republic! 📖

2026-01-03 18:00:08 UTC

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Why not read something more modern, like Plato? 😅