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The beautiful thing about open source is you can fork if you don't like the direction a project is going. You then benefit from all the prior work done, even by the devs you no longer see eye-to-eye with.
This is a wonderful asymmetry that gives dissenters a big advantage. So don't be surprised when the incumbent dev team cries about it. Of course they'll say things like "why don't you start from scratch?" and of course they'll shit on the fork and do everything in their power to hinder it.
Because the fork has a huge advantage. It can even merge future work the original devs do if it aligns with the fork's ethos. Any open source dev knows this and this is the reason they start throwing shade almost immediately, their work might help the competition. But anyone who truly understands open source knows this is a good thing and protects against a project being taken over by a few bad actors.

2026-03-26 14:29:58 UTC

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"The decree is, without question, a limited instrument. It covers only the named plaintiffs’ social media accounts on those five platforms, and only those three agencies. It does not bind every federal department or protect every American’s posts."
If only we had an amendment that did that.

2026-03-26 13:59:02 UTC

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Starting from scratch is the stupid thing to do. Of course calle and any other open source dev knows this, which just shows how disgusting these core worshipers are.

2026-03-26 13:43:48 UTC

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Funny you don't bitch about those other six, only this one. It seems @nprofile…rsmy might actually have legs and that concerns you. Since the others clearly are not and will never be meaningful competition to core you have no problem with them.

2026-03-26 13:31:10 UTC

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What this post tells me is that core supporters don't see libbitcoin as a threat so they praise it, but they do see @nprofile…rsmy as one so they shit on it. In the coming months as the shrieking from team core intensifies this thesis will be confirmed.
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2026-03-25 22:42:17 UTC

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It only became terrible recently, thanks in large part to you.

2026-03-24 19:19:19 UTC

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In other words make your larp a reality.

2026-03-23 21:45:31 UTC

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That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while.

2026-03-23 20:15:58 UTC

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I wish they'd just get it over with and try to ban Bitcoin. The sooner the better.

2026-03-23 20:11:58 UTC

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Weird Al Yankovic

2026-03-23 18:51:41 UTC

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Decentralized authoritarianism is the best.

2026-03-22 01:30:21 UTC

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Luke was right.
#nevent1q…3z5h

2026-03-20 18:30:00 UTC

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I'd love to see a core fork that is completely developed and maintained by nyms. Satoshi showed us the way, and it's a shame we didn't follow his example and make pseudonymity the defining characteristic of Bitcoin development culture. Any dev who's legal identity is known can be assumed to be compromised at this point.
https://fountain.fm/episode/O2I3sTTm9W3TheF5Y3yl
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2026-03-20 14:25:06 UTC

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Police, and the state in general, demand unlimited power and zero accountability. Nothing short of that is acceptable.

2026-03-20 11:20:29 UTC

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Women in STEM since 1955 apparently.

2026-03-19 20:38:54 UTC

Be wary when someone cries about "purity tests". They're trying to get you to compromise your principles. Introspection and reevaluating your principles is good but it should be self initiated, not in response to goading from someone who benefits from your acquiescence. For them, getting you to compromise the first time is the hardest. It only gets easier from there.

2026-03-19 13:50:03 UTC

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If you can't say No you're not free.

2026-03-19 13:42:33 UTC

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The "purity test" dig is a red flag. This is the language of shitcoiners. It's like if your favorite burger joint starts putting a little dog shit in every patty and when customers complain they cry about purity tests. Not all purity tests are a bad thing.

2026-03-19 01:23:07 UTC

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Or 2026 even

2026-03-19 01:22:13 UTC

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Kind of sad that the movie predicted hover boards by 2015, yet this is the best we can do in 2025.

2026-03-18 11:26:27 UTC

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That's what every libertarian thinks.

2026-03-18 11:19:57 UTC

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Region

2026-03-16 20:43:39 UTC

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It seems like it would be so easy to ddos the government. It would take maybe 10% of the population to just constantly post offensive content.

2026-03-16 11:11:50 UTC

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100% agree. Core enshitification has begun and will only get worse. If nothing else, a reason to support bip110 is it's better to rip the bandaid off now than wait 10 years when the situation is much worse.

2026-03-16 02:55:58 UTC

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*conversation

2026-03-16 02:27:17 UTC

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This was hands down the best pro vs con conversion on bip110 I've heard. It's amazing how productive and informative it can be when both participants debate honestly, attempt to understand each other, and don't resort to cheap shots, insults and straw manning. Thank you gentlemen!
https://fountain.fm/episode/5bNY4Ppmrsl04DrQipso
#nevent1q…qsur

2026-03-14 23:16:00 UTC

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They all want WW3 so bad. It's disgusting.

2026-03-13 16:32:53 UTC

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Really appreciate these deep dives, thank you!

2026-03-13 15:23:27 UTC

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Can you clarify what you meant when you said: all other behavior rightfully belongs to the category “kardashian drama”? In particular what are some examples of the "other behavior" you mentioned?

2026-03-13 15:05:37 UTC

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Framing what you disagree with, or is not important to you, as "drama" poisons the well and basically ends any hope for an honest debate. This has been a key part of the core playbook from the start.

2026-03-13 14:34:05 UTC

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Not being an expert but still having an opinion was perfectly normal until covid. The experts get it wrong pretty much all the time, so I'm ready to hear what the non-experts have to say.

2026-03-13 13:51:16 UTC

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Music is the best. The only real magic that inspires, calms, heals, and brings peace.

2026-03-13 13:14:22 UTC

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Bingo

2026-03-13 13:13:19 UTC

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Who's in charge of the USA?

2026-03-13 11:58:40 UTC

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This is the nirvana falacy that is so often repeated by core worshiping sycophants. You are stuck on this idea that if something isn't 100% perfect then it's completely worthless.
Ok now try to follow along here, this is an analogy that you seem incapable of understanding but I'll try anyway: if you have a lock on your door but a burglar breaks in through the window, this doesn't mean the lock is useless.
btw if you have an issue with being called a core worshiping sycophant you should re listen to your episodes with Lopp and Michael Tidwell from last September for two particularly egregious examples.

2026-03-13 11:16:35 UTC

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Imagine posing for that picture 😂

2026-03-12 03:25:57 UTC

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Awesome work, thank you!

2026-03-09 19:29:24 UTC

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Sounds like a made up number.

2026-03-08 12:48:45 UTC

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Are there any Iranians holding Bitcoin in self custody?

2026-03-05 22:56:18 UTC

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Great episode!
https://fountain.fm/episode/ZOtlg2eyvH8YLC0MKy5U
#nevent1q…jjnc

2026-03-05 22:42:58 UTC

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Stop Isreal appeasement now.

2026-03-05 21:36:49 UTC

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Why bother with the fake background I wonder?

2026-03-05 20:19:01 UTC

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Glad to see Tomer still fighting the good fight.

2026-03-05 19:18:04 UTC

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How dare tuta censor spam!

2026-03-05 17:29:40 UTC

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Todd is cunning and knows how to play the long game. His attack on bitocin has been going on for a long time and sadly has been largely succesful. He wants tail emissions and/or dumurrage and getting Luke out of the way was a big step towards accomplishing that goal.

2026-03-05 17:01:07 UTC

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Reluctance to soft fork is understandable and thoughtful critisism is welcome. It's the retarded knee jerk hate for luke and mechanic, and the blind core worship that's the problem. If Guy can be against bip100 and still be friends with mechanic I think that says a lot about his character.

2026-03-05 16:53:07 UTC

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Unfortunately quite lucrative for those with zero inegrity. #nevent1q…msz6

2026-03-05 15:27:04 UTC

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Thanks guys, I look forward to the roundtable every month. Always high signal.
https://fountain.fm/episode/oxLMGpN0DWflVPFHZmbg
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2026-03-05 14:27:12 UTC

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He impulsively went into 🎉Ven🌮Ezz🫔Juella 🎊

2026-03-04 19:33:19 UTC

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I do not. Did you mean to ask average_bitcoiner? Also I'm aware of Kratter's association with Theil and while that's embarrassing, I'm glad he's publicly disclosed it and no longer supports Thiel.

2026-03-04 19:27:24 UTC

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The quoted text referenced Theil's and Citrea's desire to "Accelerate Bitcoin's Programmable Future" that's a bit different than the innocent statement "bitcoin is programmable money" especially considering the context and who it's coming from. They aren't talking about the conservative, minimal programmability required for monetary transactions and you know it. They don't need a foundation for that. Attempting to conflate the two is deceitful.

2026-03-04 19:03:51 UTC

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Only trust nyms. Assume everyone else is compromised.

2026-03-04 18:51:47 UTC

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What point are you trying to make? If you're against Thiel and Citrea then you're against Bitcoin? It was a stupid gatcha question. I would say "be better" but from past exchanges I know that's impossible for you.

2026-03-04 18:17:54 UTC

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The exact moment when Core was first infected with the woke virus was in 2020 when an anonymous dev, TrentZ, with no prior github history in the bitcoin repo (or any activity since then), submitted a PR to change the word "blacklist" in Bitcoin Core test code with the comment "Let's use a more appropriate and clear word and discard the usage of the blacklist. Blocklist is clear and shall make everyone happy."
I remember well this caused some controversy at the time, with people pushing back on the absurd wokeness of it all. Many of the same devs currently defending v30, crying about Gloria being "chased out", and making all kinds of excuses for spam, argued in favor of the change. Among their arguments were plenty of elitism and credentialism very similar to what we've heard recently. It was the first time I noticed a shift towards wokeness in Core and I knew then it was just the start.
This is how the woke virus infects a project like Core. It slips in as small, innocuous changes. Then the team mindset slowly shifts with constant pressure to conform, purity tests like getting the covid vaccine, strict adherence to ESG/DEI and other insane woke progressive ideologies, slowly pushing out dissenters and forcing everyone else to toe the line. Core has followed the woke playbook to the letter.
Six years later, Core is completely controlled by this mentality. Unfortunately there is no way to undo this damage. Just like bitcoin doesn't seek to change the system but rather replace it, we need to replace Core. Spam, shiticoins, and wokeness are not welcome in Bitcoin.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19227

2026-03-04 16:15:48 UTC

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Woke infiltration is a recurring pattern that unfortunately affects many open source projects, corporations, and other institutions. Thinking that Bitcoin Core is immune to it is extremely naive. Wokism is antithetical to meritocracy has no place in Bitcoin development.
It's particularly interesting how covid accelerated the process with vaccine compliance. Makes me wonder if that was the whole point.
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2026-03-04 13:10:44 UTC

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Luke is 100% correct. Bitcoin is permissionless *money*. For permissionless other stuff you'll need to find another blockchain. You should check out Ethereum. It aligns perfectly with your "everything is a valid use case" mindset.

2026-03-04 13:02:28 UTC

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Do you think Bitcoin should be permissionless for every imaginable use case, including spam, shitcoins, file storage, etc?

2026-03-04 12:58:25 UTC

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It's alarming they think this is a controversial statement by Luke. It shows either a profound lack of understanding, or a desire to turn Bitcoin into another Ethereum-like shitcoin platform.

2026-03-04 12:51:55 UTC

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Luke is right. Every Luke hater is a shitcoiner at heart. No exceptions.

2026-03-02 21:48:44 UTC

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I see, so you fight for shitcoiners for free then. Meanwhile your boy Jameson is bragging about buying six figure sports cars. You should demand more for your services.
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2026-03-02 21:30:50 UTC

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"what is spam, everything is spam, nothing is spam"
Every shitcoiner agrees with you.

2026-03-02 21:15:50 UTC

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Dude, I don't care about your post history. You and every shitcoiner agree that bip110 is bad. So you carefully avoid explicitly advocating for shitcoins while fighting against the only proposed solution. Actually there was another solution which was not to force v30 down our throats but core decided against that. We were happy with the policy but you all said only consensus matters, so here we are. If you don't like 110 then what's a better solution? And don't bother saying fees because the mempool is empty.

2026-03-02 20:58:57 UTC

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The FAQ on bip110.org says it's not about stopping spam, it's about making Bitcoin unwelcome to spammers. Should we try to do that? I think so. Does 110 do that? I think obviously yes.
The counter argument I hear a lot is something like "that's what fees are for" but as you point out, the mempool is completely empty. If that weren't the case I think changing the op_return policy would be less controversial.
Fees will price out spam someday but until then let's allow 100kb of arbitrary data per tx is madness.
Your second point is a valid concern but this is why core should not have forced an unpopular, unwanted change through on behalf of one company. When node operators objected they said fuck you, so here we are.

2026-03-02 18:36:31 UTC

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You on Citrea's payroll too, or are you doing this for free? Lopp's a piece of shit but at least he's smart enough to get paid.

2026-03-02 18:22:25 UTC

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Just more justification for spam on bitcoin. It sure gets all you shitcoiners excited.

2026-02-27 19:34:07 UTC

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"I'm against spam but here are10 shitcoiner arguments for why we should do nothing about spam."
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2026-02-26 20:42:23 UTC

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This explains so much.

2026-02-26 16:49:37 UTC

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Especially ironic coming from the same crowd who claimed the technical high ground when removing op_return limits was first proposed, along with plenty of condescending credentialism and "trust the experts" mentality. But now when there's a alternative proposed it's nothing but personal attacks and fud from the same people.

2026-02-25 19:01:56 UTC

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Any advice for bitcoiners who aren't happy with core governance or direction? I think a lot of us are unhappy with the current situation and feel that bip110 is drawing a line in the sand in response to core's actions. If not bip110 then what?

2026-02-25 17:58:44 UTC

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Why all the sauna purity tests Lopp??

2026-02-25 17:39:28 UTC

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This is what every shitcoiner says.

2026-02-25 17:06:38 UTC

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*test 😂

2026-02-25 17:06:11 UTC

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What's the purity twat in this case, that Bitcoin is money?

2026-02-24 19:25:29 UTC

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This is the "death by a thousand cuts" attack currently being carried out by Todd and others. Little by little the scope and use cases of Bitcoin are expanded, stretching censorship resistance to cover any arbitrary data not just monetary transactions. Shifting definitions, ever increasing scope creep, all changing Bitcoin's trajectory one BIP at a time towards becoming another Ethereum-like shitcoin platform.
Todd's endgame is tail emissions and/or demurrage. I used to believe Bitcoin maxis had enough fight in them to make sure this would never happen, but now I'm not so sure. Sadly, I think a lot of the current core worshiping pro v30 crowd will also support these changes when the time comes. As important as this current fight is, there are bigger battles ahead. If BIP110 has no other affect besides cutting Todd out of Bitcoin development then it's worth it imo.

2026-02-23 19:35:47 UTC

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His logic is retarded. If someone is caught with cp files on their computer, the defense "it's just strings of hex, and I don't have any image viewing software installed, so it's totally ok" is not going to work. They don't care if it's downloaded and never viewed. Mere possession is the crime.
The only defense that might work is lack of intent. For example "I didn't intend to download cp, it just happened." This is where it gets murky because installing and running core v30 knowing of this risk could be argued as intent, same for mining a block with such content in it.
As for the jurisdiction argument, telling people to move to a cp friendly jurisdiction so they can run a node is beyond retarded.

2026-02-23 14:52:58 UTC

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BIP-110 exists because of Jameson Lopp.

2026-02-17 20:28:30 UTC

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People seem to think Bitcoin is the only thing that uses SHA-256.

2026-02-17 20:03:49 UTC

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Great conversation. I'm a believer in "strong opinions loosely held'. There's nothing wrong with reassessment and changing your mind at any time, although it doesn't seem like there's any major disagreement with hodlonaut's views and those of BIP-110 supporters. Regardless, I respect his choice to withdraw support. Taking a non-committal view while assessing is always wise. An episode with Giacomo on the topic next would be awesome.
https://fountain.fm/episode/1t4C7RMHfzQQn4oxbREU
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2026-02-16 15:56:08 UTC

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For monetary data, yes. Why do think this rule applies to jpgs?

2026-02-15 14:48:12 UTC

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Extreme shitcoiner cope from Lopp. He just needs to post a video of himself flipping off the Knotzis and get it over with.
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2026-02-15 14:36:10 UTC

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You have done more to ossify Bitcoin than anyone else. Forcing an unwanted and unneeded change down users throats is the fast track to ossification.

2026-02-12 16:15:34 UTC

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*No actual gold is ever sent or received, in smaller amounts or otherwise.

2026-02-12 16:00:20 UTC

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Todd had to write his own Bitcoin client to spam the chain. That proves how well filters work.

2026-02-11 21:10:09 UTC

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You can afford to lose a bitcoin or two unlike those of us who haven't sold our souls. I'm sure you got a nice bonus for doing Citrea's bidding.
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2026-02-09 21:09:25 UTC

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Slightly different. A meritocracy builds up reputational capital, which is then slowly consumed during and after the transformation until it's all used up. Shitcoin projects never have that initial build up, except by riding on Bitcoin's coattails maybe. It's that built up trust and respectibilty that lets mediocrities survive as long as they do. Fortunately us bitcoiners don't blindly trust, "slay your heros" and all that.

2026-02-09 20:47:15 UTC

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Probably a relief from heat and flies.

2026-02-09 20:39:39 UTC

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They start off as meritocracies but over time become a closed group, changing the rules to gatekeep membership, and cutting themselves off from external feedback mechanisms that prevent group think, eventually devolving into mediocrities. Sound familiar?

2026-02-09 19:20:51 UTC

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Yeah that was brutal, had to skip over a lot of it. I was hoping for more murch rebuttal and less libertarian/Austrian econ argument.

2026-02-09 18:48:53 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/eb73ef1df221b7c398cf5c8b763b6e14d7f4e469b8310a6562c1eaaaf0a3a61c.png

2026-02-09 06:21:28 UTC

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He's also spot on at 1:22:50. I'll add that a room full of super smart devs can come up with deep technical justifications for literally any change. In open source the next step is to convince users why they should run it, preferably without insults and appeals to authority. I think Jimmy is correct that this was horribly executed by Core.

2026-02-09 05:52:19 UTC

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Timestamps are from fountain, not sure if they differ in YT.

2026-02-09 05:49:46 UTC

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I think eventually that will be true but we should actively try to reduce spam until then, and while not perfect, a reasonable op_return default limit helped do this. I agree with the points he brought up 1:10:10 and 1:11:40.