2026-08-23T14:12:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae mordaunt https://nostr.ae/npub14l0387z0ejfmnn3j38nnalg5p57952d84aqakqguhzx7p7pns2vqg3x78w https://blossom.primal.net/fa210835846d54332ca9605e3b6146d6726204dc2b37a721c6f7d7d46378a7a9.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/fa210835846d54332ca9605e3b6146d6726204dc2b37a721c6f7d7d46378a7a9.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspv0w33r936adenmraefdqf9nfr8sksa4p6af0jsdmlfmj33mczxczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsr82srt If Bitcoin was widely adopted as global currency used to denominate the world, it would rapidly &#34;stabilize&#34; (in the sense of purchasing power volatility).<br/><br/>Things would just get consistently cheaper, in the same way that things get consistently more expensive under the dollar.<br/><br/>#Bitcoin 2026-08-27T16:14:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx3dcupg4n38gnzjtsa8eprq9w5s4jpd3pcq3dgemkdvtmrqc8rxgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfspjxz5l Capitalism might be the most misunderstood term in all of political philosophy.<br/><br/>It is a simple composite of two traits:<br/>1. property rights<br/>2. freedom of association<br/><br/>Everything else is simply a gradient of coercion.<br/><br/>#Politics #Philosophy 2026-08-19T19:57:40+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9609xqgp65fpwspw0psmphhz5dserua8eam8fqam2us22we0rwsszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs5mt7mh Socialism has been the dominant political structure for a long time now. They just don&#39;t know it. <br/><br/>#Politics #Philosophy 2026-08-19T18:37:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg8rfr44j0gxaq2ru3k35gv08pp2n0ra73uvynnxshwe4gyr2e9eczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs8qpkcv The reason we rely on trust is for efficiency. Assumptions are cheaper than proofs. Robustness is often traded for efficiency.<br/><br/>This is a delicate dance because we want things to be perfect: cheap, good and fast, yet physics only permits us to pick two of those properties.<br/><br/>We can&#39;t verify everything, and trying to do so is rather costly. However, accruing too much trust can be devastating. A ticking time bomb.<br/><br/>Even in a &#34;trustless&#34; system like Bitcoin, for the sake of efficiency, trust has accrued in several choke-points and created fragility. <br/><br/>Trust bottle-necked at cold storage companies. The fragility was catastrophically realised. <br/><br/>Trust bottle-necked at node developers. The fragility was catastrophically realised.<br/><br/>Trust bottle-necked at mining pools. The fragility was catastrophically realised. <br/><br/>The seductive (and necessary) efficiencies of trust is why we are susceptible to lies and deception in the first place. It&#39;s easier to just believe someone based on heuristic and intuition than to verify each claim. <br/><br/>Eliminating trust is resource intensive, but totally necessary for sound money. <br/><br/>#Bitcoin #Philosophy #Trust 2026-08-19T15:51:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdnr2a9wdhmfj8y3gchdhn30ef3hfpqle02ccx5q7g6qr9xt4azpgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs7krwd6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvv7vlcs7y4z9huhxf5zns3ndm9r0zsxmqpnw4r6w353wxpsuwwxq7h62q0'>nevent1q…62q0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You have to trust the cryptographic rules. You can&#39;t trivially count the coins.<br/><br/>You are right though, it&#39;s sloppy to say &#34;cannot audit&#34;, but it points towards a significant tradeoff that Monero accepts. 2026-08-19T15:31:59+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfwgeyxng3m3dhrz87w57wj83zty4u09k0hfytwnlwg5amtspxu7czyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsx8msee In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxdy6rlr8q353sx0g5c7hc9296cc8w22z9pmdejee8l585kmypt4gf3v3js'>nevent1q…v3js</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nice, thanks for sharing. 2026-08-19T15:22:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrs2zcwsqkkky9ppra6retvsnu9t0puq73rwaccrd03s5jagkgsjqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfszrgyxv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr26084vk7qt2c7xu589qt43923qzslpaeme2dpumvmqte4q2qsrg07n2cp'>nevent1q…n2cp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I tend to agree. I think we need decentralization of the node development. 2026-08-19T15:18:32+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv427uq5pahjkcnsrktvf6q2yhthkn24rpmr3aq9n8zc80qducgnszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsx83gc3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs236a7lxawrdvcp63chlcjzvew3p3c6nlsp6khyvq9arycl2v5nzsequrlt'>nevent1q…urlt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s open ended.<br/><br/>Anyone can join development, or participate in creating a new client (this is already happening). <br/><br/>The same criticism can be applied to Core as well.<br/><br/>At the end of the day, the Pareto principle tells that a minority of individuals will make up the bulk of the influence of any given project. <br/><br/>Your statement amounts to a talking point. 2026-08-19T14:24:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyssu690gssm4xksf90ew9nu338hsc8rvyv6ptg06u05v9kwln2gczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsqka23d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2qqlh68ft24ga3t4uf0asc9gmvu0avyfukly6mzrfclyt4v5cysys0hw2'>nevent1q…0hw2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel that. <br/><br/>Personally, I can&#39;t get behind Monero as a Bitcoin replacement.<br/><br/>The primary kill shot in my mind is that you cannot audit the supply of Monero, so you can never prove that there&#39;s no inflation. 2026-08-19T14:15:19+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszuf939daeqw3wsvzd4pxaj90kz256scc6fyedtk6maalq94lry4szyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs054s6k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0l5fgpclhsfhkqgevxd6d8svcqxfxm7sf96y76syxcdqypqwwaqczr7c08'>nevent1q…7c08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Default settings are powerful, no doubt.<br/><br/>But we have the option to fork at the social level and the protocol level, and the network is wrestling with that right now. <br/><br/>In my view, this is why we need to fracture a bit. Too much concentrated decision making on a small group of &#34;core&#34; developers. Power accrued to them in an unhealthy way. 2026-08-19T14:11:06+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdgup9w222scww28mpmzlz6328varg2gjte2cenr2f49hgfflfnfgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsr5an8l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspff9ap29vrw0rnd5rvg9pdmq8xercqp53napjjd8qzq6c2ad62lqagvl40'>nevent1q…vl40</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🫡 2026-08-19T14:05:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx9xrme3dwuyzjuf88njkd93hwetlwea29xevcw293vad8ra9wx8qzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsaecf2r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04awa6k90zv628rh0vkarn0xrjsfvx02zy0v28jp9lcvc0645wpq4na53q'>nevent1q…a53q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hey, that&#39;s cool! Thanks for sharing it. I like the minimalism. 2026-08-19T13:37:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr9mjme4pes2a4n7xg3m3q0xwljl5naelghxgn98rvauf7q3pqsqgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsayhdnq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqq93qvqtp93wkyz7tqr6t5xz0nddfe2pj9hyesldgphn0ulk7gt7s8jq'>nevent1q…s8jq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suppose Jesus was censoring the money changers. What a tyrant. 2026-08-19T13:35:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswjjhgt0k5a79lc7x7ehq5jtpj5fmgzkan8nf4wjr4vr8zhs5d2dqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsatqszj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wwalg6a5u78l4q5ajmr5wx455sunpscwy95832e6q5lrh0uffggypqrk9'>nevent1q…qrk9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yup. Though I&#39;m not sure I&#39;ve found my true git home. 2026-08-19T13:32:52+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0hqc7fjpsp9v700lmzjqvs4dhejvanrusmem90tgl6suw7gx6d6czyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs62p5v8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqp7vrt46un2nm977rjxhsfjmhye4s0xz9g8fthsqpppl5ae53cwsfvss'>nevent1q…fvss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>? 2026-08-19T13:28:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs248pf0rs8gukajarrhjazwms3j9vuhqtggxsdd7aautptg0k35qczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsc222kp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxjfz89mx4uaj2h730vzg45s0tdnezd6er9u76ne93edlrn6yg5qndk5w3'>nevent1q…k5w3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🤙 2026-08-19T12:59:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfuka5cv70evhvr4pq7fz7wgjmgk6tk6a64hzf5jjx3axpqqpu4vszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfse0wgmt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr8v02xskjmtrtgdnqk0atmj8l42ldkz9ppf9gtc9wzwtr0fpjmkqkyn5pw'>nevent1q…n5pw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Howdy! 🦘 2026-08-19T12:59:42+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgzvauperumvteye8p5rtrds0khe97e5pd8hwn46pmrd8vrk2lf3gzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs65ganr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpyduqm43e5dfrcxfgm2wp7pf0nczvvehjxm23rsrcll5yv52qxu20lm'>nevent1q…20lm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;re making a basic category error, and seem have no clue what the difference between censorship and ostracism is. 2026-08-19T12:38:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9sxdykhhka529aj3tfgc8zavu9tagzpaqdcn3yw5wm2sfv2pvayszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsjw8a2h Censorship requires coercion. Everything else is just preference.<br/><br/>An individual blocking, muting or filtering is an enforcing their property rights.<br/><br/>A power group using coercion to unilaterally block, mute or filter is a violation of property rights. <br/><br/>The mere act of saying &#34;I don&#39;t want to see this&#34; is not coercive, and thus not censorship.<br/><br/>Now, for Bitcoin, if a network of people voluntarily decide to block, mute or filter (at the mempool, or consensus - it doesn&#39;t matter) that is also just an enforcement of property rights at a group level.<br/><br/>No coercion involved, just an amalgam of individuals enforcing their property rights. <br/><br/>#Bitcoin #Censorship #Philosophy<br/> 2026-08-19T12:37:42+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspae62sqdxym2033xcx96ss4az7jl00njlhvdm8w8yfxxxpv6trdgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsm52czs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqlyrt6x8f5enl5mclnf4rcj0spjarehlxzk4ramdgsy3guftqm0tauu'>nevent1q…tauu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Taxation requires a boot. 2026-08-18T15:18:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst2hx22eyr0va0vmafew5yl7jxnjvhvucz4s260j3qp8u96rj2qgqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsnsagm2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqp697qm3aj2fe57z2qk64jlpc7znkwz7w7cewdhu5mqz2pj8fc6r098k'>nevent1q…098k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You are avoiding the question. <br/><br/>No, filtering out large OP_RETURN is not censorship. Censorship is relative to power, not individuals. <br/><br/>The rest of your statement is a slippery slope conjecture that you are reasoning backwards from. <br/><br/>A layer two does not need arbitrary data. 2026-08-18T15:17:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2easzugnstqzped0mausq0dg285sgnjh3nsmnv8cwe3zdvr2s8tqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsfve02r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpt4854wf9w4g5x3c7ajn25rdf0pf5deseg85c7t70dljcyfecswtjcq'>nevent1q…tjcq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay, but that&#39;s not what I asked. 2026-08-18T15:05:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9dldtuudpae7hha70lehv93zh6phzz52akf89phz3kxp4ts85gfszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfslzkq5g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqhzdz9dpp2ppspuwqazh9a4el90p2yqrl26mynd454mhz0t9cpgu6fc'>nevent1q…u6fc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just so we&#39;re clear, you think preventing large OP_RETURNs is censorship? 2026-08-18T15:03:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvxf9z2uhe7w7hwddyjth8u3xra0n42cvh3uyc9wlkewakp90sysqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfst2x0f7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqp45nvmn54k9g5z6ghrlspphgdpqhn5lglxl33wuz4xhps7neshw3aff'>nevent1q…3aff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Would you consider spam filters on your email as &#34;censorship&#34;? That&#39;s a ludicrous definition. 2026-08-18T14:12:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz5qgjukzk4mz0germxas95kd5r0tym7wmsc26h8lfr5hrljg3e9gzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsrxtpxv The blending of categories is the foundation of exploitation.<br/><br/>&#34;Taxation is not theft you see, it&#39;s a just a payment owed for services rendered! You&#39;d pay for roads somehow, right?&#34;<br/><br/>Thereby erasing the force component, and framing it like a regular voluntary obligation.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t let go of the categories. Be weary of the category dissolving wizardry permeating the discourse.<br/><br/>Bitcoin is money, not data storage.<br/>Spam is trivially easy to define.<br/><br/>If Bitcoin is allowed to become Frankenstein&#39;s data storage network with a monetary ledger attached, it&#39;s cooked. That identity is total non-starter. <br/><br/>#Bitcoin #Philosophy 2026-08-18T14:04:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsprcjh5rt87e4gyekdxajgx4xsh2pwjyjjp3er6yp8x5edgj9sv5czyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs69c3u8 Bip110 is derided unjustly. <br/><br/>The argument is solid, the counters weak.<br/><br/>It failed in a sense, sure. So what, now it&#39;s time to laugh at it and dismiss the argument? Pathetic. Childish. Corrupt.<br/><br/>It had broad node support, actually. It captured the spirit and preferences of a large minority of Bitcoiners. <br/><br/>If Bip110 had more hashrate, today might look different. However, its proponents thought the network _should_ respect raw node count. That is not the case. <br/><br/>Lesson learned: mining is too centralized. Bitcoin must reckon with this reality in way or another.<br/><br/>Tick tock, next block. <br/><br/>#Bitcoin #Bip110 2026-08-18T12:11:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8pj4pmm0muztmmv8wqwdf8zj59f9fv53dmwmdt3pnv8qsz3g5jvgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfslv6scl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2z5utm0z5mjk9zpfs0428l4hwk9tln0a23vf7770gq2naga092wgper6mc'>nevent1q…r6mc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good luck. 2026-08-17T16:25:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8k52t5efwxpc7y9fyhsrptyd9ufgre5xg4u4yc5fruww8v8cuz0szyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfswne9xz The brain is a JIT (Just In Time) Compiler. <br/><br/>You start off with general reasoning: slowly working through the logic from first principles, running algorithms in your brain. <br/><br/>Then after enough iterations (practice), those neurons wire together tightly, making the computation much faster and more efficient. 2026-08-17T16:22:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgpgsa9axs6gjqexs08wlenvvmhn49f9s44q5py9p77xx0uk68k0czyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsch5x3q At 4% forever: supply 2x in ~18y, 4x in ~35y, ~50x in a century.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp5dk7wlnmgk5522dugvky54tha4xzjleptjpxcg7mk773w5xm9r3qqs9fwv7zhk3acgy57uzn86xaff67n40ccdmjr4wudawxv5wvdhs5wgcuhnkp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…hnkp</a></span> </div> is <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs8suecw4luyht9ekff89x4uacneapk8r5dyk0gmn6uwwurf6u9ruspz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyee054ef4r" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>OpenSats</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…ef4r</span>)</a></span> taking money from this guy? <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/83230f31b2d42307d4d2c5e82fbc625fc5a0fb50ad116ad4b22831df609939de.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-08-14T17:57:03+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw9kuezel5rdvfv9x0u26e0nw607q7pvpdjt6tyrh709av0sgs06szyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs9v7n5w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsreexvj8dk0q7fkld6sr2esnsry5puhhh7e86scr2altuje2vxdpcqfhyvz'>nevent1q…hyvz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed, but that&#39;s not what I was refuting. 2026-08-10T14:21:07+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdvxr72gh3xkch6wfkyp85gur2sqn6axpg53f9m3yv62e5f9a2z3qzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfshmhr3x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyjvd7htf08r3wvmzr4yrwgjellj2f8gp8emdp7e0a2xldzy5mcas97rfce'>nevent1q…rfce</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure what the relevance of that is. The downloading of arbitrary data in _plaintext_ is the problem, not the block size. 2026-08-10T14:20:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2k28t782mrdz43l4s9p3aj059zeppt3598r35tfrpdregyqmxn9szyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsq0ngfh Samson is not as well reasoned as he thinks.<br/><br/>&#34;They feel their node is data storage, and that they are being forced to store data that they don&#39;t want to on their node.&#34;<br/><br/>That is literally true, on both accounts.<br/><br/>Core acted _without consensus_ to open OP_RETURN. That is pushing a change on the network. In practice defaults carry massive weight, regardless of the fact that people can choose not to run it (and then those that do choose not to run it get socially attacked).<br/><br/>It is rational for them to feel like they are being _coerced_ into storing<br/>arbitrary data.<br/><br/>&#34;You&#39;re node is not data storage.&#34;<br/><br/>This is literally false. Nodes are data storage, the only debate is about what kind of data is permissible.<br/><br/>&#34;It is also not a vote.&#34;<br/><br/>If 100% of the nodes enforced new rules then those rules would be respected.<br/><br/>Logically we can step down from 100% and fine some number where the rules would be respected.<br/><br/>How is that not a vote?<br/><br/>It&#39;s not a vote manifest in the protocol, sure. But it is a vote.<br/><br/>&#34;... it [your node] is not a way to govern the network.&#34;<br/><br/>Just false. Nodes are quite literally the governers of the network.<br/><br/>The &#39;network&#39; is a graph of nodes that distribute transactions and enforce the consensus rules.<br/><br/>&#34;Why does you setting up a node give you more say than a miner investing millions [into capex].&#34;<br/><br/>The whole point of Bitcoin is that it&#39;s too capital intensive to attack.<br/>To maintain it&#39;s properties it _must_ be the case that plebs outweigh the<br/>concentrated economic interests.<br/><br/>If capex beats sovereignty, then we lose to the money printer.<br/><br/>&#34;You run a node for your own economic interests.&#34;<br/><br/>Yes exactly. And your &#39;economic interests&#39; includes not wanting to store<br/>arbitrary data.<br/><br/>&#34;A node doesn&#39;t give you a say in the network.&#34;<br/><br/>More of the same point. Yes, it literally does give you a say. The question is what are the limits of that say.<br/><br/>&#34;It&#39;s a very small group of people.&#34;<br/><br/>No, it&#39;s not. ~20% of nodes is a large minority. The hashrate is small at 2%,<br/>but to classify the movement as &#39;very small&#39; is just a lie.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cku7ECkr2qQ&amp;lc=Ugx68aiWG4zpGpPlgzN4AaABAg.A_Gof9jQfz4A_HAGLpVAHe">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cku7ECkr2qQ&amp;lc=Ugx68aiWG4zpGpPlgzN4AaABAg.A_Gof9jQfz4A_HAGLpVAHe</a><br/><br/>#bip110 #bitcoin 2026-08-09T14:25:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyzt2gcdnx5llmyqtt5tj3uych4ld5qlfpa49fegwzgfqqnlksjrszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsqm3j3y Nodes need to back themselves with hashrate to be taken more seriously. <br/><br/>~20% of the network WITH hashrate, would have been more potent. <br/><br/>#bip110 #bitcoin 2026-08-09T13:40:44+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspdkq45l2spkpq20l53at8u9t52n9gdkugr75kan4tdq3deu24waszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsc6er0e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0770xxfu5x6sqfyra0v73y348k4vmeuwsrl69q4m5gtfnqj4zc8q52neav'>nevent1q…neav</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bip110 doesn&#39;t claim to stop all spam. This is a low-effort strawman. 2026-08-08T14:16:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0lxqvp6gmr8falr63ld22u909dqz4nxr8u4m2s8vw3ztjelht4sczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs0wwu0v Saylor has lost the plot. <br/> 2026-08-07T16:10:14+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw3anzqekkz7rnsjwzejtjt99e64d6w8cfunykn0p5x7utxfnmx9czyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfszmkr7z If the soul of Bitcoin forks off, what happens?<br/><br/>If &#34;Bitcoin&#34; becomes a corrupted, centralized data dump - where will economic energy flow? <br/><br/>Can sheer inertia overcome one of the core tenants of Bitcoin?<br/><br/>Or will the centralized chain just become a wasteland, as those who need sound money migrate to the true representation of the Bitcoin network?<br/><br/>We will see. <br/><br/>#bip110 #bitcoin 2026-08-07T12:06:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsva85elsj9cjldn368kpkdxmxa2eyxx0nahxccys92mdhtvlq3wmqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsr2ylf3 Morality is Free Will universalized. 2026-08-05T19:27:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsre6tvhueguje8sr696t34z8p7xep5lcp2fyu358gaqjtylajr9sqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfskc3y34 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsxc975g3yzv54fhrarr7dx4rvdga6qle3z8h0vp6zrhf3u8t2as44ttfp'>nevent1q…ttfp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What&#39;s a cointard? 2026-08-01T20:43:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq9fjpv34ks3menfx0r367m2yzrz979nyq0ltu64ejs8zckfa9kmszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsv5qrw0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpsl9s33awlk856t3uwjelryt6lmupt40dtp3jjqqcfl59thngvjfhk6'>nevent1q…fhk6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly. This should have been a FAIL LOUD situation, not a graceful &#39;degradation&#39; to pseudo randomness.<br/><br/>And I can&#39;t fathom why they didn&#39;t throw a ton of AI at their code to look for security bugs. It&#39;s code out in the open, and it&#39;s their entire business at stake, let alone the funds of their customers as well.<br/><br/>My goodness. 2026-08-01T01:56:08+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstd2ad8lxh9yeqvrm8826aw89z0k6q7h2q6ht3algx2qktjs3fhjczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs338t5j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddqdt4erxu50jzqn4zrq7thmm0pjhnlnyjpmeqhwklv7c7uqj4cqk7a2nu'>nevent1q…a2nu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You would have laws prohibiting theft in any functional society, state or not. State != Law. 2026-08-01T01:45:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9fr29d8teuhye0hfsklfmd80uzpppnx0ct477fst2rvm02gdr3nqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs99336d You would think that they would have a regular audit with an adversarial engineering team.<br/><br/>The security of that RNG is the foundation of your whole business. <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpl8hpfzul2qha25p8wd63gm46ufax95lfgnl8h9v84y3zt0k05m7qqsqzuv5ve7a6gm04wv6m9wksqe0sk7yp858sns7ekr305x7sffknrgfcfelg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…felg</a></span> </div> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>N</span> (<span class="italic">npub1az9…m8y8</span>)</a></span> You have zero dignity.<br/><br/>How dare you repost this?<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/21fb5cfb514546bd40ded21603d4a6b6c6e0927d99dccd2a2284a77ac96a92c0.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-07-31T18:20:21+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2u2l9szw426yddmlw2atwjpntwa3vlgjn5rc2f4lvm9hqy0h4h3czyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfshlahpu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmh0hlm6vxtdqxf2rg40en33h6084c9fdm90nfssmzskjz9yyh5seenzzy'>nevent1q…nzzy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Different use case. Blockchain solves &#34;distributed ledger&#34;. Nostr solves &#34;uncensorable voice&#34;.<br/><br/>A blockchain for nostr would only be useful in the sense of being an immutable historic record of what someone said. It&#39;s just not that important of a property. 2026-07-22T21:26:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdq69fztk5e0jzhpepqzy7ukz47e8qmycv2nvgp9mcev48zskxzpgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs2udasf To signal virtue in its absence is the sin of vanity. Sin leads to Evil. 2026-07-13T19:45:57+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghk27walhlkfzj8ag9u04478zz99e62ldcg9t88ufgzed9tll6rszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs7fp5cd Self ownership is the limit case of property rights, where provenance zeros out leaving control as the determinant. 2026-07-13T13:38:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvpyczpnjd8y69t7gql6vhwn6ukcwc24e390hq5cld9vweqtjgrfczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs5qj608 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ver0t2czl8yex38jax7wy7ysy5zyv3w43sraer5xm9pwceaffgspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdu8chmv0'>nevent1q…hmv0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you, like if you, don&#39;t like cat photos or don&#39;t like wizards, or whatever... 2026-02-06T01:24:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrx3t56997pktkpjfmvjmlhyytlnpjw53e9ta97ulynkkqnnpnpsgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsv0tlhk “Bitcoin isn’t money”<br/><br/>Then why is it called bit COIN?<br/><br/>#bitcoin #knots #core 2025-10-21T23:34:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx3gzsh9h7a5aw8ugswsaa3l9qt93c4l9al5m7kfz7m39ympdm37szyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfslxgekw According to Lopp, the only reason for the 100kb arbitrary data is mempool unity?<br/><br/>Specifically for a single company’s benefit? <br/><br/>Did I understand that correctly??<br/><br/>#bitcoin #knots<br/><br/>nostr:<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqst7c8asyw9n99h4vtmysxsm5tcezzs528cq366rqgvaxg38lyelvcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhghf30y8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…30y8</a></span> </div> <video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/c2e797e2c6973620ec3039f809174d7ef7cdb336b37fa146487b8077a6514905.mov"></video> </blockquote> 2025-10-21T23:32:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq93rxcav49a5tkrynh0mgws5wvw0lwfed0q87w5a9eaacwma8w6czyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsedf7qa <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/cb7842a3fb4c268d1facfc2aebeec565b2680adbf4c460d955dc0173130e46cc.png"> <br/> <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqanjcwwa3trp794997q40zl7hk6l33ctcknjwajk4dd6v7a4jr6cqqs9uewkelkyg53tpkvnhtnxdfltynwmd2eynp8mzncpfvld3p29vkg5s0ukp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…0ukp</a></span> </div> > "lalala, I'm running v30, haha, fuck you peasant!" <br/><br/>I don't think they’re saying this. The implied message is “we don’t have the time to develop and maintain Bitcoin and discuss changes with a mob of people on social media influenced by hysterical rhetoric. We’ve dealt with this before, back in the Bcash era, and it was only when we stopped engaging with this shit and pushed changes that it was finally shut the fuck up. Running the most nodes doesn’t determine what Bitcoin is. Core developers and miners are the consensus. Not people running a node.” <br/><br/>This is the truth. You don’t like it? You need to get more hash power. That’s Bitcoin’s governance model. Not solving blocks? You have almost no say. </blockquote> 2025-10-18T20:00:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsql9zk0ewmdgmy9wq4vjdyclcxk8xc8zh3j9ec4m4tfuefj0fll4gzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsw84ggv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2zvx7r33xxyzj3dwnc3yfvyuldlax7ry06cjx8jwlprp3gltcvtqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdugcpvfm'>nevent1q…pvfm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; “Social consensus” is basically you saying that code decisions should be made based on the number of people on subreddits you can get agreeing with you. This is not how sane development processes work. <br/><br/>I&#39;m not advocating this. Yes, that is absurd. <br/><br/>People have their entire life savings in this tech. Core acts with callous indifference, and outright mockery. That is a problem for a cornerstone project. <br/><br/>They do indeed owe it to the Bitcoin community to thoroughly, and repeated explain themselves. Who do they work for? What&#39;s the point of being a Core dev if you don&#39;t give a fuck about the community, education and consensus.<br/><br/>The larger Bitcoin gets, the more people depend on it, the slower development must become - and the amount of time spent on education must rise to match the audience. You no longer just move fast and add features or change things without thoroughly explaining yourself. <br/><br/>&gt; They relentlessly said this shit for years to demand Core people implement suicidal policies that would have destroyed the decentralized nature of #Bitcoin<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure they were asking for features instead of ossification. Not comparable, as now it is Core *pushing* changes.<br/><br/>Not only changing the data carrier limit, also changing what it means and ALSO deprecating the option to remove the choice from the node runner.<br/><br/>Completely violating the spirit of Bitcoin: individual sovereignty. <br/><br/>&gt; Eventually they tired of it and adopted the current and correct attitude towards people who think they know better. <br/><br/>&#34;lalala, I&#39;m running v30, haha, fuck you peasant!&#34; <br/><br/>Is not the correct attitude. It never will be. If you take that attitude it shows you cannot even empathize with the very community you signed up to serve. 2025-10-14T18:34:16+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy56sm2nszjvvgwasgfeg37zavq30ut94mwfnwr0m5mql7mf7ykhczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsurdcrs The Core people are astoundingly unserious. <br/><br/>Mockery and disdain toward the plebs from their ivory tower. <br/><br/>No professionalism. No sober educating of the masses to achieve social consensus. No patience. <br/><br/>Lots of ridicule and sadistic pleasure as they openly tout running v30. The vibe is “fuck you, haha!”<br/><br/>Is it just me? <br/><br/>Bitcoin is too serious to allow this attitude at the helm. <br/><br/>It’s honestly surreal. Clowns, clowns everywhere. <br/><br/>#bitcoin #core #knots 2025-10-14T01:38:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswk797elt6wcdddcdfndyld6f63z58qtf6n5lxp2xru77gktrnlzqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfss78nwd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nd4fzahyyezhr5qagueluat6np94futcmdjz78rrsrnj64cdsxgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgzr4zzl'>nevent1q…4zzl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Plausible deniability.<br/><br/>Publishers, for example, are immune to legal action about CSAM so long as they make reasonable effort to filter it from their platforms. 2025-10-09T01:57:57+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdk38fslg38kw7p62yrx3k0unllekq039u956rx293tl6zw87ttkqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfssgpg6n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs24jvjs4rzqc8yeh7vcwqvzhtt5amje4aj2zg6g8w93axyx250pmcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg0v02gv'>nevent1q…02gv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The strength of such an argument depends on whether the small step really is likely to lead to the effect.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope</a> 2025-10-07T16:44:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrzx4fx2f5pakzrgcvyu8qffc94wdw5y8vh5m5vz4tegpjptzdeqqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfswg5zzd Fantastic.<br/><br/>I would add that fiat is actually the wrong term.<br/><br/>The free market *might* have room for an inflationary money, which wouldn’t be considered fiat. <br/><br/>What makes for fiat is the coercion underlying it. <br/><br/>You could technically have Bitcoin by fiat - nation state demands that commerce accepts it and taxes are paid in it.<br/><br/>We conflate fiat with inflation because they have always gone hand-in-hand.<br/><br/>The idea that power would voluntarily resist the urge to print (to arb the Cantillon effect) is both theoretically unlikely and empirically never happened. <br/><br/>#bitcoin #money #fiat #freemarket #philosophy<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqspj86haaypa98zhftcd2avtc7pg2smggtww5xztng7446v9fzx2vcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg5ufx93" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…fx93</a></span> </div> After spending 10 years thinking about Money & Bitcoin, here's the simplest explanation I can come up with:<br/><br/>Money is a technology to move Value across Space, Time, and Scale.<br/><br/>Value is the utility humans derive from Goods & Services.<br/><br/>Value is highly subjective, and it changes across Time and Space.<br/><br/>Unbeknownst to them, Economists have defined these functions as:<br/><br/>- Store of Value (Time)<br/><br/>- Medium of Exchange (Space)<br/><br/>- Unit of Account (Scale)<br/><br/>Throughout History, no monetary system has managed to satisfy all 3 functions of Money at once. This is where the idea of Backing Money and the necessity of separating Money and Currency come from.<br/><br/>This trade-off can be described as a Money Trilemma: you can optimize for 2, but not all 3.<br/><br/>Gold is great at Time & Scale, but not Space.<br/><br/>Fiat is great at Space & Scale, but not Time.<br/><br/>Until the invention of Bitcoin.<br/><br/>Bitcoin is the first form of Money that successfully excels at all 3 functions simultaneously.<br/><br/>It achieves that by perfecting all the properties of hashtag#Money, with no extra room for improvement:<br/><br/>#Bitcoin is:<br/><br/>- Infinitely Divisible<br/>- Instantly Portable<br/>- Forever Durable<br/>- Mathematically Finite (what is mistakenly called Scarcity)<br/>- Perfectly Fungible<br/><br/>Bitcoin is the final Evolution of Money.<br/><br/>The World just hasn’t figured it out yet. </blockquote> 2025-10-05T18:37:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrrp8qckmqgmkgx2pwctcyms4qafsaxaamrsgz6sju9szyzumjegszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs895cd3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0kzgu5v6gy2x77ly9s52wdxlmydy2nkssc6d07vwk8fxhgtd5mmcppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d55m0u8q'>nevent1q…0u8q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have you run benchmarks between the various languages?<br/><br/>Go is syntax doesn’t compress well. I’d be curious to see if languages that allow more terse expressions would use less tokens. 2025-10-05T14:56:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp6yzyjmjyx795qa8ldn87lq9rjaea4seqxt5g79p4gplm7s9jh9gzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs5j9qvs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxpcfed5g7e7n7x0dkzr4ccxv887338d62kxx2vcxuq7xchjz9cfcltyscl'>nevent1q…yscl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s a value statement: that you care most about something other than political agenda. <br/><br/>“My politics aren’t left or right, they are Bitcoin and Homesteading.” 2025-10-04T18:17:30+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfsz749lsjran4gdpq8vg3xkaupnd0pvcn7dy9aa2m3xcyd0j965szyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsya4z79 A single default setting was the entire business model of Mozilla Firefox. <br/><br/>For those that don’t know, Google paid Mozilla hundreds of millions of dollars per year so long as Firefox defaulted to Google search. <br/><br/>That is the power of a default. <br/><br/>Don’t let anyone trivialise how important changing a default setting can be. <br/><br/>Now imagine that Firefox changed its default to Bing, and not only that, also marked that setting for removal entirely - forcing you to accept Bing or use a patched version of Firefox. <br/><br/>#bitcoin #knots #core #spam 2025-10-02T11:10:30+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf4ayepz6jm8u9s8s9vs92huzg2vx4gwpnznsm6qpgccyy56ngwqszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsu0u4t4 Bitcoiners tend to be optimistic people. <br/><br/>You need to believe in paradigm shifts. That the solution is true and not just a mirage designed to manipulate you.<br/><br/>You need to have a large degree of vision, openness and faith. This is why Bitcoin attracts a lot of Christians. They are familiar with employing faith. <br/><br/>Many people are trapped in bottomless jaded cynicism - and rightly so! In many ways the world has conspired against you. The manipulation and lies of the world can seem endless. <br/><br/>Be careful. Too much cynicism and you will refuse to accept that a “solution” to the control system can even exist in the first place.<br/><br/>At a deep emotional level you refuse to believe something true can exist. <br/><br/>That something worthy of hope will actually fulfil its promise, rather than being used as the carrot you can never reach.<br/><br/>Such people believe Bitcoin to be nothing more than the honey pot of an intelligence agency, or a Ponzi scheme, or both. <br/><br/>That even if Bitcoin is true, at least I wasn’t mislead and manipulated! At least I wasn’t scammed. <br/><br/>The eternal pessimist will miss Bitcoin.<br/><br/>Be careful what your cynical side can cost you. <br/><br/>#bitcoin #psychology 2025-10-02T11:01:30+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspnt4tqlppfj2rmmp8fv9z6htxfkty37xqga25vy0xx9626ryz4xgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs266y88 Newborns are very serious creatures. <br/><br/>They don’t have the childhood wonder yet.<br/><br/>Just a bundle of instincts and potential.<br/><br/>Instincts designed to keep them alive at any cost so they can realise that potential. <br/><br/>#fatherhood #baby 2025-10-01T21:05:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr4umdll5n2ury29ak6s7tktaemk4ugys8uwrhft7h8qwdwq00daczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfssnflep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspx65h2lpefgu9d52lhtwrugmlty7h7nmzns53sgtu6kwq2t4lh7spzemhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skcvw3rkn'>nevent1q…3rkn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Distributed Authoritarianism”… did they just redefine the free market as authoritarianism? Jaw dropping. 2025-10-01T04:16:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9jfglvhvacdgpyg4akzvyhsf5c5s9wyazlhz5gr03zceekjh3lsczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsav9jkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmvawz29xs5ylw96288y07axjg3kan4y883e03tek8qwe2tf9prqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg5l0j2l'>nevent1q…0j2l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>99% of the people who ask “what about the roads”, don’t even know how the roads are done under statism. 2025-10-01T00:00:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdegg5ck7rccngh3x8szl5pcqc0566mpstu26u6d9m7xflcfzz9rqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsxzelw4 Unfair to Saylor.<br/><br/>There’s many playing fiat games who won’t buy hard Bitcoin, sometimes for legal reasons. <br/><br/>By plugging Bitcoin into tradfi capital can flow-in by appealing to yield and growth chasers. <br/><br/>Some of those people will become interested in Bitcoin proper. Some never will. <br/><br/>If you’re a Bitcoiner, buy real Bitcoin. <br/><br/>Saylor is not selling to you.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs0m4ee56kskl5y0fzvpv4eutyyyhdvtg998x0hy8ree40gs3l0jhgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgke2ww9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…2ww9</a></span> </div> i said on the show not to buy monero<br/><br/>i do not want to have influence like saylor<br/><br/>saylor shills his shitcoin to plebs so he can buy bitcoin <br/><br/>opensats has not funded a single “commie core dev” </blockquote> 2025-09-27T15:33:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2e6n90tzqcunuk89k74fv9dru98w26tppg5dl25ag3z4ap3tmq7czyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsh8f0ec “Open Source Developer” is not a virtue, and doesn’t make for a Saint.<br/><br/>No one _wants_ to villainise the core devs. This state of affairs is sad and disappointing. In fact, they villainise themselves by their actions. <br/><br/>We are just judging those actions. <br/><br/>There is no good argument for expanding OP_RETURN.<br/><br/>Using the positive connotations of “open source”, the negative connotations of “penny stock promoter” and the subjective framing of “hero’s and villains” is a sloppy red-herring.<br/><br/>Aka, not an argument. <br/><br/>#bitcoin #core #knots<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsqe5gfy7w2zflkzs5k4zsas2fsf5z7qdaru8925ww0rv8h7hkemscpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg6u8e43" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…8e43</a></span><br/> </div> the cultural phenomenon of elevating penny stock promoters as heroes while painting open source devs as villains is disappointing<br/><br/>maybe it was unavoidable<br/><br/>probably does not matter in the grand scheme of things </blockquote>nostr:nevent1qqs8pav7q39ey896dt94jkyr6e77trmtdykt3ywm8lrxe4wgavc6wpcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mq2phw76 2025-09-23T16:57:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvdm5rjryu0zmff2rsujhsjyfg3h7eqk8hpk3qprr27qvesj85e5szyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs7xmw3u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqxtxz6n8jx8avnjs7aee73cg0k0tmfu84z96nsmhpca5h2emt57cdz4c2t'>nevent1q…4c2t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Father as of 7 days ago👨‍🍼 2025-09-15T12:46:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9d69w2yrtzcxx79hg7fd7uzgldg0rp3cfkrtzas59ugj3d228hpqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsn3nan7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv78fnuzfful5q5v2tlws3wexmy65th38eujvpz6cesy9uqfd854cppamhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0dswqp0gc'>nevent1q…p0gc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s hard to escape JavaScript. That ecosystem has crazy momentum. GL! 2025-09-11T15:47:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxfhvenhrr0d0ny4jsdnugqufadewxm65ghp9vvcgyv63k6n7q5xczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs789pef In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw9tkq8pm5x4uw685exp56c68pzuxc29ve4600krckfdecwt5yvzspndmhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0y5erqamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd3skuep0y5erqffjxpshvct5v9ez2v3swaehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hj2v3sy5erqctkv96xzu39xgc8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6te9xgc8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7ffjxpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9u54nfn2'>nevent1q…nfn2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks!<br/><br/>Indeed. Gio definitely has its flaws, and a small ecosystem is one. <br/><br/>Faithfully implementing an entire design system is a fair bit of work, and not something most people want to sign up for when shopping for GUI toolkits. <br/><br/>What’s your tech stack of choice now? 2025-09-11T14:44:35+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdrplag9uzng4y5syhpy9vtzg8zkgt8r80uxszd4t7gsut5rjhlnszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsg3z26a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz84axhgguygwkrv3rdtchzlq88tcn9fwzkme4rp9fqsl7ljclqmgppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d526jcw2'>nevent1q…jcw2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve worked on Gio, yeah. 2025-09-11T14:33:08+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs99cundlpfee7k8x2r7z29uhfp5fktcua9s9jj9adqnppfeeeuqnczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfshyctvp No one ever needs to “capitulate”. <br/><br/>To be blunt, this is dominance language - very strange to come from the mouth of a supposed Bitcoiner. <br/><br/>1. Individuals reserve the right to control what goes on in their mempool. <br/><br/>2. People can run forks like Knots indefinitely, it’s just a patched version of core. <br/><br/>The disregard for people not wanting their conscience violated is palpable. <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs8wcxd44407d6huulgs8fwvkscmafg5ctckxv7ettwu0hmnyxgp8spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqmmahv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…mahv</a></span> </div> Knots node count will continue growing as misinformed fools hope that running more Knots nodes will change the dynamics of data propagation on the network.<br/><br/>It won't. But it will likely take a long time for certain stubborn folks to capitulate.<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsq6qzr8mcfr7n37vgf20lndj5w90n3t5rmyqljax3slcmkxwlnjlgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3q96cr58e3ds70njgqul6ndm3gu4yxxjgx00sp32t95lru5k600u7qxpqqqqqqzk4k57k" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…k57k</a></span> </blockquote> 2025-09-11T02:39:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs94ycgkgta0gh0kjst4jrh0s50dz4f9gqdd9q2wl06tgua7jj84cczyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs5spq4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv2gkmem2seussvt6hhscwqjlj984enz2slw6jq7j5kvzcpxc5kkcppamhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0dsylqktc'>nevent1q…qktc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the chain, yes. In the memoool, no. 2025-09-10T23:10:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsputye4ye356jpsfajcvlrmcasnhj20j5pn2vwu4450l2pycqu80czyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsdmczud By removing the ability for Bitcoin Core clients to self-configure the OP_RETURN limit, Core devs are actually censoring those who wish to apply the filters (by their own definition of censorship).<br/><br/>If we didn&#39;t have Knots already available, we would have to scramble to build a new client. One that actually provides us with the ability to express our opinion over what happens on our hardware and mempools.<br/><br/>It&#39;s clear that Core isn&#39;t anti-censorship, but ironically pro-censorship.<br/><br/>They do not want you to even have the ability to set the filter. That is top-down decision making from a position of power.<br/><br/>What, are they afraid of the free-market? No! Because they literally cite the free-market to support their position. This is philosophically incongruent.<br/><br/>Alas, people don&#39;t seem to grasp what censorship actually is. Individuals not wanting to listen to other individuals is ostracism, not censorship. <br/><br/>Censorship is when power silences speech, not when individuals ignore speech. <br/><br/>I am not obligated to have any given transaction in my mempool, therefore I retain the right to ostracise whatever transactions I dislike.<br/><br/>If you think that&#39;s harmful to the network, then you can put in the work to convince me to adjust my filters - not rush through an update that completely takes away my ability to even have a filter. <br/><br/>#bitcoin #spam #filter #knots #core 2025-09-04T21:16:36+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyyd0py6ef7expxnqs4eku5qf7e2wudfz65ld2ne066htvj4dx48gzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs6zx5nn CSAM on Bitcoin is everyone’s problem.<br/><br/>You would have to have that material in plaintext on your device as your node validates it. <br/><br/>With nostr this is not the case. Nostr doesn’t have a blockchain that you _must_ download, with plaintext blobs you _must_ process. You can avoid it.<br/><br/>Three additional points:<br/><br/>1. Bitcoin is a monetary network. It shouldn’t be polluted with multimedia at all.<br/><br/>2. Centralised and regulated platforms also have this material on them.<br/><br/>3. Nostr relays have the option to detect and deny illicit material, just like a regulated and centralised platform. <br/><br/>#bitcoin #spam #filter #knots #core<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs8vf8ysw0r89ggr2qxxrxrumfdmunvw6xhcxgry66s0py6y5la7fcpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcs73x7e" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…3x7e</a></span> </div> when "Nostr is a CSAM Relay Service" video? </blockquote> 2025-09-04T15:09:35+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9huslsplpsf5ptkkys2ytfd32p89awuvj8qh77yg24txfh7xnjggzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsx3syav People are emotional first and analytical second, if at all. 2025-08-03T16:31:19+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgnplvsm0d0mfjcqjvwlwqvrfex3squ086m7nztvmapz8tln3d8cszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs5twr67 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wezprxcca3tttvnhncxsxhnhz25av6wml0jm9305tr94vjhmdj2s2e62hu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>TBone</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wez…62hu</span>)</a></span> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/4ff9cdb51052178113716d6e6c27b7df2a46d9ac50b3ff4e81b955f76ba80d84.jpg"> 2025-07-25T20:10:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszcsx9ls78s9xc7qgm2n6h972xge46sw4tdjt6dlk057k3vfvpskgzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsxtqg2x Scarcity is the important property. <br/><br/>The number is arbitrary, so long as it doesn’t change. <br/><br/>#bitcoin 2025-07-20T02:55:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf6nea2ne8uamx77sqrvqx5upd3fc8euze6gpupw7tcvp7s0sg8wqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsp2f37r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs85egssmd0qzczqq9eywnx4mqkkj2kk5cyn6u99u2g5mfccqrygrgc5z3uy'>nevent1q…z3uy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Definitely! 2025-07-17T16:15:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxa0jjnspnst4v9xg79vjpyk2ly2p4wqxh2jdlaw7lxg7gcpgh6nszyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfs0nts5e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswueqldrwjthmtn0rjr07d34d93jfjtpmcyfkcr83wnt9ukpa433qnkd5gp'>nevent1q…d5gp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>💪 2025-07-17T14:25:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxf4yt3jlvja5sgpg6cqpn873eg9882ahx3yjagfjmad2k2lfvudqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsha8r9g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2r5g3twtrq2c88av4njzgy0szutuzefxzfy0m85k80p29hsuuh0qppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5lhskmn'>nevent1q…skmn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Primal! Just verified you can do it by tapping on “followers”. 2025-07-15T14:11:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdfs8qurkusagkgygzayywwej7425vyt8m6gll525dhqeueddksnqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsdv5v4a Black coffee made with the moka pot. I like to hand grind the beans fresh 👍<br/><br/>#bitcoin <br/>#nostr <br/>#grownostr <br/>#asknostr <br/>#foodnostr <br/>#coffeechain<br/>#SovEng <br/>#dev <br/>#coding<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/0d2f01d88ac92fd0c4ec23436a288d99b2ba5cc9e53c04ec49e8fe961da0d241.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/7d943e94d836d571b49c26879e05a64fada4c62e37c2a1ca0ebc5518f6fcc813.jpg"> 2025-07-14T14:59:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw9kqpl7mgt2p702szrw8r5379yn2g9w5ls3j72w5z507p0fhrshqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsqts4ce Hand grinding coffee adds a sense of ownership over the morning brew ☕️ #coffeechain<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a5d1993d9fee8cb92d08290a812e034a44047147ee72b87c40bf304790fcb220.jpg"> 2025-07-13T15:51:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszdp48xdzz77lksg5uwza9xxuapl6dejs646t57ch2y7rc4r4eyxqzyzha7ylcflxf8wwwx2y7w0hazsxnck3f57h5rkcprjugmc8cxwpfsrv5q6v <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jeff Booth</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s05…eyhe</span>)</a></span> Have you looked into the current Bitcoin op_return war? I think it’s important for heavy weights like you to weigh in. 2025-05-01T23:18:49+02:00