2026-08-10T04:22:09Z https://nostr.ae gen1 https://nostr.ae/npub175y9wpkj3lac0e2tc9mwev6nwryl6tdmnapeg0hr5pujkq3lmr8shn346x https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspsmkfc2pm8zkh87mw4m67kf9s8d326s9s96crdx5p0gtxdwpm7rczyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7yxjqag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpg6g8xtjzkjrfpr4rzcqnzc02qscy47pzvwyq8guem2jl98tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtchtrnhg'>nevent1q…rnhg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, seems like full delusion, incompatible with the current social consensus.<br/><br/>The fork is probably a good thing as it revealed the underlying reality. 2026-08-12T21:24:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9yaly33wvy4ryrh8uk3wkchyxmxz5vc8kgrjpfk9wat06c4svamgzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7npun4x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpazde94dg6du6gsw2zawwusap3egjacaynd9z242la555gfhqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsyvz566'>nevent1q…z566</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Incorrect. There was always a choice which block template to choose. Some miners might have missed the announcement. They admin communication could have been better. Also only miners that used ocean generated templates, not miners who made their own. (That&#39;s what I heard directly from the ocean management) 2026-08-11T02:27:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2vp9kreukuhajz3mfef5zlussd9f78fjmsr30007am5a95nmq27qzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7s9lkcj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpuq3tts9rz3s9zgthul7fh2xyqgqrl4ja8guk63qqvupcq40c4y2htg'>nevent1q…2htg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I get your point😀, but makes me think of Eli (1 Sam 2–3), doing nothing worked out well for him! 😀 2026-08-10T21:36:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvwglny2hggt4xrw5v0j3mrgc8lwmdzpuz2pqgctdzsskxr9slayqzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7jx08l7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqw4f2fuu3439x0ukgjpw36qksgh0cqw6q0f662l2jjdyj3jpg0tysen'>nevent1q…ysen</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The true remnant are left in the empty court. I won&#39;t argue if you want to call them liars.<br/><br/>Probably not the best source, just for interest sake, Augustine on lying: <a href="https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/download/SSS.2013.41.4.05/10624/">https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/download/SSS.2013.41.4.05/10624/</a> 2026-08-10T21:17:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0u24s0804yfax8798shaxzncfjdjzk00dj9ql62eevn8ew09z07szyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7czxq6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqq5f332f4xqj9vuflp3t0xxu5vxlgm6r5wccculkukr5ua6l8ghgsxrx'>nevent1q…sxrx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just saw this one. Yes, miners doing the same thing where ~80% (for argument sake) of the nodes accept their blocks isn&#39;t an attack. <br/><br/>Remember Luke has been saying for a long time they are attacking the network. In a October 6 2025 X post - &#34;F2Pool is actively attacking the network RIGHT NOW...&#34; The post above is just another example of his framework. <br/><br/>I can see why Luke could be seen as the attacker; except it was all in the open (it wasn&#39;t a hack, they published what they wanted to do), they gathered some support, they tried, and it failed. He can now go on to be the next Roger Ver. This kind of &#39;attack&#39; is easy to see and analyse, I&#39;m more worried about the longer-term more subtle attempts. 2026-08-10T10:42:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswm6mw37mcm5mvh2j8mgvgwntcf54lhslvlkxg22hxdemrh95d0cgzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7czw5ak In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqjqstqnsx7j8v479xceen4h7ys8pa07enrd9eyfcysjrwr5wcu4lkzh'>nevent1q…lkzh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, I do understand people can be deluded, by their own choice OR socially. Perhaps Luke has deluded himself, even now he does think he is saving the true Bitcoin (believing he hasn&#39;t failed yet); he still isn&#39;t deviating from his path. Staying in reality is the narrow path. 2026-08-10T05:11:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2yhy46f7hd4zsga8ya5llsdr9nwaga72lytpegwermgdfcepe6zqzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7gngv9z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqp2xnnea99gxs22vf7724d4s9muvnlg2llz4tn7fhm98xpa5tg5tjjeq'>nevent1q…jjeq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sorry, different timezone; was at Church and usually have Monday off.<br/> For the post above, you know there is a multi-year context to that. Personally I wouldn&#39;t take Murch at face value.<br/><br/>You could argue Luke intended/is continuing to knowingly deceive. I am not arguing from a relativist position, I am simply saying intention is a big part of lying. I don&#39;t know Luke personally, but the least you can say is he sticks to a course of action and doesn&#39;t try to say what is pleasing to those who might help his cause. I think he probably genuinely follows and says what he thinks.<br/><br/>I could guess why he is claiming it is an attack (shown above), but I don&#39;t need to defend him--that is his job to convince. Again he could be crazy, like you said exactly: he &#34;should be completely discarded&#34;. <br/><br/>As for me, I am coming to think the whole endevour is like the Tower of Babel. Who thought gathering a group of sinful humans to create something great would be so hard! Reading hodlonaut&#39;s articles makes me *lean towards* the view that development is captured (not referring to bip110 here) and all we can do now is limit the damage. I hope to be wrong.<br/><br/>Personally, I will continue my own project to replace Core, probably take another year as a side-hobby--great way to learn the inner workings of the code, I recommend it 😃 2026-08-10T04:11:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvjjxaqw8egma8ugt9q9fyxt4756p6asc2zrr7wrtkcmg4d0ve6agzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7sdac67 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqp80pfqnh8qen55vcdlnaqzfr0hyzzwwc75clsnxlkusfgmlmcpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qz7nhq'>nevent1q…7nhq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can see that from Luke&#39;s perspective he is just stating what is in line with his framework. For Him he isn&#39;t lying, he is stating a fact. You could argue that Luke himself is deceived - then we are talking about arguments and opinions. <br/>You could just argue he is crazy, and to be ignored. He might be deceiving people by being crazy, but I don&#39;t think he is intentional about it.<br/>Also, since when is a majority evidence of truth? <br/>I&#39;m not defending a position, just hate being pushed to either side. 2026-08-08T22:26:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs99jpgw6v6g6mvyrg86fwg3j2fw4vwc8v8ufjd68qyx5mcu5syy0czyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7l9fphp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpwugpezsyzt344pkgwgduy0dsewvzygv9gmxa3963hc2wymkqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsn9avrj'>nevent1q…avrj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No one lied (there were strong opinions). It was all in the open. People expressed what they wanted. Bitcoin worked as planned. <br/><br/>(Your brother, a reformed baptist, follower of the way) 2026-08-08T22:04:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0m3jteqajyc43ueea32zqsdt75x6z9vgx22lt86tkksucf856vvgzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7tal9wc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqd3r4s3enycga9a45ttve5yckdnwk2u5ehjv8lv6pnvnwssqcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uv47k56'>nevent1q…7k56</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not sure what you mean by &#39;automated pressure&#39;. There are bad actors on both sides. Also I&#39;m not wanting to &#39;follow&#39; any implementation, the energy put into chain length is real but the social/development capture is just as real. 2026-08-08T21:25:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgl5ymd7578z98kd6nylnf20x63pzzjspzmdh2jxy7pc4xj02grkszyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv784y0a0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqp4rt9muwv9puhku0wlfm6xl2kqq3q9e7tdvxjwp84vqxqj99gpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchs50z5r7'>nevent1q…z5r7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have you actually read <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsvf82j54enveujhxnwfpg4slpgqshmyna9vfwx6eace9wgw5dv59gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcmhhttf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>hodlonaut</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…httf</span>)</a></span>&#39;s articles? You might not agree but he has been careful about all the facts. Social attacks are the issue for Bitcoin.<br/><a href="https://www.citadel21.com/">https://www.citadel21.com/</a> 2026-08-08T09:08:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9rkffy4tw3cugdrg2zy9lqcphytjzrka2s2qvvd9se6rkq25k8mgzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7cq5ue2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqp2qgduf89fd23kvazt02t9aq8xsh6y2mx98tlxrkduktysu7cpzdmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82c30peu594'>nevent1q…u594</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What&#39;s interesting is that entropy is fundamentally impossible to verify, because it is a property of the process, not the string itself. <br/><br/>I realise the sheet itself and it&#39;s instructions are what need verification. But I have been thinking lately about how you might estimate the entropy of a source, which seems to require reasoning from physics about the processes&#39; minimum entropy 2026-08-06T22:23:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsznmpanwl2p9x0q2ck0wj498xxpkuh997a0cn0nsjum7sg09uhjjqzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7t08e9a [Eric] Hughes&#39; manifesto states plainly: &#34;We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless organizations to grant us privacy out of their beneficence.&#34; His answer is cryptography, individual tools, trustless systems, code that enforces privacy without requiring institutional goodwill. <br/><br/>(hodlonaut, An investigation into how informal power over Bitcoin Core was assembled, exercised, and defended — Part 1) 2026-08-05T22:58:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgs2ln6c8ml2hpl00dvawghd82ez4k8jyrf7znu5xma5dvptjxqhgzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv74veeqv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpkfmje4zvcc5hz3dqqg34709vnm8kgpxdv84fxhr8uxfvpauspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsxxscv8'>nevent1q…scv8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>YetiCold won&#39;t work with Bitcoin Core v. 30. It removed sethdseed and gethdseed. I think the YetiCold scripts won&#39;t work 2026-08-04T22:58:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq0euchfls7t3397n35gakyhzu2qzhmpdpst62stvy04xrp7ust6czyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7kz9dgw Your friendly neighbourhood Bitcoin influencer just now knows the most secure setup for self-custody. 2026-08-02T22:52:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr4udxqksva3e7crnppf0twh8eyhgk6spvphnrnkuzhnrq3ctmwmgzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7hcw43q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqq4df7d9z3rh397m2pngnhqgpm9gzcsfeele84y6y3qmzzuudgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsv9sqh5'>nevent1q…sqh5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agree. The &#39;AI&#39; narrative seems to be a group think from people who are igronant (and shouldn&#39;t suggest anything) or disingenuous. 2026-08-02T22:03:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswfqv5mpzsntqnm5a2p72re0lgrd7hk0tuexvz78jdw3v4stenzpgzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7eqpztu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrus3cj0pe2xecwvrakujszuthrsv9pqfhdf8ynqxldk82eddf4gpz9mhxue69uhnzdps9enrw73wd9hj7eplqnc'>nevent1q…lqnc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Generally appreciate your posts. But this is false equilivance. It is just FUD. 2026-07-22T00:44:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs025q0ssg7l9whwr9f463yqxnzpsd3w5jctrkkr5dsq62ku55473czyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7vl6mnr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrk7sa736jsjd78dfw2etvmf7k4pe4889f3h7yvt6xk3dcu2gpgcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hscf8fvk'>nevent1q…8fvk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I assume as long as all the &#39;narrower&#39; rule nodes stop enforcing at the same time, it could be &#39;expanded&#39; back to the previous state, presumably that is why it is temporary so every node moves back at the same time. 2026-02-26T05:35:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfm284jes7dfe84sl5atc2execgfhzgqw9zs0mlqjyyhwj274c2qgzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7qwelpg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvlenvqma5y00xrqaun9z5mcjm5uls58yef3vnrr78qwc05r2tvecpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp056rpqn'>nevent1q…rpqn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s all a theatre, staying in reality is the narrow path! 2026-02-26T03:36:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2lxysmfz0hpalzpeksag39a7263766scv4pn5d9m4pj82vvx7udgzyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7r9t7me In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswe9u47z8vla0ja98q4a28ghgkayk2p8zm0ppae65gqaasn3jv87stf4xqq'>nevent1q…4xqq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, from the perspective of #Bitcoin as an isolated machine. But doesn&#39;t that miss the emergent property of nodes (and now the software a user chooses to run), developers, miners? -- and behind these the humans minds that use teleological language. <br/><br/>What is Bitcoin then? We can just change Bitcoin to store/process anything we like? Of any &#39;arbitrary&#39; size and nature? If order is imposed, it isn&#39;t arbitrary (whichever way you define order) and without intention. 2026-02-23T21:45:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrseayv6vuwn3p2x9u9526e4pp8garqmwcxcyrh3r7aw29m62rs0szyr6ss4cx628lhpl9f0qhdm9n2dcvnlfdhw0589p7uws8j2cz8lvv7j9wz3m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqxtzmauws9e4vq40huhpphkq2pdm9ttlxrvwcvxtgag8trtrwhsgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0ml9c2m'>nevent1q…9c2m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The &#39;arbitrary bytes&#39; framing doesn&#39;t fit. What is arbitrary? All data/protocols that humans create necessarily has intention. <br/><br/>The legality of &#39;bytes&#39; is another question-I remember when terrorist handbook was outlawed, perhaps we should store that as arbitrary bytes. 2026-02-23T00:35:15Z