Monetary Maxi. Running Knots. Running DATUM.
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Last Notes npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Awesome, Max! I'll give it a read! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf This is incredibly sinister. I had no idea! Thanks for drawing my attention to the issue. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Looking forward to hearing hour the next 22 hours went! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf One of my favorite bands is Moonsorrow. 15, 20, 25 minute songs. Epic, pagan black metal. Lyrics almost exclusively in Finnish. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf My day started at 4AM helping my friend @nprofile…x32y buy Beef Bits before departing Finland. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I really enjoyed this one, and I hope it provides value in this wider conversation. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf You can subscribe to our episodes now if you'd like to support us, with ad-free episodes one day early! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf The latest @nprofile…k3zk Show is out now, with @nprofile…dgpe . npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf My local butcher accepts Bitcoin! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Cloudflare is down, right? npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Good take Matey. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf We had a good run :( npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Look the evil in the eye. If you can. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf This is a great series Jimmy. Thanks for covering this important issue. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf That's not what it means. And I'm not kidding. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I would advocate for consensus changes to fix known exploits. Plus as many known theoretical attack vectors as possible. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Bitcoin is critical infrastructure. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Congratulations Matt! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I understand that perspective. Unintended consequences is always a thing. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Tiresome. Oh well! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Cybersecurity is all about defense. Defending against attackers (threats). npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Insults are the thing now (again?) on Twitter. It's exhausting. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf If everyone adopts the new consensus rules, it's not control. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf So what is wrong with closing off the currently abused exploits and leaving OP_RETURN only? npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf 👀In a good way I hope! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf GM Derek! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I'd like to engage with you in good faith here. I hope you don't block me as a filteroor. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I see no reason to make it easier to put arbitrary data on Bitcoin. I'm in this for Bitcoin as money. Not as data storage. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf No thank you. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Very much so. I was in favor of policy-based filters up til the Core change. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf 🤝 npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf "They have only been ineffective since Taproot because a certain core devs refused to patch the default policy run by 99% of nodes." - so they've been ineffective. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or disagreeing with me. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Spot on. With that said: I am against REAL censorship - making addresses unable to transact. That's all. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I'll take that as a complement! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf What exactly is censorship on Bitcoin? npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Agreed there. I'll try to make my investment count! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Thanks Mr Brisket! I'll do my best to stick around! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf This was a blast! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Is that all there is to it? npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf 🧡 npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Thanks Jake, hope all is good with you! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Great work Joe! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf GM Nostr! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf This is an extremely good write-up. I especially like the distinction made about transactions that raise the fee floor - I don't think that point is talked about enough. Read the full thing! What do you think about it? npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Fuck, that hit me again man, not gonna lie. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Just before I went to sleep last night, I saw that Charlie Kirk had been shot, and that it didn't look good. I hoped for the best, but didn't have a good feeling. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf How about I just don't relay garbage? npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf We don't stream live. So that's why. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Back to the Bitcoin Infinity Academy, starting this week! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Nothing crypto about Bitcoin. If you're a Bitcoiner, you're not a crypto bro. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Core should have taken this advice much earlier. Users aren't forced to use a certain Bitcoin client. If not acting is not upgrading to 30, I'm all for this approach. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Maybe! I'm not lifting anywhere near close to my personal bests, so maybe I'll avoid it. I'm trying to avoid injury, this time. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf GM Nostr! Back in the gym after a few months off. First day deadlifting again. Feels great! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Hard disagree. This is elitist, gatekeeping nonsense. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf That's not all there is to being a Bitcoiner, serious or otherwise. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Serious Bitcoiners means devs only, apparently. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf You're based, Ben. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Core is operating by fiat these days. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Yes ;) npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I can't believe how anyone can suggest without a hint of irony or sarcasm that you have to contribute to a specific open source project in order to have an opinion about Bitcoin. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf That appears to be exactly what he's saying. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Absolutely reasonable take. Fully agree. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Yes, and the Core developers are acting like they're the most important ones in the space right now. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Wow, that was quite a read. And I think it's pretty much accurate. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Agree, it's "Core is wrong". I use Knots because it seems fit for purpose, but I don't need to. I am against Core primarily. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf The almost-universal rejection of the points therein is encouraging. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I don't care who you are either if your argument sucks. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I'll take you seriously when you stop making ad hominem attacks and appeals to authority and start making actual points. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I didn't make that argument. And that's not the main argument against Core, nor the main argument for Knots. That's a weak straw man. Do better. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Right, they don't need to resign because they're fired. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf This is a reasonable take. I don't deny at all the value of what developers do. The stuff needs to get built. But it's everyone else's decision to choose to use the things that get built. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I'm doing my part here ser npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Top tier subnote. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf This is 100% not what JB and others are saying. So I can't agree with you here. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I embrace that label 100% npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf It's a battle of ideas. Noderunners, hodlers, and miners make their own choices. It's not just a battle of which codebase is most correct. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Bookmarked for later! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I didn't hear anything about the feet pics. Link? npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf It's actually so cringe. He's made some amazing contributions, especially to Nostr! It's a shame to see behavior like this. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf The biggest flaw of the pro-Core position, in my view, is that it's purely an appeal to authority, specifically the authority of the Core developers. In Bitcoin, you're supposed to not trust, but verify. But we're being told to trust this group of developers who ram through a controversial change without listening to the community. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I really can't understand the view that insists that all users of Bitcoin must bow down to and obey the dictates of the Bitcoin Core developers. That they somehow have this secret knowledge that us plebs can't possibly understand. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Bitcoin is not "ruled" by its developers. If others actors in Bitcoin don't like what the developers do, they can and should reject the changes. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Bitcoin is far more than the technical people who do things to its code. Every holder, noderunner, and miner also gets a say. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf The tech is needed. Bitcoin needs to function as money. The base layer (the chain) makes Bitcoin work as a store of value and in a limited fashion as a medium of exchange. Lightning and other L2s make Bitcoin a much better medium of exchange. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Bitcoin is as much an idea as it is a technology. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Ridiculing opposing positions as nonsense isn't the best way to make your position more popular. The opinions of technical people aren't the only valid ones. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I replied there just now. Tldr, #6 is where everything hinges for me. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf What is broken that Core 30 fixes is basically the winner for me. The OP_RETURN limit wasn't broken and it wasn't controversial. Those advocating to remove the limit were using a contrived hypothetical that having a limit drives people to other forms of spam. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf TLDR: Bitcoin is money. If Bitcoin is not money, it is worthless, just like all the shitcoins. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Ultimately, Knots, OCEAN, and DATUM provide optionality and methods of decentralization. You don't have to use them. But you can. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf One of the coolest things to come out of BTC HEL is the Bitcoin Beef Bits project. Check it out! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf 100% agree! npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Completely agree about the Twitter vibe. I open my feed and just close it after a couple of minutes. Toxic AF. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Hmm... maybe they could try not doing that? npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf From my research, the "catch" is that you need an office in Dubai, and that can get quite expensive. But I might not understand the nuances. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf Money. If it's a data system, there's no reason to care about it. It's a triviality. If it's not money, it's worthless to me. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf I can control my own mempool policy and not relay non-monetary transactions. That's my number one reason. npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld lukedewolf So another client fork?
