It might make it on-chain but my node will never have to participate in sending it there…. ever!

Absolutely fascinating read. This is the history of the first Op_Return war in 2014. Here is a snippet: “On 25th March 2014, Vitalik Buterin, the main founder of Ethereum chimed in, he argued that the debate should be more around fees and if you pay enough fees then your transaction should be legitimately included.”

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The OP_Return Wars of 2014 - Dapps Vs Bitcoin Transactions - BitMEX Blog

Abstract: In this piece we explore why Dapps are typically built on Ethereum rather than Bitcoin, which takes us all the way back to March 2014. W...

Decentralization got away from Bitcoin. We’ve got a fight like hell to get it back. But it’s worth it.

Shinobi: Go run Knots Plebs: 👌

If you don’t think Bitcoin is under attack then you are blind. Corporate profits could care less about your “economic freedom” or “individual sovereignty”. It’s meaningless to them. MARA the worst on many value extracting mining pool, corporations. They have no vision for Bitcoin 10 years from now. They don’t care if it truly fixes the world. They want their profits at all cost.

Savage Fatality

I got a survey text for polling in North Carolina. I now identify as a non-binary, 18-29-year-old, 4-year college degree, democrat. I also got the root hyperlink, so you can now identify as a North Carolina resident, too.

Online Survey Software: Closed Survey

If this video doesn't sit well with you, GOOD. It shouldn't. Maybe you can't put your finger on all the reasons why it doesn't. To be fair, John Kerry is a great speaker. He speaks with confidence and concern with statesman stature. However the words he uses need to be decoded. It took me a long time to realize that his (and the class of people that opperate state agencies) vision for governance is actually burdened by the people. Once I figured out that their definitions of words are different than their original meaning everything clicked. “It is really hard to govern today” = control the minds of the population. Some times you hear the word “populism” and lately it is in a negative light. This because the desire of the state is different than the desire of the people. It is always hard to govern when the state views populism as a threat. “The referees we used to have to determine what is a fact and what isn't a fact” = state-funded institutions with the ability to change definitions as needed. Their titles are simply referred to as “experts” but note, only the ones that come from institutions that have state and corporate funding. When elites say "threat to democracy", they’re not talking about a risk to the idea of government “by the people and for the people”. Instead, they’re talking about a threat to the institutions that currently hold power—the ones that have grown comfortable with their authority. These institutions—whether it's the state, media, or big corporations—have not acted in the best interest of the public for a very long time. They are dead set focused on protecting their own power and keeping control, knowing that it doesn’t represent the people. You are a hindrance to their agenda. Every time you watch a video that is not from an “official news source” or listen to a podcast from someone who’s been canceled and censored, your freedoms are getting in the way of “democracy.” They view your First Amendment as a privilege that will need to be modified once they “win the right to govern”. As for me, I'm a huge fan of misinformation and disinformation. If the state does not want me to know something then I definitely want to know what it is. Allow me to determine what I choose to believe and what I choose to not believe. The state has been choosing what I was allowed to know for a long time. 12 years of government school growing up. I remember as an adult the first time I realized the state choose a set of “facts” that the population adopted but simply were not true. Remember the food pyramid brought to you through the public schools by the FDA? Binge on carbs, limit meat and eggs (read the book Fiat Food to learn why they said that). That was the first time I realized that my best interest was not in mind by the state and that “facts” are subject to the incentives of the agency that crafted the “fact.” I recently went to hear Kennedy speak. He said to remember these three rules. “One: when you give a government a power it will never voluntarily relinquish it. Two: if you give a government a power, it will ultimately abuse it to the maximum extent possible. Three: no one ever complied their way out of totalitarianism.” John Kerry, the rights of the people are derived from God. May it will forever stand as a roadblock to your idea of Democracy!

I'm going to the Rescue The Republic event in DC. Seems like a good opportunity to meet other plebs. We need a good meet up location. Any ideas?

This is how much interest the US government pays per year on its debt. It’s the third largest budget item for the government.

Why 😑😑😑

How every Bitcoiner feels about the 58k Gang.

Proposed Community Notes Theses are from a post about inflation by Elon Musk. These are just proposals. They have to be voted on to go public.

What could go wrong??

How do you do, fellow Bitcoiners?

My Seven Demands 1. Cap military spending 2. Create Congressional term limits 3. Ban congress members form stock trading 4. End the Federal Reserve 5. Require a balanced budget 6. Shrink Federal agencies by 2/3 7. Require all legal tender be backed by Gold/Bitcoin MAKE WAR UNAFFORDABLE ✊🏻

Ooooof

Got a new tattoo. Do you guys like it?

Only certain plebs will feel this.

Yo, my mind is blown. My 14-year-old (soon to be 15) daughter is going on a mission trip in March. Her goal is to raise $875 by February. She asked if my Bitcoin friends might want to help her on her mission. ⚡All my ZAPS will be going to her! ⚡ Thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏