Lysander

Nothing special

https://blossom.primal.net/f74f323dc1c4230b32185a192e8ddefb36d7b0f6312c36f89e4f9bd2b6aee20d.mp4 Just finished listening to @GrassFedBitcoin 's breakdown of the spam attack vector, and what he lays out is disturbing, not just technically but philosophically. Here’s the short version. Some entities are exploiting a loophole in Bitcoin’s design. They are not using inscriptions, not using op_return, but instead creating fake pubkeys to store arbitrary data on-chain. It sits in a kind of sweet spot. Not big enough to trigger current filters in Core, but damaging enough to bloat the UTXO set and push out regular node runners. And somehow the conversation has shifted. Instead of defending Bitcoin’s core purpose, some dev voices are floating the idea that we should work with the spammers. That maybe if we remove the remaining filters, the abuse will become more manageable. This is a bizarre and dangerous line of thinking. Bitcoin was never built to serve as a data dumpster. It was built to be money. Sound, verifiable, scarce. When we start redesigning Bitcoin to appease people who are actively trying to harm it, we lose the very thing that gave it credibility. Mechanic calls it out plainly. The same people who claim filters do nothing are suddenly demanding we remove them to help the spammers. It is a contradiction. A bait-and-switch. Break the protocol, then use the damage as leverage to weaken it further. This is not how strong systems survive. If we bend Bitcoin every time someone finds a way to abuse it, then it is no longer something we can trust. It becomes something we constantly have to defend through negotiation. I did not opt into Bitcoin to negotiate with attackers. I opted in because it was resilient. Because it does not ask for permission. Because it stands firm even when pressure mounts. Mechanic is not just pointing out a technical issue. He is warning us that the cultural drift inside Bitcoin is real. If we let short-term convenience take precedence over long-term integrity, we will get something very different than what we came here for. Watch the interview. Think about where this path leads.

Number can go up while freedom can go down. If you want NGU only don’t bother cold storage. Just buy the ETF. If you want freedom you will have to do more than just cold storage. You will have to find the incoming streams of what centralizes Bitcoin and viciously attack it. No one can do the PoW for you.

Repeal the year 1913! https://blossom.primal.net/d765c395af16d751f54d0dda014f8be4e09081270124133f18f4d85d9910a14a.mov

“Decentralized” One day you will wake up and say “how did this happen? We never saw it coming.” We have to stop lying to ourselves. This is fixable but it won’t be easy. The entire project will fail if you do nothing.

Stay Toxic

What a weird time to be a Bitcoiner https://blossom.primal.net/093784dbc4eeb83ef7e697a229163ccfb2522058b95f366afda988d1b1d27583.mov

XRPs ledger gear just dropped and it’s FIRE 🔥

Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism is the importance & necessary immune system to ₿itcoin. Right now, the immune system is dangerously low on these white blood cells. I need y’all to get more TOXIC ⚠️ https://blossom.primal.net/87a653e40f3bf539cda623bda49691b817d0cdf3ce7948e363b41efc089e6a23.mov

What Nintendo game was the best? https://blossom.primal.net/233d7d524b5c129cd364ee2f2f9d3d48801e69bc2e2e3bf8f2a751706f349b86.mov

Stablecoin Conference 2025 was a hit. Stay humble and Stack Stablecoins. https://blossom.primal.net/235d9373fafd0c81509d5a650fab6f5bf4f9a5ab2dc5289e1e1c8d63f8e6a115.mp4

Bitcoin began with self-sovereignty, decentralization, and censorship-resistant freedom money. Now? The narrative has drifted—fixated on number-go-up charts, balance-sheet zombie companies, and Ethereum apologists cloaked in Bitcoin branding. If you want Freedom Money, passive hope won’t cut it. Bitcoin’s future is not guaranteed. Set your own mempool policies. Run a Knots node. Don’t outsource your sovereignty. Decentralized mining must be defended. Hoping MARA stays under 10% or trusting Foundry and Antpool with 51% is not a strategy—it’s surrender. Freedom isn’t preserved by spectators. If you sit by, Bitcoin will be captured. Don’t be a Cuckhold Nihilist.

It’s a sad truth.

Trust the experts. What could go wrong?

Feelin cute. Might run Garbageman. IDK

De-Core Bitcoin. https://blossom.primal.net/4777671839391a6ca220bd271796c5097af220196afea244000590497b7b18d2.mov

May the Lord strengthen those fighting to keep Bitcoin from becoming a JGEP database desert.

Libre-relay is an implementation designed to send as much spam around the network as possible. Garbageman neutralizes that relay It’s an implementation built on top of Knots.

If you’re reading this, it’s highly likely you have more Bitcoin than Peter Todd. If you’re reading this, it’s likely you have more Bitcoin than anyone thinking Bitcoin is a “dAtA sToRaGe nEtWoRk.” By default you are a monetary node. You control the network.

It might make it on-chain but my node will never have to participate in sending it there…. ever! https://video.nostr.build/6249fe24acb1e398bccdb9237e6bb8c49c402c2f65981c7a872e32ad37f6b41e.mp4