Been thinking about the Core/#Knots debate.
Going back to first principles and Satoshi's Bitcoin Whitepaper:
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
- First Principle 1: Bitcoin is a monetary network
"peer-to-peer electronic cash"
- First Principle 2: "Honest" nodes secure the network
"The system is secure as long as honest nodes collectively control more CPU power than any cooperating group of attacker nodes."
- First Principle 3: Nodes keep the network decentralized
"peer-to-peer"
- First Principle 4: Bitcoin must remain decentralized and secure to function as a monetary network
Bitcoin, as it was originally intended ("peer-to-peer electronic cash"), dissolves the false illusion of fiat by imposing Universal Laws in service to humanity and thus transforms the world.
Bitcoin Core v30 Related to:
- First Principle 1: Violates Bitcoin as a monetary network by welcoming larger non-monetary data on to the blockchain
- First Principle 2: Compromises Bitcoin's security when nodes become public data storage forced to hold and relay illegal content uploaded to the blockchain by bad actors
- First Principle 3: Compromises decentralization when it becomes too expensive, too complex, or illegal for regular individuals to run a node because the blockchain is bloated with non-monetary / illegal data
- First Principle 4: Bitcoin is no longer a decentralized or secure monetary network if the previous first principles are violated
Bitcoin, as storage for .jpegs and other non-monetary content, becomes a shitcoin.
Core is not Bitcoin; we are Bitcoin.
There is a thin line between "Bitcoin will be fine" and "we need to act to keep Bitcoin fine." The simple solution is to vote with your node 🧡
On a positive note:
- This debate is strengthening Bitcoin as a monetary network; it is getting more plebs involved, running and actively managing their nodes.
- It has made the issue of centralized mining more visible to the community and invited more plebs to run solominers.
- It has also provided excellent signal! I'm grateful to be connecting with a lot more nodes who deeply care about this protocol for humanity and know what Bitcoin entails far beyond "1s and 0s"⚡️✨
For more info, would recommend these videos:
Does exploring Bitcoin ever feel challenging, or even unsettling? It is natural to experience some resistance when encountering new ideas, and Bitcoin certainly is a paradigm shift. Explore how our current perspectives may influence our understanding of Bitcoin by uncovering the role of subconscious programming (childhood, societal, and systemic). We will examine self-imposed limitations and how ego may sometimes get in the way of this unlearning process.
Part 2: The Courage to Look in the Bitcoin Mirror—The Stages of Awakening (Coming Soon)
Why do so many of our friends and loved ones seem so hesitant to explore Bitcoin? It’s easy to feel frustrated or disappointed when those closest to us don’t share our enthusiasm; but there may be more to the story. What if there were subconscious reasons for their hesitation? This article explores systemic programming and the cognitive dissonance it creates through Bitcoin’s stages of awakening.
Part 3: The Bitcoin Matrix—Entering a Parallel Reality by Exposing and Reframing Deep Systemic Beliefs (Coming Soon)
This article will delve into some of the deeply held beliefs that shape our perspectives, even for those who are well-versed in Bitcoin. We will spell out the tacit agreements we made as children born onto this planet in the Fiat Era so they can come into conscious awareness and be reframed if we choose. The goal of this article is to translate the cognitive dissonance: What is someone really saying when they say “Bitcoin is volatile”? What is it we are exposing about ourselves when we say: “Bitcoin is going up forever?” What deeper beliefs might be at play?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts ✨ If these are topics you are interested in and you want to dive deeper I explore these themes in detail in the book: