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:
Rose (the owner) offers a wide selection of books in English and even had Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. I'm curious to find out why it's often mentioned by Bitcoiners.
Rose warned me it's a dense read—then we both looked at my book and laughed ^^
- Monopoly Man: Do you remember him with or without monocle?
- The Fruit of the Loom: Did the logo have a cornucopia or not?
- Disney's Snow White (1936): Did the Wicked Witch say "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" or "Magic Mirror on the Wall"?
- Star Wars (1980): Is the quote ‘Luke, I am your father’ or ‘No, I am your father"?
- How do you spell: Kit-Kat or KitKat? Coca Cola or Coca-Cola?
- Micky Mouse in Steamboat Willy (1928): Does he wear suspenders?
I put what the current timeline affirms in the description below but before opening the comments, answer the ones above with your first instinct.
Mandala Effect Explained: A phenomenon where groups of individuals remember events or details differently from how they are recorded. From this perspective, the effect can be seen as evidence of subtle shifts between timelines, where the collective consciousness influences our perception of past events and realities.
This phenomenon is named after Nelson Mandela because it was first identified due to a shared false memory about him dying in prison during the 1980s, when in reality, he was released from prison in 1990 and later became the president of South Africa, passing away in 2013.
The uncertainty and pressures of the COVID lockdowns left me grappling with burnout, stress, and anxiety brought by the inevitable rise of inflation and the ensuing collective darkness. I felt the freedom I had worked so hard to preserve slipping away while my reality closed in on me.
The cognitive dissonance between what I was experiencing, and what I knew in my heart and soul that we should be experiencing, was impossible for me to ignore.
The discomfort of this cognitive dissonance, a deep intrinsic motivation to resolve it, and finally finding the light at the end of the tunnel led me to write this book.
After a decade, I was no longer finding the answers I was looking for in personal development, self-help, and spirituality. I did not set out to become an author; I needed to share—to bridge the gap between these spaces and Bitcoin. Searching for root causes led me to finding answers through the deeper impact of this protocol for humanity.
I view spirituality as a sovereign search truth; a deeper, more expansive experience of reality, and free will—an awakening, that resonates with the Bitcoin experience.
Many in the spiritual community see the peak, but are blinded to a critical part of the path ahead; while Bitcoiners clearly see the collective path forward, but some fail to see the summit. And so, through this work, I also hope to inspire the Bitcoin community to explore a more expansive reality as well as greater potential for humanity, beyond fiat incentives.
Many spiritual prophecies are converging right at this very moment in what is commonly known as The Age of Aquarius; a time of awakening. I feel like there is so much potential in breaking down the silos and exploring interdisciplinary perspectives in a clear approachable manner.
By coming together, I truly believe we can usher in a higher timeline for humanity—with courage, curiosity, conscious choices, and actions, we become the rising tide that lifts all ships.
I hope this book inspires, uplifts, and empowers you 🧡✨
This work truly is a co-creation. The book would not be what it is today without the help and support of everyone who provided their feedback and guidance.
- Need to pay rent in fiat (biggest monthly expense)
- Don't want to pay capital gains taxes for converting BTC > fiat
- Still learning how to pay for things in BTC (plane tickets?)
- Still have a strong hodlr mentality
- Don't believe I can make a full-time income in BTC *yet*
For the last point, I am so hopeful and excited about the income models that are emerging on Nostr for those who make a living from sharing their learnings online. But I feel stuck on YouTube to reach non-Bitcoiners and to keep paying my rent in fiat - somewhat of a catch 22.
Can you relate to this?
I feel low vibe emotions about the situation (guilt, hypocrisy, some frustration) because I do not want to keep contributing to the matrix or G👀gle
The guilt I feel also comes from knowing how important it is to embody the world I want to see. My not embodying a Bitcoin Standard is just delaying the manifestation of that world!!
The end game is also so clear to me! 🙌🏼 Bitcoin is the transition system to a world without money. I'm so excited about that! But I also still need to function in the 3D world right now - and pay rent each month! 🤌🏼 😅
I feel stuck in this cycle and I know it will only keep getting worse as fiat inflates to infinity. I am also aware that this is a journey, and I do not need to do it all at once 🙏🏼
So, what are your thoughts friens? 🧡
Maybe you can see something I do not?
Have you gotten out of a similar cycle?
Thank you 🙏🏼 🧡 ✨
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