Interesting talk. I wonder what the solution is to the fake pubkey problem? Is it just filters or something I guess? Does Knots already attempt at blocking these kinds of transactions? 🤔

@Matthew Kratter Thanks for your recent videos on Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots. I've sent some sats your way. Also when you have the time, look into LND and BOLT 12. IIRC LND has been slow to adopt BOLT 12 due to prioritizing "stablecoin" support. I could be getting this all wrong and it might be more nuanced than the Core vs Knots discussion but I thought I'd bring the topic up.

Okay so hear me out... Bitcoin Core is attacking the network, right? The solution is to run Knots and encourage miners to filter the spam too. Well what about LND and their refusal to support BOLT 12? Aren't they trying to prioritize support for "stablecoins" right now? Shouldn't we be concerned over that as well? I'm thinking about it right now and I might ditch LND for Core Lightning. It'd be nice if we could just use BOLT 12 offers. 🤔

IKR? I saw that pathetic thread with that guy trying to assert you can't stop spam with filters or a fork. What a fucking joke! 🤣

Apparently it's not enough to just run Bitcoin Knots. If you're using Umbrel, go into the Bitcoin Knots app and click on the three dots next to connect. Then click "Advanced Settings" and then "Optimization." Scroll down until you find "Relay transaction with embedded data" and ensure this setting is disabled. Bonus points if you also turn on "Reject tokens transactions" to disable other garbage like runes. 😁

I'm switching to Bitcoin Knots. Fuck the spam.

Cash isn't king. It's a dictator that whips you into submission.

God, so fucking relatable. Is that really the play? Keep going over it? God, I dunno. What if your family is extremely opinionated and entrenched? You get into fights and arguments galore! Then people don't keep familial ties whatsoever. What the fuck then? Man, I just don't know... Do you just say fuck 'em? I kinda want to but IDK, I do love my family. By family I really only include my mom's side. I do genuinely love them regardless of the fact I don't like them very much. Never knew my dad's side. Perhaps I don't really love my mom's side of the family??? Conflicting thoughts and emotions, man... 😔

I do a lot of writing on YouTube... I feel like I should funnel some of those writings and comments towards nostr but it feels like it's less meaningful because there are more people here who know what's up versus those who are on mainstream platforms. I guess the actual benefit to mirroring things here is to have other like minded people help sharpen or soften my approach on a case by case basis. Could be helpful in recognizing the situations better and then developing strategies. IDK that's kinda wishful thinking, though... As if it would help any amount. I think we're all just destined to not be listened to and to not listen ourselves. I suppose that now that I'm thinking and writing about this, I think I haven't really been all that conversational in my approach. Perhaps I've been quite one-way in my approach. It's just that I see the whole story, I get the joke, and then I want to just say it all out loud so that there's self-awareness. Probably not a good idea considering there's a lot linked to self-awareness and misery, too much and it's insufferable. So basically, I'm insufferable. The problem I have is that I listen but I'm on the edge of my seat because I want to talk about the solution. I genuinely want to help them that badly and in that way. Anyone else have this problem? This is in regards to something like the carnivore diet. But it's still so early and the mainstream has been pushing back on it as if it was a fad diet. Simply put, it's not in the Overton Window and I feel like people desperately want to cling on to their problems and traumas. Perhaps it's just me being gullible to believe that the spirit of optimism is in or can be brought to others so easily. 🤔 Bro at this point I've fried my brain... Guess I'm just yapping. The real solution here is to not be so trigger happy with telling the conclusion, have the answers to tough hard science questions, question, and investigate with an honest, genuine, meaningful conversation. I've been fucking awful at that recently. I just wish it didn't have to be this way but the reality is that it is this way with literally everything in life. Not even the carnivore diet. 😔

Got a family member who's going to try carnivore for 3 weeks. The problem, we're meeting up with our grandparents who are very, very entrenched in a bad mixed diet philosophy focused on mainstream advice and plants. Not only that but 3 weeks probably isn't going to be enough time. I feel like picking this time window is a conscious decision where failure is more likely... Let's just say this family member values eating the same things as family more than health. It's especially dangerous since my grandparents are very judgemental, arrogant, without hope, combative, miserable, and identify with their problems. They also really, really try to push their lifestyle on to you. There's a lot of very forced "live my way and do things with me" kinds of games. They have a fit if you don't like them or want to do something with them. They struggle with the concept of people who don't want to spend time with them. And usually what they want you to do is to live like them. They believe they're right about their lifestyle but they have no good indication of such, nor are they open minded enough to at least accept that there is more to know within their own system than they realize. There's also no humility, a lot of lying in arguments, and running to theology whenever they're out of their depth. Who knew old people could be so childish? This is why I've started to say to myself, "I have to let them die their way and hopefully they'll let me die in mine." What an awful mindset! 😩

Hey @Ken Berry, MD, I know someone in my life who's worried that I'll end up losing muscle on the carnivore diet once my body has utilized its stored fat. She keeps telling me to "add more calories" but I feel satisfied after my meals. That and I keep getting told that I need "other healthy proteins that aren't animal proteins." As far as I understand it, I'm getting the best and most bioavailable protein through meat I'm consuming. However, I haven't started my journey with exercise yet. So I have a few questions. Is it necessary to exercise on carnivore to retain muscle? I believe it certainly builds muscle and requires more food as you build those muscles. But is it necessary for retention? As in, you could be somewhat sedentary and not lose muscle mass. If this is the case, what's the long term viability of not exercising on carnivore in relation to muscle retention? Next, what can I say to the notion that I need to "add more calories" or "add in plants?" This is more of a social sort of situation. I don't really want nor think I need to do this. Especially since my body will tell me of I need to eat more aka "eat more calories" with less satiation and just still being hungry. She believes that she's "not on a fad diet" and listens to Dr. Mindy Pelz. She thinks that she needs to eat carbs or plants for her hormones. I've watched some of Pelz's YouTube content myself and I'm a little unsure of the information she presents. She seems like she's genuine but I also feel like she could have been mislead, confused, or wrong in some areas. God forbid she's not genuine but I'm giving the benefit of the doubt. She does advocate for carnivore diets but it seems like she focuses on plant based dieting with a little bit of meat or dairy, particularly for women. She also seems to assert that diet should change as you age, at least for women in the case of hormones. It seems to me like she's supporting the idea that women need plants and more "variety" than men. Those are only my feelings, some of my biases, and some of what I've observed. While I have gone through one of her cookbooks, most of it being plant based, I don't have your knowledge or expertise to really know for a fact if my gut feelings or right or wrong. I just get a very suspicious unsure vibe. Perhaps you've had the chance to speak with her or have ran into her content and advice. I'd like your professional opinion at the bare minimum and perhaps your person opinion depending what you determine to be appropriate, provided you even have one. I feel like this has been an awkward series of questions that aren't all necessarily easy to answer but this is becoming a point of contention considering we see each other often and I'm still losing weight on carnivore. It's generating friction and I think I might need some help. It's very possible I could also be wrong somewhere. Thanks for your time.