One of the counterpoints to the Knots alternative is that it is basically only @Luke Dashjr maintaining it...and that changes with adoption of that implementation. Which is what everybody running Knots would like to see. More developers in Knots. #Bitcoin #NodeWar

I would say this quote from Aristotle can easily be construed to apply to individual sovereignty. "Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. - Aristotle

The only way to achieve a #Solarpunk future, where technology serves us, instead of enslaving us, is through #Bitcoin. Fix the base incentive structure of civilization or keep watching it burn.

This is what complacency gets us as a population. Ditch convenience and exercise your sovereignty. You are giving to the state something your children will never see again. Don't just buy #Bitcoin, have it in self-custody, this is the revolution.

Knots keeps growing. Up and inching its way towards 5th place. People keep voting with their feet and doing the proof-of-work to show what they actually want #Bitcoin to be. If you haven't changed to Knots or do not run your own sovereign node yet, do not hesitate - look to understand what is happening and take action. May you choose the right Node in this war. #NodeWar

Money is a ledger and a ledger is a database. But not any database, a very specific database. A monetary database. Anyone arguing otherwise and looking to expand this definition of monetary database to include any and all types of data is looking to reduce #Bitcoin 's specificity as money. If #Bitcoin is not the best money it can be, it will fail - make no mistake about it. May you choose the right Node in this war. #NodeWar

Understand, be vigilant, and above all be ready to fight for what is important. #NodeWar #Bitcoin What are the potential consequences of removing the OP_RETURN limit? "The known issues are bad enough. Nobody is even considering the unknown unknowns at this point." - @Luke Dashjr

Hopefully the #NodeWar brings the focus of bitcoiners back to the original mission. The separation of money and state. Fix the money, fix the world. If you sell your soul to gain the world, it was all for nothing. #Bitcoin

One of the subtle but effective tactics on this #NodeWar is the subversive shift on #bitcoin being perceived as bitcoin "the money" to bitcoin "the database". Do not fall for it. Study and understand the fundamentals and stay focused. May you choose the right Node.

And this is why NOSTR is as important as #Bitcoin.

Knots implementation for Bitcoin Nodes keeps steadily rising. It already overtook the latest Core version. #Bitcoin #NodeWars

As #bitcoin reaches the threshold of $100k…be happy but remember the why of #bitcoin. Fix the money, fix the world. Freedom comes at the price of stying vigilant.

The current #bitcoin Node Wars perfectly encapsulates the design principle of “specificity vs flexibility”. Something cannot be optimal if its flexible - by virtue of trying to do two things instead of one, it is by definition less specific and therefore less optimal. For #bitcoin to be the best money, it has to make every trade off in its design towards being specifically the best money, otherwise it is not optimal. Trying to also be a platform for non-financial data is making trade offs in favor of the non-monetary direction. May you choose the right Node.

First Bitcoin, then NOSTR, and now Linux - what should be my next open source, freedom technology, I should look into to adopt or support? Looking for suggestions!

I got into the Linux world last week. I am using an old MacBook Pro from 2012. Hardware runs great, OS was bad because of decree by Apple and the plan obsolescence nonsense. Installed Linux and the machine is running very well. That, plus the whole #bitcoin Node Wars, after installing Knots and replacing Core - got me thinking about how important and superior these technologies are and that I should be learning and using them more. Hence, why this post. Trying to use NOSTR more than X moving forward.

On a family road trip this week and we stopped at a local pizza joint. After noticing the "we prefer cash" sign, I asked the owner if he accepted btc. That initiated a 45min conversation me orange-pilling him. #Bitcoin

My very first ever note post in Nostr!