This "OP_RETURN war" reeks like manufactured drama, artificially boosted by an X-algorithm optimized for outrage.
Makes me wonder to what extent the block size wars were the same thing...
Aaron van Wirdum
npub1art8...m0w5
Author of The Genesis Book.
Former Editor-in-Chief at Bitcoin Magazine.
So it’s official? You now need to register as a Money Services Business if you want to develop non-custodial wallet software in the US and not go to jail?
Or am I missing nuance?
Happy Bitcoin Indepence Day!
Sad.
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If you're at Bitcoin 2025, come get your Genesis Book signed at the Bitcoin Magazine Books stall between 2 and 2:50 pm!
The debate whether Bitcoin should be viewed as a database or a cash system goes back to the release of the white paper btw.
Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper
Return of the OP_RETURN.
With @Sjors Provoost
https://bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com/@nado/episodes/episode-98-return-of-the-op-return
Looks like Amazon made it official :)
Ngl this is awesome to see.
amazon.com/s?k=bitcoin
Much like UPnP, a brand new Bitcoin, Explained episode just dropped!
On Bitcoin Core 29.0. With @Sjors Provoost.
https://bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com/@nado/episodes/episode-97
Could Bitcoin Knots be the activation client for CTV and/or other covenant proposals?
@Luke Dashjr @Luke Dashjr suggests it might be:
The new Bitcoin Magazine print edition is out, and IMHO it’s the most important issue we’ve made so far.
featuring many opt-notch contributors, including @Shinobi @L0la L33tz, @Frank Corva, @npub1n3sj...te5l, @Joe Nakamoto, @Daniel Batten, @gladstein, @JB, and more.
Let’s make sure US politicians are actually pro-Bitcoin… not just pro-buying Bitcoin.
Via Shinobi: 
Bitcoin Magazine
If Congress Wants To Be Pro Bitcoin, Then Act Like It
I'm starting to understand that many pro-Bitcoin congressmen and congresswomen aren't even aware of prosecutions against developers, let&...
Hardcover for The Genesis Book is not available!
Sorry for the wai.
Amazon.com
Amazon.com