Bitcoin Knots explained by Buster Keaton A Silent Movie (11s)

Bitcoin Core meeting that changed everything

Core's not even captured by VCs. They’re captured by themselves. Every move, every PR is just a group therapy session for guys afraid to be irrelevant. That fear is a dead end. You can see it in every one of their posts. They are no longer capable of being honest,...authentic. Bitcoin is an art of authenticity, and so Core became irrelevant.

NOTICE OF TERMINATION AND SOVEREIGN REAFFIRMATION Re: Irrevocable Rescission of Trust in Bitcoin Core

"attack on core is psyop"

"Shitcoiner!" - a silent movie. Enjoy!

Core pronouns: they/them. My node identifies as sovereign/self. Don’t trust “them” - spin up Knots and set yourself free.

Problem with Bitcoin

Bitcoin is no stage trick, cast out the Wizards. Down with Core - It's time to Run Bitcoin Knots!

"Just two weeks to flatten the mempool!" Trust Core - it's settled science. - Dr. Fauci, Director of Blockspace Control (Message funded by Core Dev Consensus (CDC) and gain-of-forktion research) *posting for a friend*

CTV is spend template, not magic dust. Nice for vaults & batch xits, but basically NOS stickers on tricycle: flashy, no turbo. Core still needs to show it learned from Taproot incentive fiasco. Shipping another “feature” that’s really a bug-in-disguise would be… awkward.

Bitcoin Quantum Resistance Proposals Thread 🧵 1. BIP-360 "QuBit" (Pay-to-QR-Hash Addr) ~: New SegWit output type (P2QRH) supporting PQ signatures like FALCON/SPHINCS+. +: Provides strong QR; clear migration path, incentivized by SegWit discounts (~16x discount). -:PQ signatures increase TX (FALCON ~1KB; SPHINCS+ ~10-30KB/tx) > BIP-360 Implementation: Soft fork via new SegWit v3 addresses and script opcodes; backward-compatible, staged upgrade path. Status: Draft BIP-360 submitted (2024); actively discussed, widely anticipated as primary candidate. Feasibility Score: 70/100 2. BIP-XXXX "Cruz’s QR Crypto" (Dilithium/SPHINCS+) ~: Integrates 2 NIST-approved PQ schemes: CRYSTALS-Dilithium (lattice-based) and SPHINCS+ . > BIP-XXXX "Cruz’s QR Crypto" Implementation: Proposed as a soft fork with new SegWit version; backward compatible but requires wallet/node upgrades. Status: Draft BIP proposed Oct 2024; active review underway; authors encouraged collaboration with BIP-360. Feasibility:60/100 +: Strong crypto backing, clear path using new Bech32 addresses (bq1...) and PQ script opcodes. -: Large signatures-~2KB, -~16–40KB/tx 3. Taproot Key Hash (P2TRH) (Hashed Taproot Keys) ~: Modify Taproot addresses to use hashed public keys (similar to legacy P2PKH), hiding keys until spend. +: Simple interim fix; minimal cryptographic change, protects unused addresses from quantum threats. -: Temp fix > Taproot Key Hash Implementation: Soft fork introducing alternative hashed-key Taproot address; minimal consensus changes. Status: Conceptual stage, post-Taproot activation discussions; not yet official BIP. Feasibility Score: 50/100 4. Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL) (XMSS Hash-Based Signatures) ~: Uses XMSS (Extended Merkle Signature Scheme) hash-based, stateful 1-time sigs; used in alts +: Proven quantum-safe technology; operational blockchain demonstrates practical viability. -: complex;larger sigs(few KB) > Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL) Implementation: Requires significant consensus changes (hard fork or extensive soft fork), complicated wallet management. Status: Implemented in QRL alt; provides practical case study but not officially proposed as Bitcoin BIP. Score: 50/100 5. ZK-STARK Aggregation (Off-chain PQ Signature Compression) ~: Aggregate PQ signatures off-chain using Zero-Knowledge STARK proofs; single proof recorded on-chain. +: Efficient, significantly reduces on-chain size& enhances scalability/privacy. -: Complex, experimental. >ZK-STARK Aggregation Implementation: Soft fork adding new opcodes for ZK-STARK proof verification; requires considerable infrastructure change. Status: Primarily theoretical proposal; active Ethereum discussions, no serious Bitcoin proposal yet. Feasibility Score: 30/100 6. Great Script Restoration (OP_CAT enabling PQ scripts) ~: Re-enable Bitcoin Script opcodes (OP_CAT) manually construct PQ sig verifications in scripts. +: Flexible, emergency solution w/out committing to specific PQ schemes at consensus level. -: inefficient, not secure. >Great Script Restoration Implementation: Soft fork reactivating opcodes; no immediate address-format changes but significant script complexity. Status: Discussed in context of opcode restorations; viewed as a fallback rather than a primary solution. Feasibility Score: 25/100 7. Bitcoin Post-Quantum (BPQ) (WOTS+ 1-Time Signatures Hard Fork) ~: HF variant (2018) using Winternitz 1 -Time Signature (WOTS+) QS scheme exclusively. +: Complete quantum-proof blockchain demonstrated practically (prototype hard-fork). -: Hard fork; impractical; not scalable >BTQ Hard Fork Implementation: Full blockchain break from Bitcoin consensus; mandatory software replacement; discontinued experiment. Status: Experimental alt, inactive since 2018; provided valuable research insights but not a viable Bitcoin upgrade. Feasibility: 20/100 Summary: Most Promising: BIP-360 and Cruz’s QR Crypto. Practical soft-fork implementations using established PQ schemes. Moderate: P2TRH (Taproot hash) and QRL (XMSS). Viable with notable complexities or temp effectiveness. FAIL: ZK-STARK, SR & BPQ (WOTS+) More on the most feasible post quantum Bitcoin BIP:

BIP 360: Pay-to-Merkle-Root (P2MR)

BIP 360: Pay-to-Merkle-Root (P2MR)

Author: @cryptoquick

Hunter Beast

Core acts as a business, concerned with needs of "customers": miners, crypto VCs, Bitcoin "innovation" companies & inscription scams. Cash flow getting critical. Situation urgent w/abundance of speculative L2 DOA projects here & spam miner revenue dwindling there.

Oh, the stories we will tell the young plebs!

Here’s something that keeps those who understand it up at night; at least until they sell every security and move the proceeds into cold-stored Bitcoin: Your share ownership is beneficial, not legal: 1. Dematerialization of securities 2. Centralized custody & collateral transformation 3. Title Transfer Collateral Arrangements (TTCA – Japan) 4. Cede & Co. (USA legal owner of nearly all stocks) What happened in the Great Depression? It happened again-multiple times. It happened to me, too. It’s on track to happen bigger. You have a claim-not title. And that claim is junior AF. Especially, with international issues. Those who hold anything with brokerages, banks, brokers will be punked. Those who hold Bitcoin in cold wallets and other disintermediated sov not incumbered by a debt will be kings. RE? Look up MERS & the Shadow Title System. So, enjoy the gains & good night.

Have you heard of an AWS Schrödinger’s Node? It’s both active & useless,... until you check.... Then it’s just useless.

HEY, MINERS! WAKE THE HELL UP! Storm is gathering force. Run Knots, Datum, or StratumV2 if you must. Bitcoin won’t stay yours if you don’t fight for it. Core drew the line. Make the long time preference choice before it's made for you. Unless u just here for the fiat scraps...

Reducing Bitcoin to its code may feel intellectually clean, convenient, but what you’re left with isn’t Bitcoin. It’s a facsimile: brittle, ahistorical, & unaware of scars that make real thing durable. Bitcoin’s resilience wasn’t all coded, it was earned....Through conflict, error, and adaptation. Bitcoin as dry theory can be broken. The smart ones know how, or at least what to look for. You of all people know this. This alone should tell you that the way Core is viewing Bitcoin does not align with the path of greatest resilience, which traditionally is also the path of greatest resistance. Bitcoin Knots is the future. Core is the past, soon to be just a historical footnote. The wheels are already turning. Nothing stops this strain. Core stubbornness has put into motion something that should have happened long time ago. For this, I am grateful.

How sad that Bitcoin community should be split by Bitcoin client devs desire to take policy configuration options away from node runners. All in the service of economically unsustainable actors, desperate to survive, but doomed to bankruptcy.

Bitcoin is ANTIFRAGILE Knots rising to 11% on mere PR favoring slightly more permissiveness over standardness is mild immune response. PREDICTION == If Core persist with attack on standardness (including deprecation), 2016 will repeat with Core on the wrong side of the fence.