2 weeks until BIP-110 nodes blow up! Follow along at bip110.com

The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a “duress” password built into a phone’s software. The case centers on a feature included in GrapheneOS, a custom Android operating system that runs in place of the software on most modern Google Pixel devices. Tunick’s attorneys confirmed GrapheneOS was running on his phone.

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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone&#...

I find the sociological aspects of BIP-110 to be far more interesting than the technical aspects. 110 supporters admit it's not a technical solution; the BIP itself admits it can't stop arbitrary data. But what's fascinating is the Bitcoin Puritans claim they are trying to fix "Bitcoin Culture" at the "social layer" by rejecting "woke Core developers." What's amusing about this is I see little difference between puritans and the woke folk they detest. AFAICT the only distinction is which particular attributes each group uses to select people for cancellation. Fuck woke mobs. Fuck puritan mobs.

Dune: Part 3 comes out in December...

As you're probably aware, BIP-110 is not particularly popular. However, here's an interesting perspective: BIP-110 has 3X the hashrate of the entire Bitcoin Cash network!

A North Korean made the mistake of showing up to a job interview with me today. I recorded video of myself asking him some extremely uncomfortable questions 😏

We are all Dathon Pwn

When you realize your entire economy runs on a monetary system that is backed by nothing but faith in the authorities who control it.

Yet another consensus bug found in BIP-110 and it certainly ain't the last.

BlockSlop — BIP110 Late-Upgrade Chainstate Validation Gap

BlockSlop: a detailed validation report on history-dependent retention of BIP110-invalid blocks when an existing Bitcoin Knots datadir is upgraded ...

What goes up must come down. It ain't rocket science!

They roll in before the opening bell, With cold brews, cold wallets, and stories to sell. Laser eyes glowing from the screens in the room, Saying, "freedom is coming" right after the boom. They bought at ten thousand, they brag every day, Then dump on the crowd when the price runs away. While the night-shift driver keeps stacking his sats, They're buying up condos and digital cats. Oh, the whales on Wall Street are swimming in green, Preaching decentralization from a limousine. They say, "trust no banker," then they borrow from three, Put the risk on the public and take profits for free. Yeah, they toast to the future when the candlesticks rise, With a bull on their cufflinks and charts in their eyes. The blockchain remembers, though the headlines retreat All the rich Bitcoin cowboys down on Wall Street. There's a podcaster prophet in a ten-grand chair, Saying fiat is dying, so you'd better prepare. He's got exchanges as sponsors, a course you can buy, And a nice stash of dollars for when markets run dry. He calls himself sovereign, untamed and elite, But he panics when regulators schedule a meet. Then he tweets, "Keep on hodling, don't live in fear," While quietly selling as panic draws near. Oh, the whales on Wall Street know the language of need, Turning dreams of freedom into leverage and greed. They'll shout "BITCOIN ONLY" 'til the market turns red, Then the workers hold bags while the whales move ahead. Still the blocks keep on building, every transfer complete, No applause, no forgiveness, no erased balance sheet. And the price keeps on dancing to a billionaire beat For the rich Bitcoin cowboys down on Wall Street.

Saw a guy with this shirt today 😅

Bitcoin Core v32 will sync 30% - 40% faster due to parallelization improvements! 🎉

What fresh hell is this?