Just so we are clear on what kind of regime we are dealing with… #Ayatollah #Khomenei on child marriage: “It’s not permissible to have vaginal intercourse with a wife before she completes 9 years [of age], whether the marriage is permanent or temporary. As for other enjoyments — such as touching with lust, embracing, and thighing (rubbing between the thighs) — there is no objection to them, even with a suckling infant. If he has vaginal intercourse with her before [the age of] nine and does not cause ifda' (injury), nothing results from it except sin, according to the stronger opinion. If he causes ifda' — by making the urinary and menstrual passages one, or the menstrual and fecal passages one — vaginal intercourse with her becomes permanently forbidden to him forever; however, this is according to caution in the second case. In any case, she does not exit from being his wife according to the stronger opinion, so the rulings of marriage apply to her: inheritance, the prohibition of a fifth [wife], the prohibition of her sister along with her, and other [rulings]. He is obligated to provide her maintenance (nafaqah) as long as she lives, even if he divorces her, and even if she marries after the divorce — according to caution; indeed, this is not devoid of strength [i.e., it has weight]. He is also obligated to pay the diyah (blood money) for the ifda', which is the diyah of a soul [full blood money]. If she is free, she is entitled to half the diyah of a man, in addition to the mahr (dowry) that she is entitled to by the contract and the consummation. If he has intercourse with his wife after she completes nine [years] and causes ifda', she is not forbidden to him, and the diyah is not due; however, the cautious opinion is to provide maintenance for her as long as she lives, though the stronger opinion is that it is not obligatory.” #Muslims tell us that these rules are a cultural peculiarity that cannot be criticized. The moment I equate evil with a cultural peculiarity, curse me, for I will no longer be human. #iran #freedom

Core culture and ideas is slowly turning #Bitcoin into a big clunky conglomerate that goes out of its way to compete with Shitcoins that pose no threat to Bitcoin. #Knots culture and ideas plays to Bitcoin's strength & competitive advantage as Sound Money. Run Knots + BIP-110

The tendency to view the world in terms of eternity and immutability was characteristic of medieval man; the widespread desire of our contemporaries to have a constant general price level may be a relic of medieval mentalities.

If I tell a banker I want to clear half his vault of gold and replace it with pictures, he'll probably kick me out and say, "Go home, boy. This is no place for children." But if I tell #bitcoin_core the same thing, they'll hire me for the development team. #bitcoin #bip110 #knots

Great interview, @Paula.

In just a few years, bad actors shielded by a strangely docile #Bitcoin Core have transformed its immaculate ledger into the most expensive open sewer in history. The playbook was diabolically simple: Exploit known protocol loopholes that Core refuses to close, and spawn a parasitic zoo of degenerate shitcoins (Ordinals, BRC-20, Runes, NFTs whatever this week’s scam token is called). Then flood the chain with fiat-funded garbage inscriptions until the cancer is too big to remove without “breaking compatibility.” When the maximalists who spent a decade laughing at Ethereum’s clown casino finally screamed foul, Core’s response was the now-infamous: “What is even spam?” And, with the solemnity of a priest blessing sewage, Core shipped v30, handed every grifter on earth an industrial excavator, and rebranded the resulting stench as “freedom,” “innovation,” and “adapting to the new culture.” Look at the numbers. They don’t lie: almost 40% of the entire UTXO set, created in barely two years, is now cartoon apes, pixelated cocks, and immortal trash. This isn’t the beginning of a beautiful new ecosystem. It’s the opening act of a hostage situation. Those “88 million inscriptions” that supposedly paid 7,000+ BTC in fees? Not organic demand. Obvious bribes, fiat conjured out of thin air by entities who face no budget constraints, funneled straight to miners to launder vandalism into legitimacy. Anyone who thinks infinite-money printers will ever be stopped by “market forces” has traded adversarial thinking for bedtime stories. There is no real community here, no lasting economic activity, no future, just a giant pump-and-dump dressed up as culture. The handful of true believers clutching their sacred JPEGs don’t need protocol changes. They need therapy. When pushback finally arrived, Bitcoin #Knots, sensible BIPs, #CAT, actual attempts to defend the original protocol, the mask slipped completely. Overnight, the people defending sound money became, in the ultimate rhetorical nuke, “Nazis.” And so, in this newly confused ecosystem poisoned by the woke mind virus, the official position of the now-known-as “Coretards” became: “Because someone might misuse a scalpel tomorrow, we must let the gangrene consume the leg today.” Saying “this is spam and it should be addressed” is apparently the real attack on freedom. Bitcoin Core didn’t just make a technical mistake. It caught the civilizational mind virus that teaches societies to celebrate their own decomposition and to crucify anyone still sane enough to point at the rot. That’s not hyperbole. That’s the autopsy. We all have to take a step back and acknowledge the level of delusion on display: The suicidal overconfidence of Core loyalists convinced they represent some silent majority. Core should have shut this NFT circus down from day one. Now their credibility is gone. Coretard is their legacy. --dewmap

Exposing Simon Dixon's Double Standards: Beneath the Mask of a Sovereign Individual npub1546jstdajzf6gw4plvr6z4kpcaxtvl3h0zjdv5gw8tx8uup5d6rq8ef9mt presents himself as a champion against elites, a Bitcoin defender through self-custody, and an anti-imperialist urging everyone to "follow the money." But when you dig deeper into his views, what emerges is a web of contradictions: principles of freedom applied selectively, with criticism driven by personal and religious biases. 1. Selective History in Geopolitics: He passionately condemns Zionism as colonialism marked by displacement, genocide, and apartheid, framing Israel as a proxy for American military-industrial imperialism. At the same time, he completely overlooks similar historical actions by Arabs and Muslims—from the 7th-century conquests (seizing the Levant and Palestine "by right of the conqueror") to Ottoman expansion, which involved cultural shifts and subjugation. He rails against Western or Zionist empires but stays silent on Muslim ones. This isn't genuine anti-imperialism; it's biased selectivity with an anti-Western and pro-Islamic tilt. A real libertarian would reject all conquests equally as violations of individual rights. 2. One-Sided View of Islam: Dixon portrays Islam as a personal path of peace, tolerance, and resisting oppression (quoting verses like "no compulsion in religion" and limiting jihad to self-defense). Yet he never mentions the dhimmi system—the institutionalized subjugation of non-Muslims in Islamic societies: jizya tax for "protection," restrictions on bearing arms, building new places of worship, equal court testimony, or criticizing Islam. This creates a clear hierarchy where non-Muslims are second-class citizens, involving economic and social coercion that's incompatible with true equality and non-aggression. By glossing over this, Dixon romanticizes Muslim history as "harmonious," implicitly justifying domination. As a Muslim, his drive comes from a religious sense of duty to "serve humanity," but it makes his anti-oppression stance selective—freedom only on his terms. 2. Fixation on Saylor and Dictating the "Right" Way to Bitcoin: Day after day in posts, podcasts, and videos, he accuses npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m of serving elites, centralizing Bitcoin via debt, and sabotaging the revolution (custody vs. self-custody). He claims $MSTR is a tool for price manipulation through FUD and potential forced sales. But on a free market, a sovereign individual should be free to handle their capital any way they choose—whether through leveraged treasuries, ETFs, or derivatives. The risks are theirs alone. Dixon doesn't just highlight dangers (which could be helpful); he passes moral judgment and prescribes the "one true path" (self-custody only). His manipulation theory falls apart under scrutiny: $MSTR shares drop in response to BTC stagnation, not the reverse—the market naturally punishes leverage. This obsession comes across as fixation, perhaps psychological or tied to promoting his own agenda/business. Conclusions: Behind the "follow the money" mantra lies not objective insight but a subjective ideology—anti-Western, pro-Islamic, laced with collectivist tendencies. Dixon excuses historical hierarchies (like dhimmi), condemns others' choices, and pushes a "revolution" where freedom is reserved for those who align with his vision. He's valuable for pointing out risks in centralization and leverage, but his stance isn't libertarianism—it's propaganda riddled with double standards. True freedom means no one dictates your choices: how to hold BTC, whom to criticize, or which history to focus on. No one owes the "revolution" anything against their will. Always test these gurus for consistency—otherwise, their "truth" is just a disguise for control. #Bitcoin #Libertarianism

Thank you @Samson Mow ! #bitcoin #bitcoin_knots #knots

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