Now that the outcome of 110 has been established, my focus has shifted to the demeanor of the highly visible anti-110 "bitcoiners" who adamantly expressed opposition. If this was a "civil war" of ideals and truly defending the network prior to 961,632 (664) then it might be fair to say the gloves were off and any means necessary to obtain one's objective was justified. Now that we have a decision, many of the "victorious" side have not simply taken the W and moved on. The amount of continued attacks after the fact on their adversaries, has exposed the true character of these individuals. Perhaps I gave these people too much credit in the past, giving them a pass as they were after all fellow bitcoiners. This W for them has done more to show their weakness of character even though they feel emboldened by the "in-group" status sought after. Sadly, I'll never un-see the real person now that the larping mask has been removed. For anyone paying attention, you know who these people are. Be wary, they are NOT your friends. I'll never have that same vibe at a Bitcoin event after this reveal. Maybe I've been too altruistic, therefore it's on me. Finding the authentic Bitcoin ethos in future meetings with people, now appears more difficult than mining the third BIP-110 block. To those inauthentic actors, should we meet at an event and I'm rude to you d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶ take it personally.

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Based Truth 3 days ago
Establishment puppets masquerading as rebels, defending the network or just their own interests, Blockstream and Core's strings still attached.
The reality is BIP110 failed to get wide community support and everybody living outside a very loud but small echo chamber already knew that. Even at SazMining, a company that went out of it's way to allow their customers to support BIP110 making it as easy as toggling a switch on a dashboard, the result was that only 14% of their customers' hashrate signaled for BIP110. Part of the "authentic Bitcoin ethos" is rough consensus, and this is what that looks like... Can we maybe focus on important stuff like BIP54 now instead of demeaning people we disagreed with about a mempool policy default value change?
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Jah 2 days ago
Yes, “fellow bitcoiners” come in many shapes it seems… bip110 was my hlll. Take care!
Jah
My take: 110 was not a complete failure. The logical premise of bip110 was that it could not fail UNLESS mining was following orders or colluding and acting against its own (miners) interests. It served to prove that point. A very important and eye openning point. And it was proven. So, what happens now? Bitcoin is not freedom money anymore. It has not been for a while, but there was a cast of doubt surrounding the ideia that kept the farce going (it did kept me believing). besides factors like price action and Core mal-practice, there was not yet undeniable evidence of failure of the bitcoin network Now there is. So the priority now is damage control: All hands on deck to create the idea that everything is fine with bitcoin. Nothing happened: only some poorly led, good intentioned (some) people got mislead by bad actors (because you could not have come to this ideas alone, only mislead), and thankfully, it’s over now! Lets keep going discussing seedphrases (as is self custody still mattered) and ngu unstoppable money! Yeee! For some, the most hard core dissapointed, there is a new path for you: “why don’t you try monero mow? Bitcoin is captured, but I assure you things are different here! We are the real deal! No way this gets captured!” (Also, if it was, you will have a great time figuring that out!) No, I’m not going to monero. I will buy the hard fork (if it ever comes out). Not as a “hope” or important investment, but because i’m curious to see where the few that I standed by will keep pushing. I’ll call. But I don’t believe there can be another bitcoin again… (at least not in my lifetime). So, I’m back to fiat. Sorry for the black pill. that’s how it goes for me… :( Separating money and state was the dream. Its dead now Regarding being involved in discussions with spammers and scammers about bitherium, my advice is: Don’t feed the trolls! They need you! They need you fighting and wasting your time in this circle jerking, where they have infinite resources to just spawn another npc claimming whatever nonsense that will keep you talking to the wall. They need to pretend they are right and need your reputation to make their case stronger. Yes, even on nostr! You made your stance clear through endless bip110 talking the last year, nothing else to say. Just say “study bip110” if you really must say something, and leave. Leave them talking alone. Unless ego has the best of you and you need (or enjoy) to win an argument, there is nothing left here to fight for anymore… If something really new and worthy comes along, by all means, embrace it with all you energy. Meanwhile, Don’t erase your worth. They will wear you out and you will be discussing the merits of tail emission in no time… Thats my 2 sats (for old time sakes! :) Cheers!
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