Even if I get fed up with you sometimes, You’re awesome Matt. Forward!

Still lots of work to do. ENJOY THE NOISE

man, Saylor... the work is so far from done. kind of only just started.

This is definitely the kind of outlook to avoid. Most of the people I talk to in real life have no clue whatsoever what money is and how the monetary system works, they think inflation happens "because" and so on and so forth. Thinking we're done is foolish.

Monero for the cypherpunks.

So are you endorsing the mass following of Saylor or is that the complacency?

I haven't seen you take much of a stance on the spam issue and Bitcoin Core. Am I wrong? Its literally the biggest threat to bitcoin, and it seems like most of the influencers are keeping quiet about it.

everything saylor says is actually retarded

have spoken about it at length, many times i hate the spam, but do not think we can stop it, bitcoin will be fine, nodes will be a bit more expensive to run node operators should have more options regardless, opensats has been focused on this concern for years, i have donated significant time on that front

Okay, keep up the good work then, and thank you

It’s not about the spam. IMHO, Bitcoin Core were too dominant, too close to the code and became corrupted. They went against consensus for no good reason. Next time, while many nodes may not paying attention, they could unilaterally push another code change that would reduce #bitcoin immutability even further. They are too close to the code. They are the biggest risk. While not ideal, I run Knots now.

I think ideally, we should aim to have several good options, with none having too much node-share. Maybe not more than 20%. Long term project, and first we have to win the current battle.

did you get that knots is just core with an insane man's nonsesnical tweaks added? that's like bragging about using mint instead of ubuntu but dumber

Maybe core wants alternative clients to take the spotlight off of them. They dont want to *take the lead* on filtering. Let the node runners have options. Opening up Op_Return is forcing the issue and now alternative clients will rise; node runners have more options/control. The anti dev thing is not correct and not helpful. IMHO we should be anti-spam, pro do nothing (=dont panic), pro devs. I agree that filters *work*. By *work* they increase the cost (time/money) to transact around them. However, the fee market is actually the ultimate neutral uncorruptable filter. It is also relentless: they (VC, spam bros, alt token bros) have to pay, then pay, the pay again forever. If their *use* doesnt provide lasting value to humans, then it will be priced out. If it actually does, meaning it outcompetes bitcoin's hurdle rate, then we are collectively better off. You hate spam, I hate spam, eventually even the spam enjoyers will bend the knee as they run out of resources to keep up with the cost of transaction finality onchain - and will decide, that they hate spam too. The fee market has our collective backs - forever.

the biggest threat to bitcoin is lack of scalable self-custody. if you use IOUs instead of bitcoin you're not using bitcoin. too much risk. actually I take it back. the biggest threat to bitcoin is people saying "it's okay to use a custodian." the community doesn't tar and feather these individuals enough. actually actually it's probably the dwindling block reward, but everyone is too cowardly to even talk about what that's going to do. many much bigger problems than "spam"

been saying this for years, assuming inevitably invites defeat.

Get outta here, monero loser. We're doing real stuff here.

Your argument appears to be, "core devs are playing 4d chess and are actually altruistic, so let's thwart their 4d chess by not calling out their bullshit." This is convoluted bullshit. If you believe they're doing that, then shut up about it. Call out the bullshit, like you're supposed to do. Maybe you're right, its possible, but it doesn't matter. Have some self control. Or realize its convoluted bullshit and quit wasting time.

And what about the fee market taking care of this? Also BS?

As long as there's a fee discount, yes. Unfortunately. I'd prefer a market solution too.

I'm so sorry about your brain damage

I can tolerate almost everything on that slide, sort of like Saylor's slightly ridiculous AI generated self-portraits that he posts daily... but that one line "the work is done" is beyond ridiculous. Completely removed from reality.

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True that. Especially with corporates!

Not sure what complacency means -_-

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