"sats" is an acronym for "sats are the standard".

Literally every person with bitcoin derangement syndrome in the past has criticized bitcoin for having a "leadership problem". These people's egos are so inflated they're completely blind to the fact that bitcoin was designed to have no leaders. Rules without rulers. Forever.

Bitcoin Core is the most under-appreciated open source software project ever. It is by an large a collection of some of the most selfless individuals I have ever had the chance to meet. Good luck trying to replace them with hierarchy, processes and committees, clowns.

Running Bitcoin Core.

For those of you who want to have a full node, want to participate in the network, and don't want any spam to get through their mempool, you have the option of using the "blocksonly" option on Core. It's a great option to reduce bandwidth and resources, as transactions won't be

Either: - you are running your node, and in that case what River runs does not impact you - you are not running your node, so you never had any right to configure THEIR node in the first place.

People are asking about "Luke being hacked/removed from the Transifex" so here is the full IRC log from that day. erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-d… Here is a summary (please do your own reading + let me know if you think this is misrepresentative and I'm happy to edit it): 1. Translators

Generally, it is resource intensive and unreasonable to demand a full refutation each time Luke makes an accusation against Core, and I'm not going to make this a regular thing. Instead, I request that everybody ask *him* to provide evidence when he makes claims.

Every Bitcoin Treasury Company needs to actually hold bitcoin.

Just use Liana. No 3rd party risk, and no fear of loss. Plastic devices it is. No way I would let my money on the hands of anyone else, especially if I have no proof how they really secure it.

The effect of pitting people against self-custody is very sad.

We've made a lot of progress on the tech problems of Bitcoin inheritance, but what about the social problems? Come talk with Kevin Loaec 🧙‍♂️🐟 about how to handle family members who don't care about Bitcoin. ⏰ 1700 UTC - Friday, 16 May x.com/i/spaces/1yoKM…

If your family inherited your bitcoin this year they would most likely

Come tell us how you talk about Bitcoin with your family and why you think they're going to keep hodling when your aren't around anymore. Today: ⏰ 1700 UTC x.com/i/spaces/1yoKM…

IT'S LIKE GOV AND WALLSTREET SUITS SOCIAL-ENGINEERED BITCOINERS INTO DEBATING THE DUMBEST FUCKING SHIT LIKE OP RETURN AND NUKING SATS TO DISTRACT US FROM BUILDING ANYTHING THAT ACTUALLY FUCKING MATTERS.

Flying tomorrow, see you there!

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