Many seem to be misunderstanding some of the fundamental principles with which Bitcoin open-source development has been working with for over 15 years. Let me clarify, respectfully: - Core is a group of professionals that cares about Bitcoin as a monetary system more than any

What is a spam transaction? Listen to Andreas Antonopoulos. youtu.be/Y2IO6m5E_MM

Motorist〚NoCoreV30〛 that's the thing. i also found the rationales confusing or even wrong, to start with. then read a bunch, asked some questions, and rationales started to make some sense, but seemed weak so still didnt get it. asked more questions, read some more though,t some more and now i think

the slippery slope argument for people not making the connection. if you build selective or heuristic moderation, deletion etc you set a precedent by your actions and available technology you have built which can and frequently has been used against servers AND users both.

becoming more convinced that there's something fundamental in conflict, and that the internet physics of this are that A) prioritizing fighting spam conflicts with B) privacy and uncensorability. Pick 1.

The situation has never been better, you can now do IBD from batteries, it's easier to have cheap nodes than ever!

This is a long post that hopefully bridges some gaps between technical people (devs) and non-technical users and how they look at spam prevention in Bitcoin. I hope that it clarifies why I think that there is such a huge misunderstanding between both camps. I'll preface this

some people just want to be convinced by someone they trust. they're confused and they want someone to explain to them why the whole knots ideology is ridiculous. why the csam bullshit is only emotional manipulation. why bitcoin is designed the way it is. why we have fees and the

its incredible.. luke & mechanic are portraying knots as a 'dont change bitcoin' implementation samson is conjuring a new 'unchangeable' implementation THIS WEEK both are pushing soft fork proposals to change bitcoin while bitcoin core just wants to fix bugs in the protocol

Tabconf Day 3: Chat With Murchandamus x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Start9 Adam Back Matt Hill My stance is that what we're seeing isn't some grassroots uprising - it's a small, noisy group whipped up by people who saw a convenient marketing angle. There is no "spam problem" to speak of. These kinds of negative-sum games have appeared before and, without exception, they

⚠ BITCOIN CORE v30.0, PLEASE READ ⚠ HOW TO INSTALL? 1. Stop Bitcoin. 3. Download "bitcoind.s9pk" from the bitcoin-core-startos Github release page. github.com/Start9Labs/bit… 4. In StartOS, navigate to System -> Sideload a Service 5. Upload bitcoind.s9pk WHY DOWNLOAD INSTEAD OF

Excellent conversation between Jameson Lopp and Robert ₿reedlove - "if we want to stop the spam, you need to get people to use Bitcoin more in the way that you want them to use it" - this is the solution to "spam", not the endless whining about others using Bitcoin while you're not...

spotify.link/ssun3wC9IXb humans are universal explainers, current LLMs are not

Why was the Bitcoin Core default OP RETURN relay limit raised to 100KB? "The particular size isn't motivated by application but because major miners had already removed the rule completely.  As such no lesser setting would achieve the goal of matching relay to what will actually

AI slop is getting scary good youtube.com/watch?v=np6hEz…

“Where is the public roadmap for Bitcoin Core?” This sentiment from Zach is common and Ill give my own thoughts on it x.com/zachherbert/st… The subprojects that individual Bitcoin Core engineers contribute to reflect the project’s *software development priorities* which can

Bitcoin Knots vs Core v30 - Part IV w/ Murch x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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Luke de Wolf Adam Back Dario Nakamoto⚡ Alberto Matt Corallo 🟠 cbspears ◉ Antoine Poinsot This especially fails because it strongly conflicts with Bitcoin Core contributor interests. A signal that making noise on social media is a viable way to getting Bitcoin Core developers to make technically unsound changes would undermine the credibility of the project.