what is 'decentralized enough'?

can the DOJ shut it down? if yes, it's not decentralized enough.

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make #bitcoin script great again!
make the mempool great again!

it's very hard for me to wrap my head around this.

it's like a f***ing fairy tale. people come together they realize they have been retarded and agree to stop being retarded? seriously?

how long should it take for 6 editors to assign two BIP numbers? #bitcoin

Wicked i couldn't be more disinterested in these little political dramas and in-fighting. i don't care for the ordinal derangement either.

#bitcoin has to improve in scaling and fungibility. rn now not only it is incapable of functioning as 'hard money', but also as 'smart collateral'.

you fucked around you didn't take this shit seriously now we're suffering losses.

what's it going to be? are you going to lose it all on principle?

or are you going to step it up and secure our future?

the amount of headache we could save ourselves going forward if the DOJ got BTFO on the samourai case would be amazing. anyone that plans to make money on a self-custody related service should think about it as an investment to contribute to the defense.

if there is a key takeaway for #bitcoin from the Samourai crackdown is that you can't comply your way out of tyranny.

they took pride in how much they spent on lawyers to make sure they are in the clear by the letter of the law. they believed self-custody gets them off the hook.