2026-03-30T22:39:18Z https://nostr.now OrangeSurf https://nostr.now/npub18h0w55nsp839ezxnggf00jd2xc6yl0ht62mf5p8wwllu8s80wdcs83ws8m https://m.primal.net/HxpV.png https://m.primal.net/HxpV.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8rtcfgpskk5x0kn7vh5rk3vrgmpmfts6vwe4l6fle8thm0mxh8aqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzgudrt6 The first <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy28wumn8ghj7cnvv9ehgu3wvcmh5tnc09aqzrrhwden5te0vfexytnfduqzqwm285amxdvgx6ny68yq9y4edemf3mp45tju53gaa7nt6whna6uynewnpf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>mempool</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…wnpf</span>)</a></span> Dev Day brought a small group of Bitcoiners together at <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2aqqyptyymfkgueuwkesekdd30pwyszcnnnqperlatu0wrldnlf7k5805z98u5f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Antidote</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…8u5f</span>)</a></span> , a London startup studio for Bitcoin founders, for a day of talks and open discussion.<br/><br/>Thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshsqgpj2fc42slkusa7ppjx2y5mqvx504mvlr8263ucujyxg43uxd6ssvjrf0ww" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>AJ</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…f0ww</span>)</a></span> we have a writeup of the day (videos coming soon™)<br/><br/><a href="https://research.mempool.space/mempool-developer-day-1/">https://research.mempool.space/mempool-developer-day-1/</a> 2026-09-01T17:46:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq2dzk6sapq7ev0n6nf6tgq3puk4s3k5xh90hr6rvr4q5n55hzavczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz0qd5fg What are the best ways to reliably store a small encrypted blob of data for later retrieval not on your own hardware and not on chain? 2026-06-10T14:35:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfjxxujmwe89ueljkk2xtc24wxugsspdvmg9dlg968xhu0t3gwmqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzuu96na Why does BIP110 permit runes, which are BY FAR the most used form of data embedding on bitcoin today?<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/604a8ab702872af24221aa2b2a796ed84fecf3ef046a6130ccaebbbdd5b13a1e.png"> 2026-06-08T12:03:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs90ggjxy7rkj0ysw6l8h55sxxyv66qvsyd7kskmm60nzvfrh6yq4gzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz9v8nxq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspg3xdqqe9ml69uzmjrw0eqvha8ckjj2qk7004vw4ccwfge7g2cpqpydmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtmedahxgetj94c8y6tnd5f0w2rd'>nevent1q…w2rd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I assume you are showing old data and or knots data, not recent bip110 data in this image because recent bip110 data has 0.004% reduction in runes opteturns which make up more than half of tx 2026-06-05T17:31:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstlls6cfkk3v6ednlxcxkehyd44v6l6ct4k2a9acl5pcacvzy0wqszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzccy08c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnpjvjfrxxhlnfk3rl3snlczwchhqg3vhkq4a3yhpey6rljdckvc5e5gl0'>nevent1q…5gl0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If it doesn&#39;t fix 99.99% of the current spam, what&#39;s the point? 2026-06-05T14:45:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsynp3wwwu4yqluuzlnpuq75qluarqy8eshqqcywv85p5vnndldr4czyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz7sq4av In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8m3yq78mwt3dgs25eqw95dm32m8wk65sm2pemgctw204svzauy0chpd5mk'>nevent1q…d5mk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BIP-110 does next to nothing to stop Runes, 99.99% of Rune activity would remain unaffected.<br/><br/>Over the last 30 days (May 7 – June 5, 2026) there were ~18.94 million total transactions. Of these, 10.88 million were valid Runes (≤ 83-byte OP_RETURN), while only 456 exceeded the limit in BIP110. 2026-06-05T14:28:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf42dmwphzexexav0h5raz02vutad45jnhhzf5nvh6xuv6wjncjfgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzknx3ln In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83eq3snksnzg4uz6rgx2hdgt5jxmc9y42zl2l58wx3nnve47nqys6hlsa3'>nevent1q…lsa3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Inscriptions are being used a negligible amount. Runes on the other hand account for most bitcoin transactions (57.5% this month by my count) and BIP110 does nothing to stop them. Is BIP110 facilitating these shitcoins? 2026-06-05T14:20:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrfc5rl93lzkv4tt5wcvvd7astqxn9s3awllqrmr4ew6ccn5ngufgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz8udl6p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ykcth245vcx3ktcw5tzc697eykfhha3kl2frlksc0mstnljrqws352rgj'>nevent1q…2rgj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Everything they did, they could have done (and until recently did do) without any changes to policy from core, so I don&#39;t understand why you feel core is in any way responsible. Realistically it would not have been possible for core to stop this, even BIP110 doesn&#39;t stop this. 2026-06-05T14:10:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy6l2yj5c59jezq9u9g3wmkwzt2juhy53t3w67pqakq0sjr2sm2zczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz4ajy25 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8c4ndcxr05c3k5t7vq2fcmchsze7fn3gauld0dfdk6nysmkrv9xsun7a2t'>nevent1q…7a2t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks that&#39;s interesting, ironically by trying to concede to core devs request to use a less &#39;damaging&#39; data storage method there will no doubt be many who view this as proof that they were indeed the masterminds behind changing policy defaults. 2026-06-05T14:02:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszlky6pwueepsy7saw8u50670u69lv8kgvpccl43wm7kec3w0xphszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz9xzr8l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxdh0v3mf0wnm0vlld4dh7ze2sjkfae6tcppc7msq6q5czkl5px5qwe0phh'>nevent1q…0phh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>FWIW ottosch just pointed out that on Apr 29th citrea did start using bigger op_return output instead of 80‒byte + 2 fake pubkeys many months after they became standard.<br/><br/><a href="https://x.com/ottosch_/status/2062895674916581480">https://x.com/ottosch_/status/2062895674916581480</a><br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/chainwayxyz/clementine/pull/1241">https://github.com/chainwayxyz/clementine/pull/1241</a> 2026-06-05T14:00:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxdh0v3mf0wnm0vlld4dh7ze2sjkfae6tcppc7msq6q5czkl5px5qzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzmxm283 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxkpda7nt5vcqvnagktram7nqquu8rgrg0elfxe09hggkrgur0hmsda4a90'>nevent1q…4a90</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I attended a Bitcoin++ event last year I asked a member of the Citrea team who was presenting whether they planned to switch to using the larger and he explicitly said that they weren&#39;t switching. I can&#39;t see any evidence that they switched. Can you provide any evidence? 2026-06-05T13:40:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfzlkprqwj7vk4awmuq754k8ey8qusycksenjv3ke36v64c8c0zeszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzjnnu8d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgv77rlgav7vf8vqeqkt9x4wz4qlu43qv70mwyq30znd55dkhtv5gzr8lpz'>nevent1q…8lpz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There was no change to bitcoin core which benefited Citrea, IIUC they haven&#39;t even implemented the change to use larger OP_RETURNs instead of fake pubkeys. 2026-06-05T13:11:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstntvge2yc43xtc3asnmulqus87lm988vwrxaydvkm4t4q7x87fuczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz0stqcf I keep hearing BIP110 proponents describe their fork as being the safe option even with a minority of hashrate due to the &#34;asymmetry&#34; that the BIP110 chain can wipe out the legacy chain, but the legacy chain cannot wipe out the BIP110 chain. <br/><br/>This asymmetry is real for ANY soft fork, but it doesn&#39;t make a minority hashrate soft fork safe. <br/><br/>Softfork nodes reject legacy blocks, so they&#39;ll never reorg onto the legacy chain<br/><br/>Legacy nodes accept softfork blocks so they will reorg onto the softfork chain if it has more cumulative work.<br/><br/>Once again, If it has more cumulative work.<br/><br/>Nodes (including miner nodes) follow the most-work (valid) chain. A minority hashrate softfork chain accumulates work slower than the legacy chain.<br/><br/>With a minority of hashrate the BIP110 chain will not persist as the most-work chain, it will fall further and further behind over time. <br/><br/>The BIP110 chain could get lucky and get ahead temporarily, but over time the luck will run out and once it falls sufficiently far behind it won&#39;t ever catch up to the chain tip. 2026-06-05T12:45:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8gm0zjmum6kjvkwumn5rkhqhnk0vqc6dzs958325u3pfrxh876jczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzcrjxp6 There&#39;s only two charts in bitcoin that matter, and price isn&#39;t one. The first is the hashrate and the second is the number of <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsqgp74vj8ccamxh068rs8eggz7mdz3w5mn4rgwxthgw778g43mq9wa549jemv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>BTC Map</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…jemv</span>)</a></span> merchants - <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgnwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgcte9eskwtcqyrz0tea8t2xwx6pa22w07p3kssuu2209ys7xkyjm56rcjxvg2m9vwxwgyz0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nathan Day</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…gyz0</span>)</a></span> at <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgcwaehxw309ac8y6tkv96x2tnjv4jzuemz9ehx2aqqypf5j2h62p57zxn3qt46jrhnae82d7qrh974edt65w8qfv4jmklezxv5rn6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgcwaehxw309ac8y6tkv96x2tnjv4jzuemz9ehx2aqqypf5j2h62p57zxn3qt46jrhnae82d7qrh974edt65w8qfv4jmklezxv5rn6</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…5rn6</span>)</a></span> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b1ca764c18d4d6843826a6ca3342ce752ec2748664f10de3a4095e58f694b0c2.png"> 2026-04-01T11:23:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9fd7knxxr5zgp8f2lttl4gm8w6wh6jz6pfvr3mlfvsjexm28kdsczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzrjw06a Glad I held off using the integrated primal wallet until now, I’m sure it was great UI but this is the way 🫡<br/><br/>It’s seamless, Phoenix &gt; Primal in under 5 seconds, super clean design, and crucially zapping Just Works <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs9rzttaq5h5mwrd908zd78s9f7x67t5jxru4l5vjkgek0etw04rjqpweq5p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…eq5p</a></span> </div> New Primal wallet: <br/><br/>Available everywhere. <br/>No max balance. <br/>NO KYC. <br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/f521e6ebc7bd1e70044ab9db5d76a5af1d4de4571fa3d47c8ffb39c39daee4d2.mov"></video> </blockquote> 2026-03-30T22:44:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9q68xagwxky6lmekcpp4n2mzndvww3f9lha9nc27zytrugvugpsqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzd3h8yy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdl9uvyxsuvjhjw42sq8nlfmw2haa7zt37t80ldkyzrgf5ptemwcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mq5f3slu'>nevent1q…3slu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>See the details at bip322, the transaction never enters the blockchain<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0322.mediawiki">https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0322.mediawiki</a> 2026-02-15T18:06:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspqnqhhgh8zmxs5srn2mgweaen3mjl67etyxnmw0uj0zrzwepykkqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzke009t There&#39;s been lots of debate about Core v30 removing the OP_RETURN size/count policy defaults, so I ran the numbers for the latest mempool research report: <a href="https://research.mempool.space/opreturn-report/">https://research.mempool.space/opreturn-report/</a><br/><br/>There were three big waves of OP_RETURN usage: 2019, 2024, 2025. Nearly all standard transactions. The nonstandard ones are so rare you can hardly see them on the chart.<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/e653b32fb6281c2c8f61252dbd72d1b3c2c66e57059573a06eb72d5d66812da0.png"> <br/><br/>The 2019 Veriblock wave actually put more data on-chain than anything since. People talk about recent OP_RETURN usage like it&#39;s unprecedented, but surprisingly it isn&#39;t.<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a21d64ede3043825d6df2f08c7c5c6109904b6f5d5b07514488c3e69ce4f405a.png"> <br/><br/>The important thing is that the spikes in nonstandard OP_RETURNs were in Mar 2024, May 2025, Aug 2025. All before v30 shipped in November 2025. The rate hasn&#39;t gone up since. At all. In fact it&#39;s come down<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/085a690b1081921e41b84e7c2749adc66eb3ad578f4e44e8bd8135551a7384d8.png"> <br/><br/>Runes transactions were standard under the old rules and would even still be standard for #BIP110 (the proposal that&#39;s supposedly aims to curb data embedding). If these guys are serious about stopping data they should block runes.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/7634c6534ecbdc21a9e51468daa12ab9c989985b33a232b8e7035f22bfaff58e.png"> <br/><br/>TL;DR: v30 recognised what was already occasionally happening on-chain. Nonstandard OP_RETURNs are vanishingly rare, haven&#39;t increased post-v30, and the current wave is already cooling off. The data doesn&#39;t support the panic.<br/><br/>Read the full report linked below 👇<br/><a href="https://research.mempool.space/opreturn-report/">https://research.mempool.space/opreturn-report/</a> 2026-02-15T18:04:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd8vw0uxfxrwp8f4gkzpugxv3wlnfkyh2d7cqhyxhl635fx6nkqyszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzvlka6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs934l5phfcd0fmrf7x2l9fg52vf6qy75h8gcamum6xu7xmn52lc2gl7reft'>nevent1q…reft</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(A draft PR, but you can build yourself / use the emulator) 2026-02-12T13:28:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs934l5phfcd0fmrf7x2l9fg52vf6qy75h8gcamum6xu7xmn52lc2gzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzvmlk08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxdeldduhkg8u7spyqpx829pfqwfug29z2sflqsypqgxryjrhjuct44y2k'>nevent1q…4y2k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fast work by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshsqgpw8vcwuzp9nhx7av0pkctlayxgultryc6flkl0p0w35ujfkhv54urt0dst" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>COLDCARD</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…0dst</span>)</a></span> who added this within 5 hours of receiving my suggestion. <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/295b07dcbed266df63db67a24372a060d34dc34468ea99db40d378f21ceb3764.png"> <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/740248205ea47005516bfa6b9a36857d5f925f8ac9cec425c2754169141a4d75.png"> 2026-02-12T13:27:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgxdeldduhkg8u7spyqpx829pfqwfug29z2sflqsypqgxryjrhjuczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzh2jave As signing device developers begin to add support for BIP322 it would be great to have on-device message viewing. I&#39;ve sketched out an idea of how this could be done with QR &amp; vis SD.<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/859ba3fe01a6a25a2a6177fa0d15aedba0d8f15fd579c17c2117c8b1a778ac60.png"> <br/><br/><a href="https://gist.github.com/orangesurf/0c1d0a31d3ebe7e48335a34d56788d4c">https://gist.github.com/orangesurf/0c1d0a31d3ebe7e48335a34d56788d4c</a> 2026-02-12T13:26:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz84qpgjcsgzefpa4k68ukm0r7cjjdljyvh94jfqp0h2nnx6m92zszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzlghhmv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstfq79h33v36zw5nceaxdeazex2fgtx3rvtxhyta5cj4af5t4cnfcqfmmxc'>nevent1q…mmxc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://lightning.engineering/posts/2026-02-11-ln-agent-tools/">https://lightning.engineering/posts/2026-02-11-ln-agent-tools/</a> 2026-02-12T11:46:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspwtkn9nl4c55j9ccw0hjef8r9ysnmn0h5s3p8n49rxtecdpl6frqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzstlzy7 Sparrow just added address chunking which is really nice, I&#39;ve made an extension to experiment with this on mempool, try it out and let me know if you have any feedback<br/><br/>📂 Get Extension Here:<br/><a href="https://github.com/orangesurf/mempool-chunker">https://github.com/orangesurf/mempool-chunker</a><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/f9c9cd0aad88f0c0ff1fab2058a09e0ac2135990dace1ea37d439dc290d0cc99.png"> 2026-02-10T12:49:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw6rhyxd7n964e3d809uljczd8qaldyqgt3yl5y8qh3x998c4k57szyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzzecfnu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszmprhvdx2xlm9n52cjmgk7g0dvewufl0pm8fwqtyy4sk83qu33pgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgksqaq4'>nevent1q…qaq4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/e82c5f7538583e90be0c1ddc9216008042d67eebfc073309447824666889c55f.png"> 2025-12-22T14:54:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyw6043tx5763uyk7t7sxjsayc3fj92lfghvhgz6elxfehdzs9a4czyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz5kfveh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8cxj6ukqvh65l3ypqervzdly3fqpru34jv0avlve30u6lttpxe4cpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqca23zl'>nevent1q…23zl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Would you expect to know if a government was making advancements towards a CRQC? 2025-12-22T14:45:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrkuz2pc58r0h99ewvlnx3cfm7x69cweexym74ca0ncg9xac38cmgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz6ypxdx It’s great to see so many people learning the difference between<br/><br/>- Bitcoin consensus vs policy<br/>- UTXOs in RAM vs disk <br/>- Hard vs Soft fork (&amp; chain split) 2025-12-14T08:41:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst3ng97a60ycjfp04g27v7taekeg5hlxdh7p7sa43c4yyquyz0x7szyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz7wkjkv Instead of copying long invoice strings, let’s use payment method cards <br/><br/><a href="https://primal.net/orangesurf/bitcoin-payment-method-cards">https://primal.net/orangesurf/bitcoin-payment-method-cards</a> 2025-12-14T04:12:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqymjf93z4p3mptyyu3jv7y6cgn9q5wuhqr2w93ppyqfhx9lp8fqszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzj9wmj6 The much discussed bitcoin stale block rate, visualised <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/e86a2c338807b03a1117b0060517b5ec6320b0fa0e69d2b2b896a6b9d9149959.png"> 2025-11-06T06:07:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0q7kmg0xm0w84t22ynpdg906q8ar5zv3jh629pearuwg83fyl6eszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz4ymq45 Just noticed someone taking advantage of low fees by consolidating 59000 tiny utxos at 0.2 sat/vB across 40 transactions. <br/><br/>That&#39;s 4 blocks worth of transactions (3.999 vB) in total!<br/><br/>bc1q3k0swnar7s4w3lcp4u3vys826z8vc2f2t87hu5<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/f082c8f76a8625ef87617d72b6262a2aa804a8cb273086f4ec73bce4d3513dde.png"> 2025-11-02T08:39:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxtjvtvj0sj0ak9de0xj7fwjucthssuzpufug7kq9v6d8f508lwvqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz6q9kvd wallet devs, are you ready to embrace sub-sat winter? <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a6070fe78f9837569b8b48e0f5fc16119a89d7aab205a80cfa257301108c62fc.png"> 2025-10-31T04:39:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst0ru4uwrrctawpu9ply88wfxrg46423jns34jj0dkp424larszmczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzxa9y3f It&#39;s times like this that I&#39;m glad I spent 2 minutes vibe coding a button to expand all hidden messages on the bitcoin github repo. <br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/1d159627ea79b723b5bbb61a8133b2dfa02266075aac5226a5dde8ddec275136.mov"></video> <br/><br/>Code: <a href="https://github.com/orangesurf/github-unmoderated">https://github.com/orangesurf/github-unmoderated</a> 2025-10-28T03:55:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0m67kyg0tarm0tqrpkp7djkckc0x8yxyyrds282vzmryspjnd7kqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz603wpd opreturn stats for last month, you might be able to spot the previous default limit. What do you think October will look like?<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/2dde6aa19c236642ba11afafcdfec6a5ebaaace508b83a84281336c66c077751.png"> 2025-10-13T02:33:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfrlazlhcyy6wyh0xmaksktnszmmppthqg85fpvk8ffpureumn8hgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzkg30xn Sub 1 sat/vB summer will be studied by generations to come<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/49ec8b87e1d0f601fcfe9efb7dfd1a4a8d106509ccaaaa78f36ba501fd27c7e3.png"> 2025-10-08T09:21:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8lcer83prqmd2zuph4yxns5rphq92zew2newxrh7at7cnzpxm53gzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzy09s6k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfd9fmp805xffrynk3zd5hwvu92vdw5t8t0zwlktxgx87y0ehz8xsgkedcv'>nevent1q…edcv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Done, good idea<br/><br/><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1249538">https://stacker.news/items/1249538</a> 2025-10-06T08:41:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfgvff5et76vwr3hvuymj72cv3qwracf4l7nyc3j9gnhde3k5cycqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz2pfpp2 Seeing a few comments asking what can be done about data embedding with unspendable UTXOs (an issue which has been around for a long time).<br/><br/>This is a bit long, but hopefully it will be useful as a reference to the more general question of whether you can address protocol level “problems” at the miner / policy level. <br/><br/>Realistically, short of a soft fork there is very little that can be done technically, and even that would have serious limitations &amp; fallout (that’s the whole point of this gross protocol design). <br/><br/>The obvious first reaction is ask miners to stop mining things like this. There are a few ways, but one would be to increase their -dustrelayfee<br/><br/>By default it’s 0.00003 BTC/kB (3 sat/vB) resulting in a dust output limit of 330 sats for P2WSH. <br/><br/>For this transaction with 1859 such outputs the total locked in unspendable outputs is 1859*330‎ = 613,470 sats ($736 @$120k/BTC) <br/><br/>Lets say you successfully lobby the vast majority (95%) of miners to 10x this config value, the sender would have to choose between paying 6.1M sats ($7k) or sending as is and waiting until the small proportion of miners (5%) using the old default. They would probably do the latter because that’s enough hashrate to find 7 blocks/day on average, and what’s the rush?<br/><br/>Having failed to stop this at the miner level you may now be tempted to lobby node runners to change their default and/or change the default in core v31. <br/><br/>Say you were successful, and core v31 contains a higher default. The sender can just preferentially peer to try and reach miners in protocol.<br/><br/>So you double down and you spoof preferential peering such that it’s not sufficiently reliable.<br/><br/>The sender now has no choice but to pay a miner OOB - if they are to do this they might as well make each output be 0 sats. This could actually be mutually financially beneficial for the sender and miner, because instead of sats being burned as fees they would flow to the miner / be saved by the sender. <br/><br/>Now to be fair it would take effort to establish these direct rails to miners who are exclusively financially motivated, but this is a fixed cost, and I have no doubt it would be done, and then integrated via API to centralized minting services. <br/><br/>Thus, the problem would likely end up being worse than the situation we have today.<br/> 2025-10-06T07:53:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv65z0zh5kw79fpzwyg8dyqn0xlty7twn660m4jnauwj8c5hj3r0szyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz6dc72s We must stop people putting data on Bitcoin, it’s a payment network<br/><br/>Meanwhile: every lightning commitment transaction encodes a 48-bit commitment number across nLockTime &amp; nSequence 2025-09-19T22:34:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8zrdj3eklkyalqnzj8yr6dk6tqv73ed6sft993t7efljxw79ywwczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzhr5p62 Someone is consolidating large batches of UTXOs at erroneously high fee rates. <br/> <br/>In the last 7 days they have overpaid by over 5 BTC ($580k) 🤯<br/><br/>They could instead just use 1 sat/vB and RBF if needed (or use Mempool Accelerator Pro and avoid any complexity😉)<br/><br/>196 tx match the following pattern between block heights 913374 - 914379 (past 7 days).<br/>- Minimum Input Count: 100<br/>- Output Count: 2<br/>- Fee Rate: Between 101.6 and 101.7 sat/vB<br/><br/>Total fees: 5.43388700 BTC 2025-09-12T18:54:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswthf52uzfp3pcuv39cv39qdw0l2q72av6zrn4z0yah9tz8djkmsszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz0zkv06 Sense check <br/><br/>Despite a dip in activity there are still 267k “legit” transactions per day. <br/><br/>(Average non OP_RETURN related/Inscription over the past 90 days) 2025-08-28T20:36:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswhszwkcnu4shxwmyzky8jnxnzgt5nujv7e5ryr5axw7q4h4jfzkczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzsemask &gt; it only takes one determined spammer to make a tool to allow the less determined to spam. - <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zfytz6ktce3av2svlfpl0e79e44tnskxmvlpkcmc7q0xct3qa49swvm60l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>NicolasDorier</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zfy…m60l</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>This is the asymmetry that many filter proponents seem to miss. <br/><br/>Most of the kind of transactions they wish to filter out are created using dedicated software (services / tools / platforms).<br/><br/>Developers of such software can rapidly bypass any restriction using open source software like libre relay, which will get their transactions to miners. <br/><br/>We already see this, with some platforms offering the ability to select broadcast method from a drop down, including direct broadcast to some miners. 2025-06-15T13:43:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv3ldmugquygw7kne0e8069hrcysu870zwyl5tehr7a3qjylp2rmqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzv7222u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz7fv2n7jgz4lr0j50k432urjf9vqm6ylla2mdyfz8ukmsf9uzsxgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgnklx6z'>nevent1q…lx6z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Both! Either? 2025-06-14T21:29:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrtlahu8wg4wkyh2p9d6uhc7szp3whpxv6tyx8unq5dphvgxq4rygzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzxnwnvg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst3mnxp5tapaskzzz69dlv04mxtenz0j338yluzrv9w6dqlpcd74qprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnfw33k76twwpshy6ewvdhk6fwdxyx'>nevent1q…dxyx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, it&#39;s useful as a data source, you are not really using core as a wallet (signing, key management etc). but due to the design of core a watch only wallet file is created to track the addresses 2025-06-14T12:33:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz7wdu45v98gfpqsx365c6456r2v42dy9rpa6jaz8pd56wfmtmkdszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzt9gvxs <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpy9mhxue69uhk27rsv4h8x6tkv5khyetvv9ujuenfv96x5ctx9e3k7mgqyza3eaf9qs6l736umzej4jeru0h8h050cw8kj5tsfdres5feganjcvl2xpe" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>softsimon</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…2xpe</span>)</a></span> and I are arriving early for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsd0f68dvf98gvs9am9dp0lu0f4r7xzu2k89rm9tt448axf5tu6wlgphpy4c" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>BTCPrague</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…py4c</span>)</a></span>.<br/> <br/>Get in touch if you are around from the 14th and want to meet up!<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a9b67cad3adec53c0b7ee6f88d73c1e949dff0ae8b4a2dc7e5f2f96157b87664.png"> 2025-06-10T13:41:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqcucmgehpyundw7g7lun3vunnzd96q4kdlet96755f3rwmf7eq7czyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzmhsupn Which filter do you think core will drop / change the default for next?<br/><br/>- Max Transaction Size<br/>- Minimum Relay Fee<br/>- Minimum Output Size 2025-06-09T15:37:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspzljvd2jg7e6py4nsffuwes4ehum4gh3gaejd4dvww464muen54szyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzwwsduu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvceyxntwrmgj4d5986qljrd43s65sf6vk4rpk2cfgenfldu274ggpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgk38qx4'>nevent1q…8qx4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This works really well 2025-06-04T07:13:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswgwjzkxv9ed2e3jm2v3elcmn0mt8smymfznlg8vw8upatzgmsp8qzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzgzj5hj Unbelievable lack of use<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/e77e78cfb71c4b0ee85d6b29da9dca927a872e3ecb6ed43bd6229f5591b355c3.png"> 2025-05-28T12:41:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs08w40xwdzscjwux4d36y59e4fs702fmth92r6kzpsz9t2msgv2eszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz2eza9w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxdme4hn75f0f0urp52jqlrukkncf7whtv9sjq2j3h5dfdn44sacpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg40unkc'>nevent1q…unkc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you 🙏 2025-05-23T14:52:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsthaevzmh52yun2dy2c56xhntstd8xe0pzq3d6nyk59yka8jgpdpgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz0mjjay <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/57f1e53e32604fe146d2268589703e1dc4c492c4827dfcc4c9f6499f3083a325.jpg"> 2025-05-19T03:02:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst72vw4q5dsn2a2qtys3jhtpsalv2y8t2lvam4923fkqtvssfxdxgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzlz3dqu Over the past year bitcoin there have been more data storage transactions (inscriptions &amp; OP_RETURN) than other transactions.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/296f78229a504abba9e1f8f0867037065049fcc7c2a1d2a6dfe315cee1f6e8e1.png"> 2025-05-18T16:43:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf4s5xrl0n520s7t9uuvaprwn0uqk5pacdds2dyax7ecnngs0e45szyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzx2d54p I’m seeing lots of speculation around the financial motivations with regards to modifying OP_RETURN standard core policy.<br/><br/>In 2023 Peter Todd was transparent with his financial incentive ($1000 from Christopher Allen) for making pull request 28130, which was ultimately closed<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28130">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28130</a><br/><br/> 2025-05-06T01:47:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8h4rwumgpyde2ez23ca3aprxus6zewke4sc46yaladuyetslexaszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzlty08j 🎲 In 2014 Luke Dashjr described mining policies such as OP_RETURN size limits as not being a development topic, and suggested randomizing the default value.<br/><br/><a href="https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/201411161724.19573.luke@dashjr.org/">https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/201411161724.19573.luke@dashjr.org/</a> 2025-05-05T20:51:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspaw0d6s79degg8g90wa74yg76ampve67n6nfwyk9qfwcg23kuszgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz4mrqcj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfmykpmefxrvnhl84nrffvrury6a2c5s2ggglf2r0m9k4jjgncasppamhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0dsc5gvkv'>nevent1q…gvkv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The conversation is still locked. My guess would be a push behind a new pull which doesn’t remove configuration options and only changes defaults 2025-05-05T12:54:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspgf775tpyr733puye88duzwzgl0ss6ac7rwd6qket0ueh2023vvgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzaar82q I&#39;ve put some numbers together to help you determine whether the horse has already bolted regarding the use of bitcoin for non financial transactions.<br/><br/>49% the UTXO set is sub 1000 sat outputs<br/><br/>43% of transactions in the past 2 weeks had an OP_RETURN or were inscriptions. <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/be33911765f6d7dc5f61fc459eb0415dc0966c9a113d33115e8b042b5b0f2612.png"> 2025-04-30T11:52:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz4q2qml39zuxshsy0rgz5a6xtp0pd5vttz2adupgzu78r3nj68yqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz502exv A message to those on team #fixthefilters - your time would be better spent earning sats, which you can then use to fund development of a bitcoin node implementation which implements your desired configuration options. It&#39;s a cat and mouse game and the cat is currently asleep.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a9c918c311720b1ce59254e5d4d592fec6638555bc5ac026b664d7c35d09f09f.png"> 2025-04-29T13:21:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspfclfal6l5ljzaylj9u0duq5r6nwx74hqfxzkqgm8pmawyz6uxcqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzmv3uzs adding policy rules as a non mining node makes about as much difference as posting your opinion on the github pull request<br/><br/>both sides agree on this 😂 2025-04-29T13:02:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgulj48s7rcpl2zunxr9cczaqpazguuun0xclmp2969zgj4j29sqszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz2yva7a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdj262dgls3c5h989gr9nejyyw8ahnxyfy5y6p0n0astakg2upprqpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wc0p47a0'>nevent1q…47a0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If economic demand for these transactions grows, it is reasonable to expect that some miners will relax the policy rules on their blockmaker node to earn this extra revenue. <br/><br/>These transactions won&#39;t relay over the standard bitcoin core p2p relay, so they will either be submitted directly to the miner (e.g. slipstream) or over an alternate relay path (e.g. opreturn bot using libre relay). Once mined they will be downloaded by all nodes in the network.<br/><br/>From my perspective, it&#39;s inevitable that systems will be built to get valid transactions to miners if they can&#39;t be relayed p2p. This has already happened, and will likely continue to happen as people develop systems which require the use of nonstandard transactions. 2025-04-29T09:32:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdj262dgls3c5h989gr9nejyyw8ahnxyfy5y6p0n0astakg2upprqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz8pkkwu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvl25seqgkce94ns9qfy7y9qkty95zxfj3al26eu0glmm4gxaaptgpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcaw8kwa'>nevent1q…8kwa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ideally the standard transactions &amp; DOS transactions sets don&#39;t intersect, that&#39;s the intention of most policy rules. <br/><br/>Note: There are some who believe that policy rules should be used to guide the use of the permissionless network. Personally I think this is a folly when there is an economic incentive.<br/><br/>It&#39;s relatively simple to ensure that the standard transactions and known DOS transactions don&#39;t intersect because they are both well defined. It&#39;s harder to know whether the standard transactions and the unknown DOS transactions don&#39;t intersect, but we can reason about how we would construct a DOS transaction and then add some policy rules. For example, we can set a limit on the total size of a transaction, which will presumably mean some unknown DOS transactions are now non standard (and our node is protected).<br/><br/>So to be prudent we can add in lots of policy / standardness rules to protect us from unknown DOS transactions, which makes our node less vulnerable. The tradeoff is that in doing this we also make some safe (non DOS) transactions non standard. Arguably this is what happened over the years with bitcoin core, and for good reason.<br/><br/>This is a key point when considering policy rules. Our understanding of what transactions potentially result in a DOS risk is undoubtedly incomplete, and the widespread adoption of current bitcoin core standardness rules might be protecting the network more than we realise. But, having strict policy rules is also making some perfectly safe transactions non standard. For miners, these non standard, known non DOS transactions represent a safe source of extra revenue.<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/QhEf.jpg"> 2025-04-29T09:32:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrnw58f6853qvtlzmv5qm9m24euz7w2jykxtqhgdgexspy7xyxrmgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz8ussmm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx6da9edwmc773uyjk6ws4zzd0lpn9gkc9ut9kjlvqpggeajf3lnspz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wc5etufn'>nevent1q…tufn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here is a quick introduction to what bitcoin policy rules are<br/><br/>We start with (consensus) valid transactions. These transactions abide by the bitcoin consensus rules which all nodes on the network enforce. For example, a non coinbase transaction can&#39;t spend more than the sum of the inputs.<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/QhEb.jpg"> 2025-04-29T09:30:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx6da9edwmc773uyjk6ws4zzd0lpn9gkc9ut9kjlvqpggeajf3lnszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzc0k79t The recent pull request to bitcoin core made by peter todd (pull 32359) removes the code to enforce a policy limit on the size and number of OP_RETURN outputs. Additionally, he proposes the removal of the configuration options to allow node runners to modify the maximum size of data carrying transactions. 2025-04-29T09:30:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05jujn9lyqlajz9rr5mg7q896v3syhknqxa3p7x5guvqd9t5zh0czyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzgp0ea0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2k0fesx5vrsgctptsfdffs9gsllyvfqypwjt9h0ueh9dv9pslrgy3872x'>nevent1q…872x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Examples of users <br/><br/>The High-Ticket Merchant<br/>Sells expensive goods with incoming funds straight into cold storage. Can’t (or won’t) leave a hot key online for CPFP, and asking the customer to bump the fee is awkward. An auto-accelerator guarantees confirmation so the product can ship without delay. <br/><br/>The Multisig Treasury Custodian<br/>Manages a 3-of-5 vault for a family office. Gathering three signers to recreate an RBF transaction is slow and costly; the automated bump removes that operational friction. <br/><br/>The Air-Gapped Solo Stacker<br/>Signs a single-sig transaction on an offline device just before boarding a long flight or going off-grid. With no way to reconnect, the auto-accelerator acts as a safety net if the initial fee estimate was too low. <br/><br/>Payroll Controller<br/>Payroll is broadcast on Friday and the finance team is away for the weekend. If the mempool spikes, the auto-accelerator silently bumps the fee so employee pay doesn’t wait until Monday. 2025-04-25T09:35:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp2k0fesx5vrsgctptsfdffs9gsllyvfqypwjt9h0ueh9dv9pslrgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzagtvyz You are making a transaction, you check mempool and set what seems like an appropriate fee, but then a new degen mint drops and your transaction gets buried. New transactions coming in push your transaction further back, and 24 hours later it&#39;s 10 blocks deep.<br/><br/>Fortunately you used Mempool Auto Accelerator with a 24h Time Delay trigger, and your transaction confirms in the next block.<br/><br/>I have 10 beta access spots, dm me.<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/cb304169e7a2a3f54542da15f0695a1109f21a5ed9c3ee10fb75fc137f990576.png"> 2025-04-25T07:39:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrtfv3zka78wpapsxpdh5ghgjj080peslhsr7rvaqlkq6pafumrcszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz2nenpk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyyt8s6c5v4vjzx5alvyumjfvstfx8swjys0r6yfqdyrlz5z3q07qpzemhxw309ucnjv3wxymrst338qhrww3hxumnwuvlzaf'>nevent1q…lzaf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for the mention! 2025-04-23T18:18:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw529d0rhczep02qq075lw9r7var7vwqvkwe7rh2k6x7h4ha4k0sqzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzmvlws7 Thanks to DATUM the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7ct5d3shxtnwdaehgu3wd3skuep0qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcqyqpdnat8dlluxw0la9xl4vuta03pecghcmc4p8vey25z6320ggx6ydvfd7j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>OCEAN</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…fd7j</span>)</a></span> team have increased the number of entities finding blocks who constructed their own templates by 13 entities (11 if you assume Just Fo r X is one entity). You love to see it.<br/><br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/QaLi.png"> <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqqke74nkll7r88l7jn06kw97hcsuuytudu2snkvj92pdg485yrdzqqsxvpt2t007thcklrw6x003a6px98srdmjcyaxcs73x5sg599y4eyqcpvm9m" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…vm9m</a></span> </div> 🚀 DATUM Hits 100 Blocks 🌊<br/><br/>Miners all over the world are letting the industry know that decentralization matters. <br/><br/>In less than a year, OCEAN’s DATUM Mining Protocol has spread like wildfire. 📈 Over 65% of OCEAN’s miners are using DATUM, and that number is growing every day.<br/><br/>This means block template construction is making its way back into the hands of the miners, which is not only the most profitable for miners on OCEAN but also one of the best things for Bitcoin. <br/><br/>Decentralization is happening. <br/>Bitcoin is becoming censorship resistant again.<br/>The future is starting to look bright again.<br/><br/>To all of our miners who helped make this possible: Thank you.<br/><br/>We’re humbled by your support and trust. <br/><br/>To all of our future miners: what are you waiting for? <br/><br/>DATUM is ready when you are. 💪<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/61487e5651139e181a7237bb1d2c1d7be5818ed4e364ead17b65d75937598519.png"> </blockquote> 2025-04-23T08:05:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx5s48p8ddgqla9jxw47ykghj7uzy5ng0x9rudkw9kp5ek3xpx2tgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzh9l670 <a href="https://zap.stream/npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx">https://zap.stream/npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx</a> 2025-04-22T21:03:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf24g64qtsupdtyerg69xm0hm3tfngq2fp2mv90a2vuckfp8q63ngzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz5wx536 Very interested to learn more about the Privacy improvements. &#34;Predicate blind signing&#34; was mentioned previously by the team in their Oct 2024 post.<br/><br/><a href="https://bitkey.build/building-in-the-open/">https://bitkey.build/building-in-the-open/</a><br/><br/># Signing privacy <br/>Predicate blind signing combines blind Schnorr signatures with zero-knowledge proofs that make assertions about transaction attributes. This allows the server to enforce signing policies without learning any identifying information about the transaction itself.<br/><br/># Vault privacy <br/>For transactions involving funds stored in the vault, the server only signs for the funds outside the vault, adding an extra layer of protection. To preserve privacy while proving funds exist, we use a zero-knowledge proof system similar to the proof-of-solvency approach utilized by exchanges. This method allows the app to prove to the server that sufficient funds exist for a transaction without revealing any specific details about wallet balances or transaction history.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpq35r7yzkm4te5460u00jz4djcw0qa90zku7739qn7wj4ralhe4zqqsyj978jn6dfwdpk3tstt2xzt22m8rcfrh56y9hllhc0lurhlnxg2q0hvcp7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…vcp7</a></span> </div> transaction verification, fingerprint reset, private wallet balances, private purchasing, and buy with bitcoin. a lot coming to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hsqgzakfxj7zdnuj2h2xvk03nqyucdaddvdagw90gxv8qykfr39ktl5gmenkd7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bitkey</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…nkd7</span>)</a></span> starting in may: <a href="https://bitkey.build/building-better-bitcoin-self-custody/">https://bitkey.build/building-better-bitcoin-self-custody/</a> </blockquote> 2025-04-22T15:40:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06398pkhg8dt7pc80ky2gwzwn9uql0nhrmkn7cm9sxwwwzlvv24czyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz34sa0z confused about the different mining options with <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7ct5d3shxtnwdaehgu3wd3skuep0qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcqyqpdnat8dlluxw0la9xl4vuta03pecghcmc4p8vey25z6320ggx6ydvfd7j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>OCEAN</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…fd7j</span>)</a></span> ? I&#39;ve made a table to compare STRATUM (V1) with DATUM.<br/><br/>Will add in STRATUM V2 &amp; DEMAND in the future.<br/><br/><a href="http://poolcomparison.orange.surf">http://poolcomparison.orange.surf</a> 2025-04-16T12:54:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9aw3gtz5jzkhhqz2352wstekcz2ddjy8uv9hlmp4jfa4w55fwrlczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz7hua0s &#34;solo mining&#34; is currently confusing as a term because it&#39;s being used to mean different things by different people (often with an agenda).<br/><br/>Sovereign Mining: You select the transactions<br/>Lotto Mining: You get the full block reward 2025-04-15T06:58:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs87g6q399h89m8k878wn0gahcpv3cyrx5tckdqrnvwvlsjrtlcxzczyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzd5wwzs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstx0na67z6ce7w7un69hnqf8c8aysrvk6ukqvfmkcdpgcqvx0envgpzemhxw309ucnjv3wxymrst338qhrww3hxumnwvaazry'>nevent1q…azry</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Looking forward to both 2025-04-14T20:43:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd7d67r5ewj8hp5l5vwgus8txuq27h75kst6a8a99lmpp9t0s2mvgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehznhy0zj A third of all transactions in the past 30 days were BRC20 2025-03-22T17:38:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxkh83s07sle4lcgv77gfnky693wsvs5dvjyynw33gmkyu72erruszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz5xdpvy What is the best long form criticism or caution regarding the strategic bitcoin reserve? 2025-03-09T16:32:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2trdwe3rp5l5demfqk3avm6sq8u8k2x82xaarcgg269lwkvls87czyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzuq06t7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf4v2w9pmqa95dayzphulpnp69qgjah5j00xadnwrzw5eztnr4lnqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet574pu3e'>nevent1q…pu3e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for taking the time to write a thoughtful reply. 2024-09-04T10:53:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr3g32xsdy694k6w6ky38dj6uv5l7khq02zmsy500g434qzntn8zgzyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehz5mehts I want to use nostr more but it feels like I am shouting into the void, probably a skill issue 2024-09-03T17:44:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgc8fanzqjz6t82cwuakcteq0l3xg403sw9xyqwpq5wqhzjk3dfaszyq7aa6jjwqy7yhyg6dpp9a7f4gmrgna7a0ftdxsyaemlls7qaaehzm00r90 Any 3D printing / design enthusiasts on nostr? #plebchain 2023-04-10T12:59:12Z