2026-02-23T17:07:30Z https://nostr.now hodlonaut https://nostr.now/npub1cjw49ftnxene9wdxujz3tp7zspp0kf862cjud4nm3j2usag6eg2smwj2rh https://blossom.primal.net/cb2575d4aba4b44dd748fabe55667a4c340950c71d7b8db6bd1a719b62958220.png https://blossom.primal.net/cb2575d4aba4b44dd748fabe55667a4c340950c71d7b8db6bd1a719b62958220.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvjdezfuqayj7zy4e2508cl4kn5pj3xkk3l6y6zj9e0aemr8dfr0czyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2nzwncr CAPTURE<br/><br/>An investigation across four articles into how informal power over Bitcoin Core was assembled, exercised, and defended.<br/><br/>Article Three: The Merge<br/><br/><a href="https://www.citadel21.com/the-merge">https://www.citadel21.com/the-merge</a> 2026-06-15T14:12:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdhud78q3u40m0c5ex44pvq3ra2h8hzlgnl5qf32h0d59r3v05ccszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2qcjyt5 <a href="https://www.citadel21.com/the-network">https://www.citadel21.com/the-network</a> 2026-06-06T05:11:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2a6xl30f875w5q9ur65mwaq96vjxjlyssmrdejlr0qprtxtjkgczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2vy8f52 CAPTURE<br/><br/>An investigation across four articles into how informal power over Bitcoin Core was assembled, exercised, and defended. <br/><br/>Article Two: The Lever<br/><br/><a href="https://www.citadel21.com/the-lever">https://www.citadel21.com/the-lever</a> 2026-04-29T17:53:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgvrwv8j9ezvw77jztz6ee4f5tfuh699e7fw4ff8zaxlp0f9zw48szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2zvgjcx CAPTURE<br/><br/>An investigation across four articles into how informal power over Bitcoin Core was assembled, exercised, and defended.<br/><br/>Article One: The Network<br/><br/><a href="https://www.citadel21.com/the-network">https://www.citadel21.com/the-network</a> 2026-03-27T22:24:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspcdft7d8889x3pr8jtq0g8t287n2lj3sps74q66gz36utat7l57czyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p27h0t5q Human nature insures there will never be a time when Bitcoin does not need to be defended and fought for.<br/><br/>Complacency is an attack vector.<br/><br/>Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. 2026-03-12T07:41:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2jre53ca8g3ytx6d4ke68ctd36g2jeksf9xh6xl2p0qzudhukg7szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p20xqcz2 By repeatedly adjusting default mempool policy to match what miners will accept anyway (large OP_RETURN uncapped because “they’ll just mine it via bypasses like Libre Relay, or direct APIs”), we are implicitly conceding that miner greed + economic incentives are the ultimate rule-setter, not node-enforced principles.<br/><br/>Meaning a (cleverly hidden) capitulation of Bitcoin as a decentralized project.<br/><br/>You could say that the “CENSORSHIP!” argument from Core and their supporters on the concept of nodes filtering is a roundabout way of critizing decentralization itself.<br/><br/>Nodes were always supposed to be the sovereign check, they decide what they accapt and relay.<br/><br/>When we keep loosening policy to align with whatever is the current grift “use case”, and by extension what is short term profitable for miners, it trains the entire ecosystem to treat restrictive node behavior as pointless theater.<br/><br/>Over time this hollows out node sovereignty: running a full node becomes more about passively observing the chain that miners + L2s + data-spammers have already decided on, rather than actively enforcing a monetary-first standard.<br/><br/>As a cuck bonus it also leads to higher resource costs for every honest node (bandwidth, RAM, storage) à fewer independent verifiers in practice<br/><br/>Decentralization starts looking like a performance act. Miners produce the blocks, a handful of relays and L2 sequencers steer the flow, and nodes just… validate after the fact.<br/><br/>It’s not a hard-fork capitulation (consensus rules haven’t changed), but it is a cultural, philosophical and operational one. The most profound capitulation in practice.<br/><br/>The philosophy flips from “Bitcoin should resist non-monetary garbage even if it costs us some short-term fee revenue” to “whatever pays miners gets standardized because resistance is futile.”<br/><br/>Once you accept “miners will do it anyway” as the justification for policy, you’ve already handed the character of Bitcoin over to the highest bidder. Nodes stop being the immune system and start becoming just a polite audience.<br/><br/>The OP_RETURN uncap looks a lot like another quiet step toward a two-tier network (miners + insiders set the tone, everyone else just watches. Keep doing this and running a node risks becoming a branding exercise instead of the actual source and guarantee of Bitcoin’s decentralization. 2026-03-11T07:29:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw4a5c0rp8v5z4a8kkkw99x004xysa75cf5vwzeyefk566tqqhnpczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p248c4fv Spent some time researching this <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="/naddr1qq0xx6t5wfjkzttpdejz6argv5kk7uzlwfjhgatjdckh2mnrv9cqz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wspzp3ya22jhxdn8j2u6dey9zkru9qzzlvj05439cmt8hry4ep634js4qvzqqqr4guxg3g0q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">naddr1qq…3g0q</a></span> </div> <p>There&#39;s a narrative circulating that Citrea had nothing to do with the OP_RETURN uncap.</p> <p>This article explores what the people who pushed the change actually said.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/c2fc06b25be14dafc01255eb006a2d978ffee2ad9bf767fd0628019ec0504d49.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Starting with Peter Todd. He filed PR #32359. The OP_RETURN removal PR that started the public controversy.</p> <p>On Stacker News he wrote:</p> <p>&#34;This pull-req wasn&#39;t my idea. I was asked to open it by an active Core dev because entities like Citrea are using unprunable outputs.&#34;</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/9b6011f645386a97821d85b75ae2822a2612112a95fd082ef4608a759213cc88.jpg" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Todd: &#34;And yes, that&#39;s the thing that has changed since.&#34;</p> <p>He&#39;s explaining why the PR was reopened after years of dormancy.</p> <p>The thing that changed: Citrea. Named explicitly, by the man who filed the PR, as the reason it was filed.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/c529113d213408f68d0421385d4ca5d29c59e518fa5c275fb76b5309dbdaf88f.jpg" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Before Todd filed anything, Poinsot had already published a mailing list post arguing for relaxing the limits.</p> <p>Poinsot confirmed this himself at the May 1 IRC meeting: &#34;I explained the rationale on the mailing list. Todd only opened the PR days after that.&#34;</p> <p>The argument was Poinsot&#39;s. The name on the PR was Todd&#39;s.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/112a16508c5b46e300f88b1a04fb92d0fc2e970c4fc0dc7fdee4a50015a07c04.png" alt=""/></p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/bbaf5f32b0e25f31ee1e13b0efc3931f0aad25dbbc47a967e06bd638b31d2dc5.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Antoine Poinsot of Chaincode Labs names Citrea Citrea explicitly on his own blog, described their specific technical situation in detail.</p> <p>How the Clementine bridge needs to pass 144 bytes, writing that &#34;it was recently brought to my attention that Citrea faced this situation.&#34;</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/72d04b31434f5dd8d948f6807894c2a7cc484077ccea71e0a4e117cdd87e7ce1.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>On April 29, 2025, the day the PR was locked for being &#34;too heated&#34;, Matt Corallo wrote publicly:</p> <p>&#34;The entire reason for this debate is removing a filter that is going to result in a project (Citrea) shipping a product that generates material UTXO bloat.&#34;</p> <p>His words. Public record.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/65a38abf6dac55eba20fbc9117eb79bbe547c3e8b6bf4ae60b71ce1b17fc094e.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Moving on to the May 1st Bitcoin Core IRC meeting, the inner circle session where the strategy was set.</p> <p>Citrea was named three times, by three separate participants.</p> <hr> <p>Greg Sanders (instagibbs, Spiral/Block) set the meeting agenda and framed the options.</p> <p>At 16:44: &#34;You don&#39;t have to love Citrea&#39;s design, but actively reducing harm should be the default where possible.&#34;</p> <p>The agenda-setter frames the entire change as harm reduction for Citrea&#39;s use case.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/861495f14e0e9b173e03d2f77d710aa14389acbf67dfb25bb3c242a79a00eec0.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Poinsot at 16:54: &#34;Also, to be clear this type of transaction in Citrea is very unlikely to end up onchain. I raised the point because it illustrates an issue with our policy.&#34;</p> <p>He names Citrea as the motivating case. Five weeks before the merge.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/cf1a487c5ac6f21fb8d8a6f7564e9c4dbacc2a61640eef5d9ce946f83961c0eb.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Pieter Wuille (sipa) at 16:57: &#34;there is very good probability that citrea, or whatever individual project, just doesn&#39;t take off.&#34;</p> <p>The most technically eminent figure in the room also names Citrea.</p> <p>Three participants. Zero disputes Citrea as the live motivating case.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/9e503717d294983edef4a54cc69bda3275962043518eea2dfa402b85dadec35c.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>At the same meeting, instagibbs explains why he prefers unlimited over a targeted increase:</p> <p>&#34;I&#39;m fine enough with 2, but prefer 3 out of humility of not knowing the next zk proof size people want to use.&#34;</p> <p>ZK proof size. The exact technical requirement of the corporate entity named throughout the meeting.</p> <p>Alsno note How Gloria Zhao frames opposition as &#34;drama&#34;.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/efb08cf35bf0874a05994671ab5509e26f474d89eeb93cc0ada092a2409a3445.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>The day after that meeting, on May 2nd, instagibbs opens PR #32406, the PR that actually got merged.</p> <p>He files it and immediately posts in IRC: &#34;fanquake please lock for now.&#34;</p> <p>Locked before any outside comment is possible. This is the PR Gloria Zhao merges on June 9.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/820d69654af1906c6fcaa3b50de2f4f7bb9d608cca27bdfe7dfdddec522e7ff7.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>PR #32406 was unlocked on May 5, but critics who wanted to engage technically had been muted.</p> <p>Luke Dashjr: muted.</p> <p>BitcoinMechanic: muted. Luke Dashjr: muted.</p> <p>BitcoinMechanic: muted.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/0e669af197da627aff4fea2f574df7f04ebed9fcf1159ababbddaa7e4d4c5fec.png" alt=""/></p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/0e287cb77271e0674af0dda29fa5eb4dbc70730a17f4011e8c70b0822a587dbe.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>On May 12, Gloria Zhao closes PR #32359, the commissioned PR Todd filed, naming Citrea in his own words as the reason.</p> <p>The replacement: PR #32406, filed by instagibbs the day after the inner circle IRC meeting, locked before any outside comment.</p> <p>Zhao closes one. Zhao later merges the other on June 9.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/a2674d749142b3d0b8b82341013f015fb0366a60abc680c0a3b868990564988a.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>AJ Towns on May 14, in a public X reply to Poinsot:</p> <p>&#34;Oh man, don&#39;t call direct relay to miners/pools a &#39;bridge&#39;, especially when the conversation started with citrea...&#34;</p> <p>A Core insider publicly stating that the conversation started with Citrea.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/47c28ea5e757b5603ec3e9093aac58db52c954afb045f79e72986080eb671880.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Matt Corallo on April 29, the day of peak public opposition:</p> <p>&#34;The entire reason for this debate is removing a filter that is going to result in a project (Citrea) shipping a product that generates material UTXO bloat.&#34;</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/2e10f475848b20084e52dd93ad0168673a58b3ae8007a30f818bb9865226398e.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Jason Hughes (VP, Ocean Mining), after the merge:</p> <p>&#34;52 days. That&#39;s all it took for a non-Bitcoin project to co-opt Bitcoin Core&#39;s development and direction.&#34;</p> <p>He counted the days from when Citrea&#39;s need was raised to when the change was merged.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/e7fafa53d9ed641f93abad96d60b0807170900d3e16c76a6ab6aade71813ca32.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Now here&#39;s where it gets even more interesting.</p> <p>Jameson Lopp is one of the most vocal public defenders of the merge.</p> <p>He publicly defended muting Luke Dashjr and BitcoinMechanic on the PR. He wrote articles attacking critics.</p> <p>Lopp is an investor in Citrea. This was not disclosed in any of it.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/6586b065f9e1544d60f9efc9f54551dab0f44a7f2993a2b269b3ad8f0e7bf017.png" alt=""/></p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/890fa413f07d674c68ebd661b7bb0786c9e13e91a4f950fc3cdfac7a077e9c08.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>In February 2026, Lopp published &#34;A Layman&#39;s Guide to BIP-110&#34;, defending Citrea&#39;s reputation in the controversy.</p> <p>He quotes his own X posts: &#34;Citrea&#39;s bridge does not need larger OP_RETURNs to operate.&#34;</p> <p>He is an investor publicly defending his portfolio company.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/ea7eab101c73054e3e22076d1f1fc74c89d58521dad46c7992cf4657f122e9e6.jpg" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Putting the timeline together.</p> <p>April 17: After learning of Citrea&#39;s situation, publishes mailing list campaign arguing for relaxing limits</p> <p>April 27: Todd files PR #32359, names Citrea as the reason</p> <p>April 30: PR #32359 locked because &#34;too heated&#34;</p> <p>May 1: Inner circle IRC meeting: Citrea named 3x</p> <p>May 2: instagibbs opens PR #32406, locked immediately</p> <p>May 5: PR #32406 unlocked, critics immediately muted</p> <p>May 12: Zhao closes #32359</p> <p>June 9: Zhao merges #32406</p> <hr> <p>Every step of that sequence is on the public record.</p> <p>IRC logs. GitHub. Stacker News. DMs. Blog posts. Tweets from the people who did it.</p> <p>Documented on the public record by the principals themselves.</p> <hr> <p>But now, retroactively, the argument is: &#34;Citrea had nothing to do with it.&#34;</p> <p>Adam Back says the limit doesn&#39;t matter, you could set it with dice.</p> <p>Lopp says Citrea uses witness data anyway.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/b38e72fa9e0d99c8c9f2782c12754a11613dee968f2595f28ddc39cf571c3715.png" alt=""/></p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/7740c13932c396d915d935b55ecbfee844539f7ec77578114bbb7847cae376e8.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Here&#39;s the problem with that.</p> <p>If the specific limit level was arbitrary.</p> <p>Dice-tossable even.</p> <p>Then the choice to go unlimited, over unprecedented community opposition wasn&#39;t driven by technical necessity.</p> <p>It was driven by something else.</p> <hr> <p>PR #32381, Poinsot&#39;s own smaller PR, got Concept NACKs from 5 reviewers.</p> <p>Poinsot&#39;s response to the NACKs: close it. &#34;We should do #32359 instead.&#34; The full uncap.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/b096e5aad76aca3a61d1f3fc3ee625dfb278c557f8d3f964a7625c41481289df.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>At the May 1 IRC meeting, when the choice was between a modest increase and unlimited:</p> <p>instagibbs chose unlimited because of ZK proof size uncertainty, so they wouldn&#39;t have to &#34;revisit this again.&#34;</p> <p>Future-proofing for ZK rollup clients. On the record.</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/e9a63e38ef22762c141022507f7d6541ae6f44852e861a023d6a0fdb5f2c26c3.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Instagibbs authored a public gist speaking &#34;for the project&#34; on the change.</p> <p>It contains no mention of:</p> <ul> <li><p>Citrea</p></li> <li><p>PR #32359</p></li> <li><p>the commissioned PR</p></li> <li><p>Luke&#39;s rejected patch</p></li> <li><p>The CVE filed when Luke&#39;s patch was rejected</p></li> </ul> <p>The public document presents a history from which the entire origin story was removed.</p> <p>It said the change had &#34;earned broad, though not perhaps unanimous, support.&#34;</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/14c13017ea10095cfe7ed81bd30e5b10fbf3ff471e65a7104420e0a4e9c8549c.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>So: did Citrea have something to do with it?</p> <p>Peter Todd says yes, named them as the reason he filed.</p> <p>Poinsot&#39;s blog says yes, describes their technical situation in detail.</p> <p>Corallo says yes, &#34;the entire reason for this debate.&#34;</p> <p>instagibbs says yes, &#34;you don&#39;t have to love Citrea&#39;s design.&#34;</p> <p>Towns says yes, &#34;the conversation started with citrea.&#34;</p> <hr> <p>One more thing.</p> <p>The jesterhodl comment that got him blocked from PR #32381:</p> <p>He named Citrea. Described their specific technical requirements accurately. Proposed a proportionate alternative.</p> <p>Poinsot blocked him.</p> <p>Corallo called it clearing &#34;stupid drama.&#34;</p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/ea1996bcdb049be74fe1ecf1226948886e4cd2a8b53c3bf019affe055c3f3a98.png" alt=""/></p> <p><img src="https://blossom.band/f4b73ce89496bc2a63df09ebd3e80ca26ed603cfe65263ba4ae62362b2b4d1dc.png" alt=""/></p> <hr> <p>Sources for all of this:</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/lopp/status/1968366951442596170">https://x.com/lopp/status/1968366951442596170</a> <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/d6ZO7gXGYbQ">https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/d6ZO7gXGYbQ</a> <a href="https://x.com/adam3us/status/2024224207698067797">https://x.com/adam3us/status/2024224207698067797</a> <a href="https://x.com/adam3us/status/2024851801455947794">https://x.com/adam3us/status/2024851801455947794</a> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/971297">https://stacker.news/items/971297</a> <a href="https://antoinep.com/posts/relay_policy_drama/">https://antoinep.com/posts/relay_policy_drama/</a> <a href="https://antoinep.com/posts/relay_policy_drama/">https://antoinep.com/posts/relay_policy_drama/</a> <a href="https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1917220829890502702">https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1917220829890502702</a> <a href="https://erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-05-01.html">https://erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-05-01.html</a> <a href="https://erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-05-02.html">https://erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/log-2025-05-02.html</a> <a href="https://x.com/ajtowns/status/1922647411710652467">https://x.com/ajtowns/status/1922647411710652467</a> <a href="https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1917220829890502702">https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1917220829890502702</a> <a href="https://x.com/wk057/status/1932099385975771486">https://x.com/wk057/status/1932099385975771486</a> <a href="https://x.com/lopp/status/1917591792754778226">https://x.com/lopp/status/1917591792754778226</a> <a href="https://x.com/lopp/status/1917012647804801226">https://x.com/lopp/status/1917012647804801226</a> <a href="https://x.com/lopp/status/1917691277681770662">https://x.com/lopp/status/1917691277681770662</a> <a href="https://blog.lopp.net/knot-a-serious-project/">https://blog.lopp.net/knot-a-serious-project/</a> <a href="https://x.com/lopp/status/1919105071213666464">https://x.com/lopp/status/1919105071213666464</a> <a href="https://blog.lopp.net/a-laymans-guide-to-bip-110/">https://blog.lopp.net/a-laymans-guide-to-bip-110/</a> <a href="https://x.com/ajtowns/status/1921931361549697173">https://x.com/ajtowns/status/1921931361549697173</a> <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/d6ZO7gXGYbQ">https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/d6ZO7gXGYbQ</a> <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32359">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32359</a> <a href="https://protos.com/moderators-censor-bitcoin-devs-as-op_return-war-rages-on/">https://protos.com/moderators-censor-bitcoin-devs-as-op_return-war-rages-on/</a> <a href="https://x.com/adam3us/status/2023732882544472424">https://x.com/adam3us/status/2023732882544472424</a> <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32381">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32381</a> <a href="https://gist.github.com/instagibbs/c436110890ab25aa9997b13c2270d5ce">https://gist.github.com/instagibbs/c436110890ab25aa9997b13c2270d5ce</a></p> <hr> <p>Thank you for reading.</p> </blockquote> 2026-03-10T11:32:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhna2qndytjzgavsp8r2y58qwfd7ezpv76zux3ty7ndj0gt5685qzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p26rceke In July 2023 and September 2023, two pull requests hit the Bitcoin Core repository.<br/><br/>One tried to tighten data limits. One tried to remove them entirely.<br/><br/>They were moving in opposite directions. The people behind them knew what they were doing.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>PR #28130, July 2023: Peter Todd files to remove the OP_RETURN mempool limit entirely.<br/><br/>PR #28408, September 2023: Luke Dashjr files to extend -datacarriersize to cover the SegWit/Taproot inscription loophole.<br/><br/>Luke tightening. Todd eliminating. Both active at the same time.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Todd NACKs Luke&#39;s PR, calling it censorship.<br/><br/>PR #28408 is killed. PR #28130 is closed without adoption — but it has done its job: established the position publicly and seeded the argument for next time.<br/><br/>Kill the defence. Advance the attack. The pincer has two arms.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>What Todd does not disclose when NACKing Luke&#39;s patch: he operates Libre Relay.<br/><br/>Libre Relay is a direct-to-miner relay service routing non-standard transactions — including inscription-heavy ones — to miners, bypassing mempool policy entirely.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Todd&#39;s argument: filters are ineffective because miners include non-standard transactions anyway.<br/><br/>Libre Relay is part of the infrastructure that makes this self-fulfilling.<br/><br/>He built the bypass. Then cited the bypass as proof limits don&#39;t work.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>April 2025: Todd files PR #32359 to remove the limit.<br/><br/>He later admits on Stacker News:<br/><br/>&#34;This pull-req wasn&#39;t my idea. I was asked to open it by an active Core dev because entities like Citrea are using unprunable outputs instead of OP_Return.&#34;<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Citrea: a VC-funded ZK-rollup whose business model needed more on-chain data storage.<br/><br/>The PR was not an organic expression of Todd&#39;s technical views.<br/><br/>It was a brief, handed to him by an unnamed active Core developer, to solve a corporate client&#39;s problem.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Samson Mow calls it &#34;PR laundering&#34; — routing through Todd to produce the appearance of independent initiative.<br/><br/>Antoine Poinsot (Chaincode Labs) connected to early discussions.<br/><br/>The same Poinsot who disputed Luke&#39;s CVE in October 2024. Both ends of the sequence.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Jameson Lopp publicly advocates for the PR.<br/><br/>He does not disclose he is an investor in Citrea — the same company whose data needs triggered the PR.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>The PR draws 423 thumbs-down against 105 thumbs-up.<br/><br/>Ava Chow had stated publicly in December 2023: &#34;If it is controversial, then we don&#39;t touch it.&#34;<br/><br/>June 9, 2025: Gloria Zhao merges it anyway.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>PR #32406 does something beyond uncapping OP_RETURN.<br/><br/>It removes -datacarrier and marks -datacarriersize as deprecated — the switches letting node operators filter data-carrying transactions from their mempools.<br/><br/>Luke Dashjr authored those options in 2014.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>The justification: the flag is &#34;obsolete&#34; and a &#34;footgun.&#34;<br/><br/>Gloria&#39;s announcement tweet confirmed the deprecation explicitly.<br/><br/>The escape hatch was being closed behind the change.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Under sustained pressure, Core maintainer Ava Chow reversed the deprecation via PR #33453 — merged hours before the v30 release window in October 2025.<br/><br/>User configurability preserved — for now.<br/><br/>The 100KB default was not reversed.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Thirty-one Bitcoin Core contributors sign an open letter supporting the merge.<br/><br/>The letter uses the word &#34;censorship&#34; to describe any opposition.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Gloria&#39;s public statement on X:<br/><br/>&#34;Demanding that Bitcoin Core prevent certain transactions from being mined reflects a misunderstanding of the relationship between open source software users and developers.&#34;<br/><br/>She deletes the account on May 15, 2025.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>The community response is the largest organised opposition to a Core change since the 2017 block size wars.<br/><br/>Bitcoin Knots — Luke&#39;s alternative implementation — surges from ~2% of the network to over 21%.<br/><br/>5,114 Knots nodes at time of v30 release. BitRef data confirmed.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Dennis Porter, who had raised over $200,000 for Core developers:<br/><br/>&#34;My faith in their work is now broken. I will no longer be financially supporting Core development.&#34;<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Nick Szabo — pioneer cryptographer, silent on social media for five years — returns for v30.<br/><br/>&#34;I strongly recommend not upgrading to Core v30.&#34;<br/><br/>He also flags criminal liability for node operators storing illegal content they can no longer remove.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Bitcoin Core v30 ships October 11, 2025.<br/><br/>Within weeks, downloads are pulled. The release contains a bug capable of deleting Satoshi-era wallet.dat files during migration — potentially destroying funds held by early holders who had not backed up separately.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>A release delayed for weeks due to governance controversy shipped with the most serious wallet safety bug in years.<br/><br/>Knots supporters noted the contrast immediately.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>One supporter&#39;s statement is worth preserving.<br/><br/>Ark Labs Ecosystem Lead Alex Bergeron stated publicly he intends &#34;to use all of the additional OP_Return space and WILL use it to make Bitcoin more like Ethereum, except better.&#34;<br/><br/>A proponent confirming what critics warned.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>2023: reject Luke&#39;s patch. 2025: merge the uncap using the open loophole as excuse.<br/>2021: try to remove Dashjr as BIP editor. 2025: mute him on the OP_RETURN PR.<br/>2014: Luke builds the configuration option. 2025: try to deprecate it in the same merge.<br/><br/>Not a series of independent events. 2026-03-05T16:26:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv46je85h9p95vghfapyhht690fe2z6fx7rym8874uv76s2w3f3hszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2ff0hgy VC money is a helluva drug. <br/><br/>Symptoms include: <br/><br/>- sudden inability to define the word &#34;spam&#34;, previously straightforward concept, now philosophically complex<br/><br/>- the word &#34;censorship&#34; begins to apply to things that were previously called &#34;node policy&#34;<br/><br/>- previously held view that &#34;arbitrary data does not belong on a monetary ledger&#34; becomes &#34;who are we to say what belongs?&#34;<br/><br/>- strongly held technical positions develop a mysterious flexibility 2026-03-05T16:22:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr23vgz4se4pgzlsg9008yzt8c907dlsf7yjg0jk52c8aegvt3exqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2rjvz6w VC money is a helluva drug. <br/><br/>Symptoms include: <br/><br/>- sudden inability to define the word &#34;spam&#34;, previously straightforward concept, now philosophically complex<br/><br/>- the word &#34;censorship&#34; begins to apply to things that were previously called &#34;node policy&#34;<br/><br/>- previously held view that &#34;arbitrary data does not belong on a monetary ledger&#34; becomes &#34;who are we to say what belongs?&#34;<br/><br/>- strongly held technical positions develop a mysterious flexibility 2026-03-05T16:20:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvm9h9uh48tns8cscphfw47es43s3wjanzmzh4hkfplf2r4304mnqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2as7jmx In 2025 Bitcoin Core removed a decade-old mempool policy default — a configurable limit on how much non-financial data nodes would relay. OP_RETURN was effectively uncapped.<br/><br/>Not a consensus rule. A default setting. But defaults govern what most of the network does. Which governs what miners see. Which governs what gets mined. <br/><br/>The justification: it wasn’t working anyway, data was getting in through a loophole. <br/><br/>What wasn’t disclosed: that loophole had been deliberately kept open. <br/><br/>Here’s the documented sequence:<br/><br/>2014: Luke Dashjr creates the -datacarriersize configuration option. <br/><br/>Its description: &#34;Maximum size of data in data carrier transactions we relay and mine.&#34; <br/><br/>Broad by design. Covers all transaction components. That&#39;s the operative text for ~10 years.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Late 2023: Developer Marco Falke changes the -datacarriersize description in v26.0.<br/><br/>New wording inserts &#34;scriptPubKey&#34; — outputs only.<br/><br/>Inscriptions use the input/witness section.<br/><br/>That single word change surgically excluded inscription spam from the option&#39;s scope.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>That change was not a typo fix.<br/><br/>AJ Towns ACKed it.<br/><br/>The diff is documented. The before/after screenshot exists.<br/><br/>The configuration option Luke built to protect the network had its scope quietly narrowed — while he was still maintaining the project.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Sept 2023: Luke submits PR #28408.<br/><br/>Purpose: extend -datacarriersize to cover the SegWit/Taproot witness loophole inscriptions were using to bypass existing limits.<br/><br/>A direct fix. Using the exact configuration option he built. Nine years earlier.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Gloria Zhao rejects it.<br/><br/>On-record comment: &#34;History of this config option suggests datacarriersize is meant to limit the size of data in OP_RETURN outputs, so this statement is untrue.&#34;<br/><br/>She cites curated historical PRs to support the narrowed reading.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>She does not mention that the operative description in the codebase had been changed in v26.0 by Marco Falke.<br/><br/>AJ Towns — who ACKed that documentation change — then gives an Approach NACK on Luke&#39;s patch.<br/><br/>The same man enabled the rejection and then ratified it.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Peter Todd also NACKs. Calls Luke&#39;s patch &#34;censoring&#34; transactions.<br/><br/>He does not disclose he operates Libre Relay — a direct-to-miner relay that routes inscription transactions around mempool policy.<br/><br/>He built the bypass. Then called closing it censorship.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>PR #28408 closes. 11 Concept NACKs vs 9 Concept ACKs.<br/><br/>The loophole remains open.<br/><br/>Jan 5, 2024: Luke opens Issue #29187 and formally designates the bypass as a security vulnerability: CVE-2023-50428.<br/><br/>&#34;Active exploitation... very harmful to Bitcoin even today.&#34;<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Oct 2024: Contributor darosior disputes the CVE.<br/><br/>&#34;The large majority of contributors disagree this is a security vulnerability. I believe the CVE system is being abused.&#34;<br/><br/>Next day, achow101 closes the issue.<br/><br/>The vulnerability is officially declared not a vulnerability.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>April 2025: Peter Todd files PR #32359 to remove the OP_RETURN limit entirely.<br/><br/>He later admits: &#34;This pull-req wasn&#39;t my idea. I was asked to open it by an active Core dev because entities like Citrea are using unprunable outputs instead of OP_Return.&#34;<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Citrea: a VC-funded ZK-rollup whose business model needed more on-chain data storage.<br/><br/>Jameson Lopp publicly advocates for the PR.<br/><br/>He is an investor in Citrea.<br/><br/>This was not disclosed.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Samson Mow calls it &#34;PR laundering&#34; — routing through Todd to fake independent initiative.<br/><br/>Antoine Poinsot (Chaincode Labs) connected to early discussions.<br/><br/>The same Poinsot who disputed Luke&#39;s CVE in October 2024.<br/><br/>He sits at both ends of the sequence.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>June 9, 2025: Gloria Zhao merges the uncapped OP_RETURN change.<br/><br/>The primary public justification: inscription data via the witness loophole is less prunable, so OP_RETURN should be uncapped to redirect it.<br/><br/>The harm reduction argument.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>That argument is entirely dependent on the witness loophole remaining open.<br/><br/>If PR #28408 had been merged in 2023, the loophole would be closed.<br/><br/>The harm reduction argument would not exist.<br/><br/>It would have had nothing to reduce harm from.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>The person who rejected the patch that would have closed the loophole is the same person who merged the change that used the open loophole as its justification.<br/><br/>That is not a coincidence.<br/><br/>That is a sequence.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>The last entry in Luke&#39;s closed CVE issue reads:<br/><br/>&#34;glozow mentioned this on Jun 9, 2025 — policy: uncap datacarrier by default #32406&#34;<br/><br/>The issue opened to fix the vulnerability referenced from the PR that exploited the unfixed vulnerability.<br/><br/>GitHub closes the loop.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Every step is documented:<br/><br/>→ Docs narrowed (v26.0, ACK: Towns)<br/>→ Patch rejected using narrowed docs (Zhao, Chow)<br/>→ CVE designated (Luke, Jan 2024)<br/>→ CVE closed (darosior, achow101, Oct 2024)<br/>→ Removal PR commissioned (Todd)<br/>→ Uncap merged (Zhao, Jun 9 2025)<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Adam Back claimed the narrowed definition &#34;was always the original intent.&#34;<br/><br/>The original 2014 text has no mention of OP_RETURN, scriptPubKey, or outputs.<br/><br/>That restriction was introduced in v26.0.<br/><br/>He treated an amendment as original intent.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>The PR had 423 thumbs-down against 105 thumbs-up.<br/><br/>Ava Chow had said publicly in Dec 2023: &#34;If it is controversial, then we don&#39;t touch it.&#34;<br/><br/>It was merged anyway.<br/><br/>Luke Dashjr was muted on the PR. Bitcoin Mechanic was muted on the PR.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Bitcoin Core&#39;s response:<br/><br/>→ 31 devs sign a letter calling opposition &#34;censorship&#34;<br/>→ GitHub moderators mute the loudest critics<br/><br/>And:<br/><br/>→ Nick Szabo breaks 5-year silence: &#34;run Knots&#34;<br/>→ 22% of the network switches to alternative software<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>The documentation was rewritten.<br/>The patch was rejected using the rewrite.<br/>The loophole was kept open.<br/>The open loophole became the justification.<br/>The justification enabled the uncap.<br/>The person who rejected the patch merged the uncap.<br/><br/>All on the public record. 2026-03-05T09:42:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdee7tv3x3nc2h2v5lr6a6tj4dfqmrunh86cfmvsqruvtsqv6cyuqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2fnjqps “So then, the (21M) cap is irrelevant when Jane Street can fabricate unlimited synthetic supply through undisclosed derivatives stacked on top of its own ETF inventory.”<br/><br/>Now we know the answer to the price mystery. And color me not surprised.<br/>Paper bitcoin…<br/><br/><a href="https://x.com/1914ad/status/2026757796390449382?s=46&amp;t=DG1JEc-EXQnoc72Rmx9dOA">https://x.com/1914ad/status/2026757796390449382?s=46&amp;t=DG1JEc-EXQnoc72Rmx9dOA</a> 2026-02-25T21:39:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ns28q3xjsut479nhmknmvm3s5rh0jhzwwmdsszpuawt4mhexasszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p220da4e <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/5c68d995201ae84d0731c4c50d836cb9b63d861e8450712c097c8df94a7e7572.jpg"> 2026-02-24T10:42:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrd4stt05t9czvvgsefphde2s4msvpxl4emfuk0ezgqd64k2ayhcgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p22rlnhh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfshjclxe9eg498l8dmkgtlvklqjqpw9gtv6junxkwlnzqnayfhkc09w890'>nevent1q…w890</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So you disagree with Adam that this standard is of no consequence? Meaning that the whole civil war in that case was predictably created for no meaningful gain at all?<br/><br/>Keeping up?<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b123f8489c5b001370639cfbb4e0e1e94549d7247c39d76a7ad4875588059c1e.jpg"> 2026-02-22T10:31:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswy672g42xytw3whm7mhd3md28y8zrqn8nu7tefpy3vaxuftcpdhszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2f2satk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdmfhdj9gavnkmt5kagcygn6nrq9zlt062wqerrup0hdh6y59jqnq0z7jvv'>nevent1q…7jvv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m afraid the conclusion to our little back and forth is that you are the one REALLY not getting it 🤷‍♂️ 2026-02-22T10:22:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdae0t208ed6rulq4w0k599xf6zw363e8q8l3egvqwqjnr227z37szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p23kfzc9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4c0jsp7zzgg8z6n3thvcn3hnnlkj0q2n7akezry0nmzf4jpyfxszr4ux7'>nevent1q…4ux7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>4/5 people pushing controversial change maintains decentralization? 😂😂😂 2026-02-22T10:17:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspnl70smv9azca9zpfr2v8rq7gp6y638tzuq769tem7magh8msffczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2qcd6l6 Please, can someone explain to me how these two things can be logically compatible:<br/><br/>- the uncap (100kb) of op_return “doesn’t really matter”, and its value could basically just be decided by “tossing a dice”. It’s a nothingburger and in no way a philosophical pivot.<br/><br/>and<br/><br/>- the uncap being so important that it had to be forced through despite great opposition and controversy, predictably creating a civil war. And now the heels are being dug in harder than I’ve ever seen and people calling it out are labeled as “attacking bitcoin”. <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b123f8489c5b001370639cfbb4e0e1e94549d7247c39d76a7ad4875588059c1e.jpg"> 2026-02-22T10:16:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsptzuzmzaj08rn72lmenq0hr58ke429v7kthe6aqmak903zkrmgeczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2f3gams In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs232yu6pql66q4xjn4qr66na7zr4ldcxpyl9xul8tu5cgrggtk28sdxjx4c'>nevent1q…jx4c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The “pressure” as you call it, was there long before they decided to merge the op_return uncap. From developers on GitHub. And from the Bitcoin community as a whole. <br/><br/>A small contingent of core devs decided to arrogantly push it through anyways. <br/><br/> 2026-02-22T10:03:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2nenearsg84qw2p2qft7pjx49lyahdqhzhsdvjtrwul259se80cgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2jeg5r7 <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a847e5557734c6741a51db15b61cdfd6340c63e5e345323b9649adc04c731b38.jpg"> 2026-02-22T09:38:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2xs7rlwcv7rqzmdsffezy72ph2wyhp2qfwmwu6kl32vhj9w6p7yszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p28vcn4r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ulfvxgee2pt8t2h5rhxx7ryuaxrq4y4nqq8g66elnshrn8jvzwgg65drd'>nevent1q…5drd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know that I would prefer to have Core show ability to course correct and return to signaling that Bitcoin is money, not grift ledger. 2026-02-21T11:25:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstmzye3s4mfpqmemdjhzcv6wt57297a7m6pddnxkatwxphhur62nqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2wzavjg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyknfp2wsxdfkla8s8gw730el2d7cwzu6vd6a7tqhsauf5uxzvucpr9mhxue69uhk2umsv4kxsmewva5hy6twduhx7un89uwl3ze5'>nevent1q…3ze5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s missing the bigger picture.<br/><br/>OP_RETURN was deliberately limited (80 bytes, one per tx) as a DISCOURAGEMENT mechanism for non-monetary data on the base layer. <br/><br/>It was never meant to be a general-purpose data dumpster.<br/><br/>By uncapping it to effectively unlimited, Core removed that discouragement without broad consensus. They did it despite:<br/><br/>- Strong opposition on GitHub (4:1 against in related discussions/PRs)<br/>- Warnings from prominent voices (Nick Szabo, Giacomo Zucco, Samson Mow, Jimmy Song, Luke Dashjr, etc.)<br/>- No real attempt to build social consensus first<br/><br/>This wasn&#39;t &#34;conservative security-first.&#34; It was a reckless philosophical pivot towards turning Bitcoin more toward a general data settlement layer at the expense of its focus as sound, scarce money. <br/><br/>It predictably fractured the community, boosted Knots adoption massively, sparked BIP-110 as a response, and created the current civil war, all for what many see as zero meaningful gain.<br/><br/>Core could have kept the cap (or modestly raised it with discussion), but they arrogantly forced it through, handwaving concerns as bad faith or &#34;manufacturing drama.&#34; <br/><br/>That&#39;s the real issue: bad stewardship from Core. 2026-02-21T10:13:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvm49q7fyfwvxm406f8m4jss2k8jrrwjfmcqdzpfzgu7s00mccw2szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2w4cmmr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ccfhlpym5pwkpf38vu8hmy76kvpj67kdee0t0nsmrpu9cl05nqcncsn5k'>nevent1q…sn5k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Core&#39;s arrogance and recklessness in uncapping OP_RETURN in the face of broad and real controversy is imo where the ego is found. It predictably created the current situation.<br/><br/>I get zero impression that Luke and Mechanic are driven by pure ego and desire for control/power, rather that they&#39;re trying to protect Bitcoin from eroding away from its core mission of being money separate from the state. 2026-02-21T09:47:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8cuzphpnv5ufpwvx80gk2whx3z453q8ft3fwctnv30wd53jjf9eszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2y39umw You know what would be REALLY bad for Bitcoin?<br/><br/>If everyone blindly trusted a centralized dev team, bent to appeals to authority and willfully ignored gigantic red flags.<br/><br/>If no one defended Bitcoin’s core principles and ethos.<br/><br/>That would be REALLY bad for Bitcoin.<br/><br/>As in a death sentence for the mission of separating state and money. 2026-02-12T08:01:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswhpejdc6tdy6c7u35d9auft6v3j2wy5jekh8s4awzzewmkfm0xaqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2j0qjjx Independent minded people who don’t bend to peer pressure used to be considered a feature, not a bug.<br/><br/>Core v30 changed that for some reason.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b182bd6259653d16ad01225c6ba868dad9ded0989985a4f6c041ed3b5719527f.jpg"> 2026-02-11T09:54:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05ae849mrpx52vnkjnszuxxphl3kerrtafql5yrv48lr65yr785czyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2thvput A) I think v30, the rationale, the haste, the circumstances, the philosophical implications, the arrogance, the handwaving, the disdain for broad community outrage and more, shows beyond doubt that something is very wrong with Bitcoin Core and/or how it works right now.<br/><br/>B) That means I am taking a stand against it<br/><br/>C) This DOES NOT necessarily mean that I know for a fact BIP-110 is the best countermove, but it DOES MEAN that I think some form of strong action has to be mustered against it, if Core shows no willingness to accept they have acted recklessly and unwise, and start working to remedy the situation and heal the social fracture. <br/><br/>D) As of now I support BIP-110 2026-02-10T16:51:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqza0hxamzts7uktwn2jj84m5tc0nckc6gfpjelw5dpp3s0r205aszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2vc37tt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsj70te3v50mefjmakdrcmsgqwwkaxvaxkrdyyprx6vvs3mh92kgkdcrx2'>nevent1q…crx2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You went straight to appeal to technical authority? 2026-02-08T22:46:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfv4yytplfe0qrchucz9pla7xjk2t2vgv0dn4dhhznlleqlk02rdqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2d563dn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwh4p3elld362595n72lfenl9sga9m5kcw0aexpmchgku5r3mjtg4uxpfq'>nevent1q…xpfq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t have a team. <br/><br/>I’m a concerned bitcoiner looking for the best way to make a principled stand that Bitcoin is money and not data storage.<br/><br/>And saying the argument is over is clearly plain wrong. 2026-02-08T22:42:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jldg73khua4fk68z4mt7zasq47ehkf9752utg5l6mrfrnpk47mczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2vl08qj Is one of the main arguments against bip-110 that not enough people support it?<br/><br/>Would some of the “reckless” and “dangerous” criticism go away if support was much higher? And would that criticism then deservedly go towards Core and v30 instead? 2026-02-08T22:04:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv66vr8gc2fdnr90wkp8hcn2lyaz3hldrlwtzzf60fzwwprmn8l8gzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p22c3npf Adam ignoring this gives me more than enough answers.<br/><br/>Just so fucking disappointed 😢<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/1bc5a3c9763bc7051130f1427649033d61599f215e2058d55e21cb5842c92027.jpg"> <br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/b8ab358c7edce0d71fd925a5e882dfa3f5322ca5282e0044be033adfd9372ccf.mov"></video> 2026-02-06T21:48:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxcgc4kact8rvcrs5clpzl6t80fdrmj9zp2hpgrexlyey9k0e5gyqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2v9efgs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdz5ft4v6c9tqpahjegwqh3hvr983v90ukqy90l7y6j4antmaradqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgvpvk3x'>nevent1q…vk3x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Doing well! 🫡🧡<br/><br/>Hope you are too. 2026-02-06T20:18:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0kknmcy7a45udckh6k3j6kng075hkfnxcsa0ktfhxsjqnvtpvarszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p25guwjg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97mv4s4m40wkn0c3s45ukr8vz5cv5upyypy4s2jkwdnetahgjg9cpr9mhxue69uhk2umsv4kxsmewva5hy6twduhx7un89u8zpxy0'>nevent1q…pxy0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hi Gigi!<br/><br/>Are you not worried about the obvious philosophical shift of Core?<br/><br/>Miss you.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/7c825f09ee463d0e054182877d1cafb027ef76ec2581d9eb9d95faf3131444da.jpg"> 2026-02-06T15:51:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgazxf3flgfapgp7ls769ntevjf9hedahxa9tahtd69nqrpxfgwyczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2cpj84y Plebs matter because they&#39;re Bitcoin&#39;s immune system.<br/>Agenda-free, grift-intolerant hodlers and node runners who enforce the &#34;money, not grift database&#34; ethos.<br/><br/>Corporate bros and grifters typically angrily dismiss them (&#34;plebs never mattered&#34;) which is an obvious big tell proving their power.<br/><br/>- Plebs&#39; nodes reject invalid chains. <br/><br/>- Plebs’ hodling &amp; boycotts influence miners to follow the valuable fork. <br/><br/>- Plebs’ adoption patterns create demand corporations chase. <br/><br/>- Pleb discourse on X and other places expose grifters&#39; deceit in real time, rallies pressure on devs/miners, and shift narratives to protect first principles.<br/><br/>- Plebs help turn the exposure of moral corruption into coordinated economic/consensus force.<br/><br/>- Without plebs, Bitcoin is destined for full corporate capture and philosophical dilution. 2026-01-30T17:05:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx8sjlj08psthtnp2tmnvujnuwcenk6v8zvyscvrf6wuemgraz8jqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2qd95ke Core v30 enabled this.<br/><br/>«No philosophical pivot» my ass.<br/><br/>Disgusting. 🤮<br/><br/>I am pivoting too.<br/><br/>Will run Bip-110.<br/><br/>Fuck the grifters. Bitcoin is money.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/70a114bf412bf4270c4235991f328a59c46d15758cc83c517dc14590108465cd.jpg"> 2026-01-29T14:19:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs04gvm8q9ugh8gskhzuh5w8l5rq6v8mxns3kphsgy00nms9x6xcggzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p28tysxd What is even spam, they say. 🚩<br/><br/>The Bitcoin plebs never mattered, they say. 🚩<br/><br/>You’re not technical enough, they say. 🚩<br/><br/>There is market demand, they say. 🚩<br/><br/>You are still living with a 2011 to 2014 mindset, they say. 🚩<br/><br/>This is ALL FAQ stuff which has been rehashed, they say. 🚩<br/><br/>Principles is pleb slop, they say 🚩<br/><br/>There has been no philosophical shift in Core, they say. 🚩<br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/d0d6e430c8e0c352e8ef342a56860da7385dde19075cf0596054c201108dca3f.jpg"> 2026-01-28T21:39:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfj6ewet0utj9k2jp9c0h6vxvrx3epa2ndej5v6jkej5akx5eajgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2k99sn2 “Don’t trust your eyes, your instincts, or your moral compass. Read this blog post by &lt;insert very technical authority figure&gt; and stop spewing your dAngErOus wrongthink”<br/><br/>Sorry, that’s not how it works for me. 2026-01-28T09:45:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdnfgfzks58kf638h7g6d7ars9cmvdtgtxrsyxqccua6lal39uc4gzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p23mhwup I do believe that bitcoin is money and that all other «transactions» are spam.<br/><br/>I think it’s pretty obvious and self evident.<br/><br/>Bitcoin was created to separate state and money, not to scam people with Quantum Cats.<br/><br/>Trying to cloud what Bitcoin is, reminds me of trying to pretend there are countless genders and that men can be women. <br/><br/>It’s unprincipled relativism, and it will probably destroy Bitcoin if it not stopped. 2026-01-28T09:41:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszreh46uktye0vgljvc0vt8402tzjnrx78zh9apda5w9slmxp7n6czyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p29fuext I have a hunch that…<br/><br/>…many influential people stay quiet on the topic of Core’s philosophical shift because they are afraid of social backlash, professional consequences or the performance of their investments. 2026-01-28T09:10:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp9hz6edkm2hz3p06xrn2a3xtxtpskzdpppknnq97kwu324929fggzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2dslu5x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2tllykq7tz4at69pkfu7kusm76ex9nsd7z8ej65xx5es4lgpdmzgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgvkyf8c'>nevent1q…yf8c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sounds cool, but not sure it’s a very accurate analogy 2026-01-24T19:32:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvd3npnxd7yq9spvewrnqn9mj5uyrj9rlj2rhhqpgh9gu8vmarqqszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2n38qgh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3sstgyxw29h9z6vzq47j7vxqp3r5tyctfj6vwxfu2quzv5gn6mcv6jrky'>nevent1q…jrky</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for your contributions! 2026-01-24T19:30:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd5h7g7tjjkv6lsw036xh4mheraqef2dv5j3ststw0jcj0kwc3e3qzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2y73ccz Would appreciate to hear people’s takes on BIP110 2026-01-24T11:39:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdc8kcw8kxhvjfzcvmvt588rqymwra3mpqcl74d0tgm9c4zxqd8xqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p245ayyj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88whz8e756t2ysjzuu9pfp8zjwed90q4shdys8dfqdkfhpm4d64cpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgsrzqpn'>nevent1q…zqpn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Still here now and then! 2026-01-20T19:42:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstchtyw09u8tvwqdgpjlsfp7ynqr8sxcnhep0pmeevsphlj3022uszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2mztvu7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9tjgfl69xn78ufhng63jka679mdfnn2mu789wqwdf7qltj8guldqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgctzfsd'>nevent1q…zfsd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank, you! Life is indeed good! 🙏 2025-10-18T15:31:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx5x0hmcakxld8p8plzwpazy92c2lk4suzvfvx8j60j98a62twtzszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2qexrly What’s the sentiment on bitcoin nostr?<br/><br/>Core v30 or knots?<br/><br/>Or core v29 or older? 2025-10-01T19:42:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8avrhxqk9uwgf07j89fw6m47e604p9gqf8d3h9c77x9aqdxnz25szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p252thdq My fiancé is making jewelry, and she’s pretty good at it.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMyDcPjtXAb/?igsh=anY2NWtnNXNseDB5">https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMyDcPjtXAb/?igsh=anY2NWtnNXNseDB5</a> 2025-08-08T21:13:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0s6pdnmtmxqzvunzcyq7qqrzzqp4psrjt9ddve3yzkqmk99wpptqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2ygeasq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgn9qn9qwjhdly37dpuvf0rpsxq7u2cv8y953nl8fym7syufgwl4gpyfmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6an9wf5kv6t9vsh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5whhqet'>nevent1q…hqet</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He paid what he would have had to pay if the courts decided in UK. He has not paid the $400,000 verdict from Norway or any of my other costs there. He has no assets in Norway so no prospect for recovery. 2025-08-04T18:13:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs033ej0yh60nuyle6hm2gsfc00psjkrmldu3nykc08vqd37gcekhgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2ktnxv5 X is down atm<br/><br/>Nostr not so much 2025-03-27T19:18:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs96lhp6lng43cagrwcyy88rq8ehve3tq9njkkkpmtahq5saekkzrczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p25dmt2r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9z6q697zlkt9us8npr5h7syfe2eu3ct3u63r38skquhje5ue5yspr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6er9wch8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet52yuln3'>nevent1q…uln3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What? 2025-02-23T21:32:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp6egrfyfpxpr0lszg7vh6f3u7fajwtdu568dqewvcp4za4lpu8kgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2fymnfd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfg65yx7430cfhrzsn4zmzkw0hkvna8vyke45ltdwk5mzy0c2ykxgpzemhxw309ucnjv3wxymrst338qhrww3hxumnw7w59wl'>nevent1q…59wl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So cool. Surreal for me to see. Say hi to your daughter and tell her I loved it 🧡 2025-02-23T21:30:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqt2dhrm6vp74k4mpvx2xp08y9nce7stvu96p2z6u02ut8k4kcv6czyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2dgr8py In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfczw3vxgdr7dew7zxn84l609mfeg45kyzmnznhjr3ckw2hemnwgvzvzxz'>nevent1q…vzxz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Congrats!! Great perseverance from you and the team! 🙏 2025-01-23T10:14:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgj7s85hlthtztzuukv2fl57wam6pq36aml8m0q37hu2w8kdp5kqszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2sdlgrt - Norway’s biggest milk producer launched “climate milk” a little while back, from cows given methane inhibitors to make them fart less.<br/><br/>- people didn’t want it, it didn’t sell<br/><br/>- so now they mix this frankenmilk with normal milk, and don’t mark the containers<br/><br/>- and by 2027 ALL Norwegian cows MUST receive these chemicals <br/><br/>Another disgusting and disturbing example of globalist insanity being forced on people against their will.<br/><br/>Source: <a href="https://www-document-no.translate.goog/2024/08/16/tines-fremtidsmelk-fra-kuer-som-raper-mindre-metan-ble-en-fiasko/?_x_tr_sl=no&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=no&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp">https://www-document-no.translate.goog/2024/08/16/tines-fremtidsmelk-fra-kuer-som-raper-mindre-metan-ble-en-fiasko/?_x_tr_sl=no&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=no&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp</a><br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/MkgB.jpg"> 2024-11-29T22:43:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstldwnq03ehurgedjurytjtqcuv9j0dtpmg0x8tv43ad9njxfxlcqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2qpn5gt I haven’t been this bullish and excited about the future in a long time. 2024-11-16T21:34:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszpk38s6yy72ez0n46pv072zdtcme6geh780x5ruvmymw6v4gs04gzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2xqjwjr <img src="https://m.primal.net/MXLp.jpg"> 2024-11-15T20:19:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9857ma9kt0fqc54der5kjwjhxrffpf7q2z722skp7xp9g5uek8szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2guwgq3 You didn’t get lucky.<br/><br/>You were smarter, had more conviction and bigger balls.<br/><br/>You earned this. 2024-11-13T16:21:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqste38f7frpd8jc4emgyam2gu2723yzga7edeunfuzkkz0h4s5486qzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2xca5r9 The phone calls are coming <br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/MCCo.jpg"> 2024-11-13T16:05:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswv55kfvars8mudczdv9n22t3fyn46tu5dm9m8psjxd2wt7pj5jwqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2rs7ed7 Let’s just rip straight to $100k<br/><br/>Long overdue anyways 2024-11-06T20:20:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstsusn4n6q4fp0c96rcrss7fv23ke70pkr79ah2p4rga038977nrgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2af2uwy Four years ago<br/><br/>- the Covid scam dystopia was running full blast<br/>- Biden just got “elected”<br/>- I was being aggressively sued and harassed by faketoshi<br/>- BTC was sub $20k<br/>- The woke mind virus was still on the rise <br/><br/>How things have changed! 🙏 2024-11-06T16:35:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvxfv0r74rt2yrjw7sl924krnvk7l6xwsxzafj4cezd2htlurkvlqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2eujcvv This is a dark day for warmongers, groomers and enemies of free speech.<br/><br/>COPE AND SEETHE! 2024-11-06T10:09:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9z5s0ek58nxl8dqg006lutmy28e0qhjraqkxef7m52h4rqlcasxqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2u5e4qx I am very happy and very optimistic about the future! 2024-11-06T10:09:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdt8v9y7u486a5cjrkjnns248kh49qe4j9upql6qcf9pqndfscm8qzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2n43ddu FREEDOM! 2024-11-05T12:53:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0kt655y6wcpx2vjdy5d3ajs2qajxhnn4hrfme78t4n04tk46vwqgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2rpkk02 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgsdj7w2d72kyhc42lgr8luszrkq36akkq6mg89jj54vgjjn9c9gc52urx0'>nevent1q…urx0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, some of that too 2024-11-03T20:52:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspfvzvpss04jq8vn6u8umgyhu46tl6x67x7vc0xlr8x7tjnd346qgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p28f93w0 I agree with Graham Hancock that humanity is a species with amnesia.<br/><br/>I will add that it seems like we’re also a species with dementia, since we manage to forget so quickly that communism and erosion of freedom is a very bad idea. 2024-11-03T20:51:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswyqcw0kmhkwu8acdzm7ugh55vezrxrtwv758zldf4vwqmprypk8czyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2k8ztxm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszu4f5jk7wwe8hgmkpqmtp43c6x08w6g6uj27kc47cy3kc7mllv0clxnhy3'>nevent1q…nhy3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why is that edgy? 2024-11-03T20:23:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5usv2yehyt44rw8pwcg289l0c7493qy3mfs7gma3240jg7r6kjgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p28va6ca It’s not brave to support the exact same narratives and causes as the state and mainstream media.<br/><br/>It’s actually cowardly as fuck. 2024-11-03T16:47:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsglc62xgdrgjcrt6zfgm76wp9mfdlcc0ygsy663548gsrlsh3vr6szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2gn8vsn First they come for the squirrels. 2024-11-02T22:07:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszym0t0ksejpf59rkcpxpnhun0rz0etuvj27v0gn9jjy236zfgasgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2z6cpqz I really like non-insane people! 2024-11-02T15:06:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5cu4lnm8zptjhy70k6vzxt6wastafj0q6h0u6deqjy9tqxyq0rgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2tx99qe The straight lying from mainstream media is reaching a fever pitch.<br/><br/>More and more people see right through it.<br/><br/>The rest are getting hopelessly brainwashed into a delusional state of confusion about basic reality. 2024-11-02T15:06:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswt7n50n0dxqepvmv5j53zm9uc8wr9jm3fa5uzpgwwzkknmw6vhgczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2anf956 There is risk everywhere. But the greatest risk is to steal your own quality of life because you live in fear. 2024-10-31T18:39:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvjdp8pug0a2rymm7npzpwzm4nrgw2q4gffc23px3k7hjhafd872gzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2vp2fva Mainstream media have dug their own grave. Now they get to RIP in it. 2024-10-29T21:29:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspkvyssejrkmjf6gljeg6rfh53fv307ht60833pc6gq4650gk7awczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2yv8kac We will never see bitcoin below $50k or above $70k again. 2024-10-28T19:42:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz8xuu3aym9w4tm5xvk0v33h4le9sucpehlwsfy64lucae5jmsshqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2tzhulh Woke left about to embark on a little road trip<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/Ljjk.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/Ljjl.jpg"> 2024-10-27T10:29:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4a4qsp2gy4pvsnrpkxlrruvsmx9urk2r2q8dxtmnnr6r7j5ys8szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2xnk8sw The almighty fiat gods once again showed their power, twisting the very fabric of time to their will in the midst of the night, making me wait an extra hour for my train this morning 🙏<br/><br/>#DaylightSavingTime 2024-10-27T09:17:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdsq40g0v7f9a6hwhyv8se238reaqjngstcvs9r7lkwsd4dak848szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2tjauld Gloves need to come off for common sense. 2024-10-27T09:00:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xeq0q7nmdppc6u55glsc87h8tqt0vva4lwxr4fjygkq9drt9lkczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2cgdx7w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpya5ll7a2uv0ux94tuxsyvgrm9kaqntvwjjfa99rm0h373kawwg90jwhn'>nevent1q…jwhn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve been postponing this for too long :) 2024-10-27T08:52:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2sm8ugp8y675tx0593j66amddc9scrdvt98ae7ccddemw3gfw23gzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2z3crvp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs006dczp9egulvf77jqrcelrz4eh3q5dpwq8j9tadds55xs8s6tjgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgm286r5'>nevent1q…86r5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Up for a starcraft 2 bitcoiner tournament? 😁 2024-10-27T08:52:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2lnmeszs0938wkfpjmyrewjhgw9jtftlhqvugk6fwz50m5h3kp9qzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p268ler2 It would be cool if they didn’t lie so much to us. 2024-10-26T21:43:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyzg34splyhqtuqdajf0alggk08refznpg59nezfa2nfjvccj343gzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p25dvpfc The drones have spoken <br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://m.primal.net/LiGv.mov"></video> 2024-10-25T20:49:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdhaq73grxlvkp80yxwupkul4s0r7dnh4f73ckanhe70zvpm8s5uszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2a8gl9d About to enjoy this talk.<br/><br/>My Bitcoin Pizza, with Extra Nostr 👌<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/Lhiz.jpg"> 2024-10-25T11:58:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx4p36k50s36dhj8texskqyp0ynj0dnzujlzjwr0qnhcnwqher5ygzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2kltqc2 The more centralization, the more coercion. 2024-10-23T19:52:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdhe5fn245q9pc75lv8f3f6rjn046m7rxlg2v8u2jf58ah7fpul2gzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2am4zdv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9mnpejlm7cdchrex6h093x8vq46htn6sd29d220e4f4c8z59nvug2uhway'>nevent1q…hway</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Absolutely not. Why would the elite consider him an enemy and viciously attack him if he was part of them? 2024-10-23T11:02:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs00mwlmum50aj5a6038g3ptthedukhphwtrch7u2pl75fhx0ppzuszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2566x9c NPC’s globally have their marching orders:<br/><br/>JOE ROGAN IS ONE OF THE WORST PEOPLE EVER<br/><br/>Ever… <br/><br/>Hitler. Stalin. Mao. Bin Laden. Rogan.<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/LfXD.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/LfXC.jpg"> 2024-10-23T11:00:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0rtn99kd6zhwnctr2psrm66nxsfas34qkd7hk5a66wqg3nmh4dqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2q7wz3z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfxkg8tqruma6nqux34r5a8k0xuzfz55pxn0xcycuz3z23ne70sqdyz52d'>nevent1q…z52d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Conviction that Elon Musk is somehow a grave threat to the world, despite being its foremost defender of free speech and being responsible for some of humanity’s greatest tech advances.<br/><br/>Based not on facts, but propaganda. 2024-10-23T10:43:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd9akw33saynakxuqrkuq638vtd3wfrdlf0lralz2g3jcq4lf529czyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p29acqgk Musk Derangement Syndrome is the world’s number two health challenge right now. 2024-10-23T10:39:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp6x2xex2ku8w89jswdce3qrdequx4tmvexn2jmjexzgl94ftzl8szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p23xxsrp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx455fwuaw99ratwq62kc3xrqv97xnqlt8zs7gzv3fq3vrz03dnucez95v3'>nevent1q…95v3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🫂 2024-10-23T10:17:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdap2talc2h33ye7h8t8xk2e5y7chsq89jklnt7zgsc3g3vmlchjczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p236k0zc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0fu00sezruj3c6xfqhcreegcmjdk75s8zyeh0y5xzsgutwpmx9sk3puh9'>nevent1q…puh9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Brother, I’m so impressed…<br/><br/>The guts to stick to it through those six months, and the heart shown in the fight. 💪💪💪💪 2024-10-22T05:47:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd8czeg4cncafv4tthcr2zwqw66vzlfj90ml5aqz3nqf2yse0ee3gzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2ltwhmx There will be coping and there will be seething.<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/LdTf.jpg"> 2024-10-21T16:10:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv05ed04k0g8st6kg5jqlra3dzafg2ug3tsqat7gr3ke5ymqczjwgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2w26cgs Not trusting governments and centralized institutions is not paranoid by any stretch of the imagination.<br/><br/>It is sane, rational and common sense. 2024-10-21T15:46:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsytm083cjhr8z4wlnsc6admcsa5uj5k9vcuur8gnntpz4kh7lf4hgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p23zqaea I checked the bitcoin price so you don’t have to.<br/><br/>No change.<br/><br/>Still between 50k and 70k. 2024-10-21T11:43:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxkse6ya4yfx7243kmks3n08ayt5a6tkutjlzuxg5u4jeqlt2xrhgzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p25y890v 80 IQ paranoid cypherpunk reporting 🫡 2024-10-21T11:40:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs85lqh5x8eytyxaalvdner5npwa8eadjxjg5zp2y76z8unqcf03yczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2fexz6h Any attempt to rationalize or promote the madness of trusting your bitcoin with a custodian is a giant red flag.<br/><br/>Control your own keys.<br/><br/>This is why we bitcoin ffs. 2024-10-21T11:37:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2wku27dju9atdljkcrkf0ed9dy0vgw60f6p9mmvmv9dj3q33vw0qzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2zfys56 In a sick society<br/><br/>the greatest and most productive people will be the most demonized 2024-10-20T19:46:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz5remy8q8u9te5khjefv7u2w7klvqqqun5vge3xmqu6rtq7s8xdszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2hpsnng <img src="https://m.primal.net/LarR.jpg"> 2024-10-19T10:22:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspz04lg42wffrsz36nyflkk5lwzg5dpxfwq784jnvhjchu9u7agyqzyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2grzlg6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydg0ujunx0hu00nr6avzh8atckqdtf5489uhey36u8vuz0una9fqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgktnjud'>nevent1q…njud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think homeopathy is a scam, but at least it’s not harmful 2024-10-19T10:16:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsppe84cve8sa3hj5sf20muj7v75ggs493y0mm67wmcqfn30g37kdszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p26arhrh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstewtyfs6s7cj8665yfrruel5lfkwe5etr5c0zxz8qksl0w7h6mcqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgjaspmn'>nevent1q…spmn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Haven’t been vaccinated since I was too young to have a say, 40+ years ago 2024-10-19T09:42:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd4h0tlsshz3gt0shv3gldmvjxa49d7px8kq9pv62rf8kmk6ut6zszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2atzce4 I got really lucky<br/><br/>working hard <br/>buying bitcoin<br/>eating meat<br/>lifting weights<br/>refusing vaccine<br/>prioritizing family<br/><br/>Pure luck! 🙏 2024-10-19T09:38:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszj277vlxs8w89cf9znt0kl2s7gne0cz8wck9yv7taxmvrvs6q8sczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2w69ny0 Total ETF BTC holdings approaching 1M coins.<br/><br/>That’s a lot of people thinking they own bitcoin.<br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/LaoR.jpg"> 2024-10-19T09:05:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfj3umvzdsygup5ve9tvnw8w2kkg88l9t6lv8jvenjylkzn00ytszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2uy20c0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6f2yzz9ja8r858dz6n2vd778pg6m6ukn6jjaupnjhdltaq4kxgqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqfuje85'>nevent1q…je85</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mental illness 2024-10-19T08:55:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0my7pr4zrr2pg9hzuksc806s6tlq77t5etdnr69m0gwd4zarf7zczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2qvzxsg Had a look at the price again today.<br/><br/>Still between 50k and 70k.<br/><br/>*yawn* 2024-10-18T19:46:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgekq73c06f8jszc36w7phrf300vl50qhkqjwu59gvgtcwsranafszyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2fslpqc “Hodlonaut, who has previously won a defamation case against Wright in Norway, criticized Wright’s latest legal action. In a statement made to Forbes, he said, &#34;When no reputable law firm is willing to keep representing his torrent of lies and forgeries, it is very much in character for Mr. Wright to start using ChatGPT to represent him in ever more delusional legal antics. It will end badly for Mr. Wright, of course.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/18/craig-wright-who-is-not-satoshi-launches-bitcoin-core-legal-battle/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/18/craig-wright-who-is-not-satoshi-launches-bitcoin-core-legal-battle/</a> 2024-10-18T08:48:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswl2qsn2994ccn2ddxsvuv2px8cas4xqq7p8ur2u3sdzzky2wpumczyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2a6jne2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzwk994u3mfen5zn2azrmv4lyft47ve8ez7qpy22u9j56s44sddcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgvjsl6l'>nevent1q…sl6l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You should see the signs very clearly then 2024-10-18T08:18:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst3qnh5frf0mqmsjz2mekzp462vs648254je2k7tyyrj6lm99q99szyrzf6549wvmx0y4e5mjg29v8c2qy97eylftzt3kk0wxftjr4rt9p2u7gwat We need to talk about state spending. 2024-10-17T20:19:46Z