About Bitcoin node software decentralization.
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One actively maintained Bitcoin node implementation is a single point of failure hiding in plain sight. I maintain Knots Untangled, a non-RDTS continuation of Bitcoin Knots — node software diversity matters, not just price.
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People literally add the Google Site Kit plugin to their website, which comes with 2,009 files and over 80,000 lines of code just to add 20 lines of html to their <head> 14 of which are unnecessary, just so they can have Google Analytics on their website.
And they call me crazy.
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It's not about:
How do we eradicate poverty?
It's about:
How do we create more wealth for all?
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rbitcoin 0.9 is taxiing ✈️
Leading zero still painted on the tail. Production Ready™️ is still a joke, not a certification. Consensus rules unchanged, as always; those were never ours to touch.
Fly it alongside your existing node before trusting it with real sats.
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Do vibe coders actually understand:
race conditions,
database indexing,
API rate limits,
cache invalidation,
network failures,
concurrency,
security vulnerabilities,
and database migrations?
Or do they just keep asking AI for fixes until the app finally runs?
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LOL, toen @DNB_NL door de @ecb werd overgenomen geen woord van de @AutoriteitCM.
Dat heeft niet alleen de rookworsten flink duurder gemaakt...
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The loudest opponents of Bitcoin seem to be those who either missed it, dismissed it, or sold it early, and each of them appear to be driven by nothing more than painful regret.
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Satoshi emails from 2010 discussed quantum computers and SHA-256 potential break — Jack Mallers.
"None of this is new. None of this was missed or not considered.
Satoshi even said some of this technology would need upgrades, and that's fine".
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Bitcoin is nothing more than a store of value.
no yield.
no staking.
no "utility".
just something that outperforms all other assets.
why would anybody be interested in that?
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Hardware wallets are super low-tech devices running extremely simple firmware. The only ongoing demand users have of the manufacturer is not to leak their data to bad actors. That the bitcoin space has fumbled something so basic is deeply embarrassing. You are not serious people.
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As happened yesterday in Lugano, the beautiful Swiss city 🇨🇭 where #Bitcoin acceptance is already widespread.
Wife asks me to come along to a shop look at sthg. We like it, buy it. After paying up, the sales Lady pushes over a tablet:
“Please fill this in!”
Wife dutifully starts typing, but I take a look: personal information galore, so I ask the sales lady, “Äääh, why do you need that?”
“Oh”, she answers innocently, “just so you can be in our database.”
Just. Great. …
Clearly, “just” accepting Bitcoin is not enough. We need to orange-pill a much broader mind change.
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Bitcoin made sense once I realized how fake our money really is.
To understand Bitcoin, you first have to understand what's broken about fiat money.
If you don't understand the problem, the solution will never make sense.
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Unpopular opinion: Slavery still exists.
Back then, Slaves worked endlessly for no pay but were given food, water, and shelter.
Today, we work endlessly for pay, then spend it all on food, water, and shelter.
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Before online child safety laws, you could read, search, and speak online without showing ID.
After them, every click is tied to who you are.
Send this to the parent who still thinks this is about protecting kids.
Then ask them one question. Who gets to see the database?
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Stel: jij roept dat je 'die lui' eens 'vol op hun bek' gaat slaan. Een week later sta je bij de wijkagent. Rob Jetten riep het als premier, vanaf het podium van het D66-congres.
Gideon van Meijeren (FVD) stelde hem 26 vragen: wie bedoel je, en waar is het bewijs? Jetten noemt geen enkele naam, noemt het 'overdrachtelijk' en verwijst acht vragen gewoon door. Bestaan er twee geslachten? Stilte.
Van Meijeren houdt de premier aan zijn eigen maatstaf. Jetten duikt weg.
Laf, en minachting voor de Kamer.