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When I steelman both sides of the core vs knots debate, this is the image that comes to mind when I combine them.

Filters serve a valid function to a node runner who wants to frustrate spam.

No filters serve a valid function to a node runner who wants the most accurate picture of what is going on blocks anyways.

What sticks out is not the differences, but what unifies them.

Most importantly, whether or not a node runner uses filters or not, everyone participating in bitcoin is swimming in the same treacherous waters. Real risk.

Do I have this right?

Is this the reality we all exist in?

Are we wasting our breath arguing over whether or not someone wants an umbrella?

When that comes at the cost of focusing on the water and building consensus to address the risks that unify us all?

#bitcoin #nostr #core #knots #madness

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Orange Dad 3mo ago

My technical limits in bitcoin are at the edge of running a node and sending and receiving bitcoin on chain. Past that I’m still learning.

With that as background, I thought I’d share this post because it’s roughly what my understanding is.

For a new pleb dad like me no one has clearly explained why a 1000x bigger op_return makes bitcoin better, more robust, more anti-fragile, for my kids (and their kids). But there does seem to be a real risk of having CSAM on the blockchain, and thus my node, and in the U.S. that can get me sent to prison.

This is a genuine question. I’m curious to hear what others have to say.

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ₓₒbₗₒᵣₜ 3mo ago

it's death by a 1000 cuts !

when miners gamble and include tx's 'out of band' it's their risk only.

We are resonsible for what ends up in our mempoolS -miners are employees only. They establish the ordering of transactions and do not decide what is valid.

if these changes don't stop somebody just buys empty blocks and nobody sends nothing.