Dropping into X is weird. The algorithm is trying as hard as it can to male me mad about something called "The Cat". I wonder if they realize nobody gives a fuck.
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Are you a bitcoin spammer?
No, however I think "liking The Cat" on X isn't going to get you guys very far. Spam is barely an argument anywhere else, and I think that's because it's not going to become a community concern until an existential risk can be objectively pointed out and seriously discussed. Right now it's just Matthew Krater doing his best to immolate his reputation.
If you donât recognise spam as existential problem as it is, itâs no surprise youâre taking that stance.
To believe that it does requires one to believe that every technogist qualified to understand the problem and do anything about it is compromised and willfully withholding their input, except for one guy (and his nyms) who is practically addicted to heterodoxy to the point he doesn't even like the decimal numbering system.
What you basically claim is that apart from Luke Dashjr everyone in the anti spam side is not technically qualified to see the spam as existential threat. Which is ridiculous considering some of the people on the opposing side are Jimmy Song and Nick Szabo. Not to mention a bunch of very competent other devs with smaller followings like Parman and SuperTestnet. The devs you outsource your adversarial thinking to are all likely compromised. Adam Back and Shitnobi are just on the top of my mind. I can name many more.
nick-szabo has never contributed changes to bitcoin core. Neither have armantheparman nor supertestnet. jimmysong has never contributed production code to bitcoin core; only test coverage.
All the people you have mentioned, besides Luke (even Shinobi and Adam Back) are ancillary thinkers, commentors or coders who have no proven pedigree for maintaining Bitcoin.
And here's the thing -- I LIKE ALL THOSE PEOPLE. I like them for what they have to say and also for what they have done with their projects that support and enhance people's usage of Bitcoin. I agree with them that spam is degenerate usage of Bitcoin and it would be PREFERABLE that it didn't exist. But that's very different than an existential crisis.
An existential crisis warranting FREEZING VALID UTXO's.
THATS BONKERS. It's a discussion so unserious it could only be entertained on Twitter.
I hope they really freeze these âvalid UTXOsâ that normally you wouldnât be able to spend even if you wanted, cuz theyâre dust. I really hope they get this proposal over the line as a viable fork I could run. Itâll put a smile on my face even if it achieves nothing.
You are a shitcoiner my dude and you donât even know it. âpeopleâs usage of Bitcoinâ sounds like something out of the mouth of a true Marxist. You say spam is degenerate and preferably it wouldnât exist, but that degenerate spam exists precisely because the people that you *like* and *trust* did enable it for over two years until this degeneracy is now 40% of the entire size of the UTXO set and itâs a real hurdle for node runners, especially future ones.
Thatâs one of the lamest cope posts Iâve read on Nostr for a while. Maybe itâs the norm on X, I wouldnât know. Either way itâs pathetic.