I’m having a blast pointing out how futile filtering is!
Discussion
How futile is it?
100% futile.
Does nothing to prevent JPEGs from being added to the blockchain.
Does nothing to prevent blocks from being bloated (that’s why we have a blocksize limit).
Does nothing to help miners centralization- in fact in makes that problem worse.
Does nothing to increase the cost of “spam” (really no such thing, but whatever), since eventually out of band will be commoditized.
Does nothing to make bitcoin better money.
So it’s all a LARP by losers that care more about virtue signaling that they’re pure bitcoin maxis.
This discussion completely misses the entire point which has been made blatantly clear in all my explanations.
Why don’t you find out what’s happening instead of this misdirection.
Just a humble suggestion imho 😂
You didn’t make a point.
You claimed you were protesting against authoritarianism, which simply isn’t true.
Still nothing to do with anything 😂
Stop debating the nuance of an adjective and start arguing about Bitmain, which is the higher level discussion you have yet to reach.
I already explained to you why filters are dumb.
https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqszxv6e5p86najjgnd52ud7z0pgvr24qwf0yqs52lcuny272s5smjg842wfj
Yes you did, did you forget 😂
You are currently facing the third and fourth state of knowledge.
The unknown unknowns
And the unknown knowns
When you catch up, get back to me.
Search my npub for Bitmain you’ll see the bigger discussion.
I’m treating you as you are treating others, in a demeaning and condescending way. It probably doesn’t feel great for you right now. This is not my preferred method of discussion, but for reasons I won’t go into, I am far better at this game than you can imagine.
My preference is to treat people with respect, not use derogatory or inflammatory language, but treat others with different opinions with respect and not use words like dumb.
If I want to make a point, I make it with a full explanation, respectfully and honestly.
I’d like to do that now.
Seriously, use a nostr search engine like nostr.band to search for the word Bitmain under my npub. I wrote a long note on where the real fight is and not where everybody is looking right now. If you disagree with that note, comment after it.
Don’t waste both our time with moot discussions intended to distract you from the real agenda.
“Demeaning and condescending”?!?!
Your side has made dozens of videos calling Bitcoin Core corrupt and “gone rogue.”
Your side has been 100x more toxic and condescending than the Core devs.
Oh, so the filters you’re pushing don’t have unknown unknowns?
Migrating to a new implementation run by a guy who couldn’t even keep his own private keys safe doesn’t have unknown unknowns?
You people love to throw out terms you heard by someone like Matt Kratter without truly understanding them.
1. “100% futile”
• Not futile; Bitcoin Knots offers privacy enhancements and mempool filtering, benefiting monetary users.
2. “Does nothing to prevent JPEGs from being added to the blockchain”
• Knots’ stricter mempool policies can filter non-standard transactions like large OP_RETURN data, reducing such inclusions.
3. “Does nothing to prevent blocks from being bloated”
• Knots prioritizes standard transactions, indirectly reducing bloat from data-heavy transactions within its mempool.
4. “Does nothing to help miners centralization—makes it worse”
• No evidence it worsens centralization; Knots’ features could give miners more transaction control, potentially aiding smaller miners.
5. “Does nothing to increase the cost of ‘spam’”
• Knots’ mempool filters raise fees for non-standard transactions, increasing spam costs, though out-of-band transactions remain a broader issue for now.
6. “Does nothing to make bitcoin better money”
• Improves fungibility via privacy features, enhancing Bitcoin’s monetary properties for some users.
7. “It’s all a LARP by losers”
• Ad hominem; Knots is a technical project with practical features, not mere virtue signaling.