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The silent protest against authoritarianism continues
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Authoritarianism (noun):
A political system where power is concentrated in the hands of a single leader or a small group.
...Knots, a fork of bitcoin core where a single person is maintainer and has full control of the codebase.
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Almost everything is authoritarian, i.e. a single person makes a decision to do something.
Choice is the freedom to choose which authoritarian provider you select.
If 90% of the market is dominated by one provider, such as Bitcoin Core or Bitmain mining, then choice becomes eliminated.
Don't skew the definition of authoritarianism. A single person performing an action doesn't necessarily mean they have full control of something, which is what is required under authoritarian rule.
Also, just because the market of free and open software chooses a single implementation, doesn't mean other choices don't/won't exist. Choice is never eliminated.
I have singular authoritarian rule over all my companies, does that count?
Choice is eliminated if the other options are not viable. We are free to choose to use horse and carriages for our daily commute to work, but we don't.
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My node was down for 2 weeks without me realizing (it's across the ocean from me) so it's taking a bit to resync, but I'll probably switch over to Knots once it's fully synced again
I am also remote to my nodes, but I use Tailscale to access them 24 x 7.
I interact with it via OpenVPN but I wasn't being too attentive at the time, womp...
Tailscale gives me a private VPN, plus it integrates with nostr:npub168euw93e4cam59llcmydav0akwjk2p4nfy3p85pn22xv9y2jxuzq4s9uaw for regional VPN's
What is providing these stats?
I cannot find the percentage hover. Can you zoom out on the screenshot?
āProtesting authoritarianismā by running code thatās 99% forked from the authoritarians you hate so much, the only (minor) changes dictated by one guy who couldnāt even keep his own private keys safe. š¤£
What a LARP. Knots retards thinking theyāre accomplishing anything significant or useful.
You sound tired. You should take a break.
Iām having a blast pointing out how futile filtering is!
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 (thatās 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 āspamā (really no such thing, but whatever), since eventually out of band will be commoditized.
Does nothing to make bitcoin better money.
So itās all a LARP by losers that care more about virtue signaling that theyāre pure bitcoin maxis.
This discussion completely misses the entire point which has been made blatantly clear in all my explanations.
Why donāt you find out whatās happening instead of this misdirection.
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You didnāt make a point.
You claimed you were protesting against authoritarianism, which simply isnāt true.
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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
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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 youāll see the bigger discussion.
Iām treating you as you are treating others, in a demeaning and condescending way. It probably doesnāt feel great for you right now. This is not my preferred method of discussion, but for reasons I wonāt 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.
Iād 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.
Donāt waste both our time with moot discussions intended to distract you from the real agenda.
āDemeaning and condescendingā?!?!
Your side has made dozens of videos calling Bitcoin Core corrupt and āgone rogue.ā
Your side has been 100x more toxic and condescending than the Core devs.
Oh, so the filters youāre pushing donāt have unknown unknowns?
Migrating to a new implementation run by a guy who couldnāt even keep his own private keys safe doesnāt have unknown unknowns?
You people love to throw out terms you heard by someone like Matt Kratter without truly understanding them.
1. ā100% futileā
ā¢ Not futile; Bitcoin Knots offers privacy enhancements and mempool filtering, benefiting monetary users.
2. āDoes nothing to prevent JPEGs from being added to the blockchainā
ā¢ Knotsā stricter mempool policies can filter non-standard transactions like large OP_RETURN data, reducing such inclusions.
3. āDoes nothing to prevent blocks from being bloatedā
ā¢ Knots prioritizes standard transactions, indirectly reducing bloat from data-heavy transactions within its mempool.
4. āDoes nothing to help miners centralizationāmakes it worseā
ā¢ No evidence it worsens centralization; Knotsā features could give miners more transaction control, potentially aiding smaller miners.
5. āDoes nothing to increase the cost of āspamāā
ā¢ Knotsā mempool filters raise fees for non-standard transactions, increasing spam costs, though out-of-band transactions remain a broader issue for now.
6. āDoes nothing to make bitcoin better moneyā
ā¢ Improves fungibility via privacy features, enhancing Bitcoinās monetary properties for some users.
7. āItās all a LARP by losersā
ā¢ Ad hominem; Knots is a technical project with practical features, not mere virtue signaling.
I'm not sure where I stand on this issue, but at least things are being shaken up a bit.
And that is the point.
Not relying on a single source for Bitcoin's code is healthy.
I hope we get multiple (non forked) versions of Bitcoins code giving real choice.
The criticism of Knots single developer is correct, yet despite this, it is better to have choice than no choice.
We are running FROM Core, NOT TO Knots.
Fair enough.