Now that bip-444 has been put out there, you should be able to tell that "We hate spam as much as you!" was a lie.
Bitcoin core30 is malware that tricks your computer into accepting and relaying 100 kb files of data. Incredibly reckless to run! Be careful out there folks
As of block 924,000
95% of the bitcoin supply that will ever be mined, has been mined.
Huge milestone 🎉
Source: Clark Moody Dashboard.
Also I'm unsure if all these new nodes are legit or if someone is playing games.
1000 knots 29.1 nodes came online overnight. Combining both knots releases now adds up to more nodes than Core 29.0.0!
Well done, you're on the right side of history. Don't ease up the fight now.
CORE 30 KILLS BITCOIN THE DAY IT IS RELEASED.
If you've never run a node before, simply take your beat up old laptop and:
Go on bitcoin knots github
Press lateat releases
Install the package relevant to your OS.
Run the application.
Open the config file and write: prune=2000
Let it sync (may take ~1 week)
This is a huge first step and will show you that running a node is not difficult at all, and my bet is that you'll be running a full node after doing this just for fun and out of your own curiousity.
For years we've told gold bugs that other non-monetary uses of gold are actually an impediment to it's function as money.
Nows the time to show that we believe that with bitcoin.
datacarrier=0
I no longer have doors on my car.
The thief can always just smash the windows and get in, so doors are pointless.
Upgrading to Core 30 kills bitcoin. It's as simple as that.
We have case studies of bitcoin forks making the exact change Core are forcing through. It ended up with illicit material in the chain instantly.
Migrating to Knots is more than just a virtue signal, it's showing core that they can't fuck with our money, and that NODES ARE IN CONTROL.
If you're running Core you're voting that miners are in control, and that nodes must bend over backwards to accommodate their ever increasing demands.
This is so obvious by now, tbh I'm appalled that Knots is only at 18% and not 80%. I thought bitcoin was a community that could see through bullshit and do simple logic.
#runknots
The coinbase insolvency blow up will be epic. No one's coming to save you. Protect yourself - you and only you are responsible for yourself.
Cold store your sats in a coldcard in the meantime, and start learning how to use geographically distributed multisig.
In case someone lied to you, bear markets will still be a thing in the future.
Train your mind not to care about the price of dollars in sats, think only of the price of the goods you wish to obtain in bitcoin.
Would people benefit from me making small tutorials on server running, node running, and self sovereignty/privacy in general?
If you're not running your own node and asking it about your own transactions, you've never used bitcoin.
You wouldn't use nostr by asking your friend that has it to post something everytime you want something posted - and that's just something trivial. Why are you doing it with your money, the most important thing of all.
The rate of block download during IBD once you get to around block 800k should be reason alone to filter OP_RETURN.
If you're unsure how, simply put this line in your bitcoin.conf file:
datacarrier=0
Nodes cannot become expensive/cumbersome to run, or bitcoin is just an even worse ethereum.
The best way to orange pill your friends is to simply send them some bitcoin to a simple custodial lightning wallet that they can download on their phone, then 5 years later tell them to check the balance.
When they see that "it's gone up 10x"! explain to them that it hasn't, they have the same number of sats; it is actually the dollar that has gone down to one tenth of it's former value.
Yes, since both your incoming and outgoing connections are over the tor network, your IP is hidden.
Tor sends encrypted data from your machine to a first tor node, which can see your IP but not the data, then to a second which decrypts, then a third which knows the data but not your IP, and then that node is the broadcaster which foreign machines will see. In this way no one individual node knows all information.
Bitnodes can see your node because the IP is being forwarded, this will allow an external probe to detect your node. If you want it to not find it, try putting
listen=0
In your .conf file. I believe that should stop it.
Anyone touting that nonsense is incredibly naive and would enjoy the shitcoin world far more than the bitcoin world. Go and play with little toys we're actually trying to obsolete the central bank over here.
Those of us who have been here longer than a decade actially understand what our nodes are written to do.
Filter any shit that isn't pure necessary monetary transaction data.
If you're running core I'm certain you must've showed up in 2021 or 2025 with all the cucks who want to chase fiat gains.
From a 1 dimensional viewpoint, what you said is true. However both are still available whether you nuke the OP_RETURN filter or not.
Bitcoin is money, and the idea of facilitating and accommodating spammers is the most anti-cypher punk thing I have ever heard. Any type of spam can be mitigated with a filter, don't be gaslight to believe otherwise. It's just one game of whack-a-mole we need core to play here.
Keep learning man, you're doing the work that most won't bother to do 💪
If somebody wants to run a node but it's not currently financially viable to them.
Contact me, I'd be happy to help out a new bitcoin knots runner.
Why shouldn't you sell your bitcoin when hype is high to buy back lower?
Simple
One time, it will not be possible to get back in.
Either no one with bitcoin will accept dollars, your government will crack down and make it incredibly difficult and expensive to get in, or your fiat will simply be frozen, expire, or be controlled so that it can only be spent on verified goods.
DO NOT play the game.
Beginners often perceive starting a node as more difficult than it actually is.
If you're beating around the bush with regard to starting your own node: I implore you it is so easy.
To start, just to whet your appetite, take an old laptop, download bitcoin knots and begin syncing the network with a pruned node.
This will take you minutes to set up, and will inspire you to go all the way and run a full node (storing the entire blockchain).
Even if you don't, your pruned node is better than nothing.
I promise it's so so easy and so fulfilling.
If even a small part of you wants the U.S to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve, unfollow me.
I only want the thoughts and opinions of bitcoiners on this page.
The later to Bitcoin you are the larger your ego is.
The later to Bitcoin you are the more of a coward you are.
I'm sick of hearing 'WE'RE SO EARLY' from well meaning Bitcoiners.
I don't care if we're early, late, or in the middle... Bitcoin is the hardest asset and thats why I want it. This will also be true when 'WE'RE SO LATE!' in 30 years