Cool thing is even if they might not want these tools for their people, or might object to their opponent's use of them, deep down everyone knows someday they might be on the outside and a target for the tools of repression should their opponents get in.
It's really simple. Core becomes less "core" and eventually not-Core. They took a whack at their own status. The only question is whether they will retain enough credibility for when they really try to sell out for a big prize. Let them spend down cred on this while the ecosystem adjusts to boost viable alternatives and everyone wargames how we would handle an even more contentious and dangerous change. Once they have tasted power, they will want more. Bitcoin is not centralized so there is no one to "fire" them. You just have to run different software and stop paying attention. If someone will release a v30 with the OP_RETURN configuration limits in place, it would be very popular right now.
When I was living in SEA, I mentioned John to another expat, an employee of a development bank. He grew cold and we never got another dinner invite.
Why not make a pull request to remove it? Has someone done this?
I'm not going to run core v30. The core team seems a bit off. Something not right. I'm not convinced of knots but I support alternative clients and consensus compatible forks. Who actually upgrades anyway? Like what is the motivation? Nodes run fine for years and years.
I’m in bitcoin for more than ideological reasons. For spiritual reasons. I bitcoin because I am a flawed and humble human in need of God’s Grace and attempting to follow Christ.
Bitcoin is a game we play where we measure success not by how much material wealth we accumulate but by how much we don’t accumulate but could. You are incentivized to serve others and not turn all that goodwill into possessions. To hold bitcoin is to not trade yourself for trinkets. At least not entirely. It is a fair game where everyone can win. And everyone who plays gets stronger. You get out of it in proportion to what you put into it. And everyone who plays helps the others to get stronger.
But it is also a peaceful game. The world offers many zero sum games where everyone loses in the end. If you “win” at those games it costs you eternity.
Bitcoin is not an answer to all that ails the human heart. Jesus Christ is the answer. But you can through this game understand the subtle ways the world tries to cheat you out of eternity. It is like a training for spiritual battle. And that battle is coming for you whether you believe it or not.
He needs you to buy his bonds. Something big happens this year. We hyperinflate by 2027. Weimerica.
To be fair 80% drawdown in wealth can take a toll on a marriage. However, if you have tested the "for poorer" part of your vows, you'll probably be able to handle the "for richer" part too.
Power density 10-100x greater but for field propulsion maybe more is needed?
Tell me more. I'm pushing my son to work on this.
If my family said this to me, I would reference the gospel. "Fear not him who has the power to punish only the body." Then, "If what I do becomes illegal, God willing I would remove myself from this jurisdiction until you get better laws."
I call them Text or Token Calculators further de-anthropomorphize them. Just as your calculator has sources of error and degrees of precision (GIGO, errors often multiply) these do too.
What you are talking about is a service economy which I analogize to everyone giving each other back rubs. Why do we disparage root production? Energy, food, materials, manufactures?
Tax rebellion? Emigration? Mix all the coins? Smuggling? What's on the menu?
We had plenty of guns 50-70 years ago and effectively no mass shootings. 95% of "gun violence" takes place in a handful of zip codes few people who don't live there ever visit. Erik hasn't checked the stats on Fentanyl or the "died suddenly" phenom.
If you knew 50% or 60% of what was required to make bitcoin back in 2008, and held the appropriate views that would motivate you to do so, you have a reasonably good model of the type of person who could actually do it. Most obviously do not fit.
Great interview Nat! Pretty neat she moved to our area here.
I don't have the headspace for all that right now. Business must come first. And for me rn, business is not on X.
This was all super obscure 20 even 10 years ago. Now young people discuss this. We are going to win. Eventually.