Bitcoin is taking over the world.
There's nothing else.
How?
We have a 4MB block size limit and fees. The blockchain size grows linearly. Blocks are full with or without what you would call "spam".
What's the issue?
Are we on a path for BIP444 to activate on Bitcoin?
Using consensus rules to fight spam seems misguided to me. If people want to combat mempool spam, that should be done through policy, and node operators should have access to as many policy tools as necessary. Stripping away policy options feels needlessly confrontational, especially when it is done in the name of enforcing a homogeneous mempool across all nodes.
Why not simply let node operators decide their own policies and defuse this whole situation? Is aiming for mempool uniformity really worth risking a contentious fork?
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This whole debate only escalates when people try to solve a policy-layer disagreement with protocol-layer changes.
Once we pull subjective judgments like "spam" into consensus, we invite political influence and increase the chance of a split.
BIP444 is an attack on Bitcoin.
“The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that’s required to make it work.”
— Satoshi Nakamoto, February 11, 2009
My highest zapped post ever.
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Yo
i have reason to suspect that nostr:npub1gn27aka9v0znne2c8c2sf6rqayy23g7mcqg8hgqdfs4r7mtech8qyqx99z is he who solo mined with a bitaxe in this glorious dippity day
I dunno 🤪.
What would be the odds.
Let's educate the electricity providers:
Bitcoin Mining: The Most Flexible Energy Buyer with Kenji Tateiwa SLP609
The unveiling of Satoshi @ the Plan B conference in Lugano 🧡
Accumulating.
Zapathon is still a thing?