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Sam Harris really has lost his mind. I don't understand what happened to this guy.
I would defend myself as if I was being attacked if they ever try pull this shit.
https://nostr.build/av/f07071dc3c5959e2c0a7825e59db98054dab71531672561cd702125e3b8d07e6.mp4
His perspective is warped.
I know it's always 58k, but it's going to be 58k at halving 4 isn't it 🙈
The Czechs sure love their beer.
I don’t worry about myself either I have a server totally allocated to bitcoin with 32 gb of ram and a 2TB ssd (I can literally put the UTXOs set in my ram) I’m especially worried about small nodes like raspberry pi 4.
I also asked myself the question how far a raspberry can go, whether at the IDB level (it takes a week at the moment) or just to stay synchronized with the network unfortunately it is always unanswered.
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/119019/utxos-set-size-for-small-node
Maybe it's even probable that pi nodes start losing sync after enough time and that's what's required for people to agree that it's a big problem and requires action to protect decentralisation. Or maybe the ordinals stupidity resolves naturally before then.
Would most people do it even if it was completely trivial?
Tbh, I've watched this before when learning about the blocksize war... Rewatching it doesn't make me think I won't be able to run a node or wouldn't want to do it in 50 years.
I think the biggest obstacle in running a node will always be the learning. If somebody can give me a practical reason why I won't be able to, or why bitcoin will stop working - and I'm living in very suboptimal circumstances in a western country - I'll start to worry about this myself.
As far as I can tell, and without having experienced any economic benefit of holding bitcoin yet, nothing is stopping me from running a node for the next 100 years in my current circumstances.
It's not been my intention to minimize the attack. I see that perhaps I have / it's been taken that way.
Is the main issue/threat as you see it then, failed synchronization and re-synchronization of nodes, esp. with low bandwidth connections? Or am I missing the mark?
Then help me understand
Maximum theoretical capacity of bitcoin for 100 years is 21 terabytes, right?
4MB x 24 hours x 6 blocks per hours x 365 days x 100 years
How much is a terabyte these days?
The cost to run a node that will last 100 years today is not that high.
Ordinals are a form of attack on bitcoin. But frankly, my perception is ideological attacks are more dangerous than this.
I run a node, but you're right I don't think about these kind of network attacks as much as yourself or Luke. And I sleep better at night knowing you guys worry about this.
You can defend an idea with just words. Speaking practically, you don't even have to own any to be a defender.
Defenders aren't just node operators
Ordinals are just idiots being parted from their money and on-chain transactions are still affordable. If the price of bitcoin is 100x higher then they are 100x stupider being parted from 100x more money. Pretty simple maths.
Shitcoining aside, it's just baffling that lies and bad descriptions by "trust me bro"s gets so far.
Why is it when you search for information about bitcoin in places like YouTube for the first time you get a bunch of fucktard tiktokers?
Bitcoin is quietly moving out of the then they fight you phase and the price is laughably low.
Conventions are fine, a music festival would be better.
Why did it only take a few years for consumer grade 3D printers to become incredible, but ink to paper printers still SUCK