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๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—™๐—จ๐—— ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†!๐ŸŽ‰

Every week, I dismantle some #Bitcoin FUD, so ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ donโ€™t have to.

Todayโ€™s FUD:

โ€œ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™› ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™› ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ .โ€

๐—ง๐—Ÿ;๐——๐—ฅ:

Proof of Stake = Proof of Wealth

Proof of Work = Proof of Reality

Letโ€™s explore๐Ÿ‘‡

Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS) are two consensus mechanisms used in blockchain networks to validate and secure transactions. ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ช, ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. The first miner to do this gets to add the next block to the blockchain, and is rewarded with new coins and transaction fees.

On the other hand, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฆ, ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ "๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ", or lock up as collateral. Validators are chosen to create new blocks based on the amount they staked, and they receive rewards from transaction fees.

PoW is superior to PoS because PoW provides an ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ way to determine the valid version of the blockchain. The energy-intensive process of mining connects Bitcoin to the unalterable realities of the real world, and ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

And contrary to what many environmental activists believe, PoWโ€™s energy usage incentivizes miners to seek out the ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ sources of energy. This gives clean energy producers a steady source of income, and a way to expand their operations ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, without resorting to asking for inflation-inducing government handouts.

In contrast, PoS relies on a consensus of whoever has the most wealth to stake, which is ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. In PoS and the legacy fiat system, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต; in PoW, more work to secure the ledger for everyone leads to more wealth, but with real-world costs, and ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ.

This greater decentralization is another reason why PoW is superior to PoS. In PoW, miners compete globally, and the distribution of mining power is spread across diverse jurisdictions. If one government restricts or bans mining, miners can simply relocate to other regions with more favorable conditions. This ensures that ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ can control the network.

In PoS, however, mining becomes a feedback loop of centralization that leads to increasing power concentration, ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ. This centralizing tendency is further exacerbated by the emergence of liquid staking protocols, which introduce additional counterparty risks.

To put it succinctly, ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ช ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. Itโ€™s objective, verifiable, and encourages decentralization. These characteristics make it secure, resilient, and resistant to manipulation.

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฆ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. Itโ€™s the method of resorting to decrees, lies, and manipulations to achieve oneโ€™s ends. Far from being an upgrade to Bitcoin's PoW, ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฆ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜….

How was that answer?

Give this a ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐Ÿค™ if you think it was good, and ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ”„ it with anyone who thinks Proof of Stake is superior to Proof of Work.

And ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐Ÿ”– this, so you can find it quickly when you need it.

Think you can write a better answer for this FUD?

Drop it in the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€โฌ‡๏ธ

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Watching nostr:npub1cashappn03s3cl2ljsdntv0v28e2um5lgx4vjctqjt23pcwzjhsqmtdg5l try to "rebrand" #bitcoin is like watching Avril Lavigne try to rebrand punk rock.

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Last evening's DenverBitDevs meetup and presentation from nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll was a a highlight of the year for me. Thoughts below๐Ÿ‘‡

We were joined by nostr:npub1j87rgjtftxaux3xd5nhthwavm3907ywnu8x0z0uywqntsv57vajshl3hzx, CEO of Start9, where he gave a presentation on running #bitcoin and #lightning nodes as well as the importance of sovereign computing.

Here are some of my key takeaways as a novice to the topics:

Running a Bitcoin Node:

- Transacting on your personally run bitcoin node asserts your citizenship on the network.

- Participating in transactions gives you leverage as an enforcer of the bitcoin census rules.

- Running your own node ensures your untampered access to the bitcoin network. You do not need to worry about a wallet software hiding or falsifying transactions on your addresses.

Running a Lightning Node:

- Without running your own lightning node, you are relying on the channel not being closed. This trust dynamic is exactly what bitcoiners seek to avoid. We want to eliminate trusted intermediaries. Not make it slightly better than your fiatbank.

- Running a personal lightning node is paramount to financial sovereignty and privacy.

Sovereign Computing and Personal Servers:

- There are two business models for monetizing software. Monthly Subscription models (paid services), and Data Farming (sell your information to advertisers and service is free). As privacy becomes increasingly important to consumers, more apps on your phone and computer will pivot to subscription based models. This is a good thing. The "cost" is transparent and up front.

- Data can be monetized. Your pictures and files are of little value by themselves, but when compiled amongst millions of users, the value of that data set adds up. This creates a honeypot that some deem worth attacking for access (think lastpass, google drive, iCloud, etc...).

- Hacking these honeypots is way easier than you'd think. It's not about cracking the newest standard in encryption or finding a backdoor. Instead, it's about convincing someone internal to the company with high level permissions to give over the keys. The human in the loop is the weakest link. It's only a matter of time until that link is compromised.

- Running your own home server is a way to opt out of the honeypot. The risk reward dynamic is now changed. A potential attacker has just as much to lose by breaking into your home to steal your data, but your personal files alone are of little value to them. It's no longer worth it.

- Additionally, running your own home server provides privacy. Your files are stored in your local cloud, and no middle man can observe your data or actions. No one even knows when you do something!

StartOS is software aimed to make running a personal server as easy as possible for as many people as possible. It's clear they envision a world where personal responsibility is extrapolated to our digital personas. I agree, it is a necessary step to being a sovereign individual in the twenty first century.

I am eager to play around with the software and learn along the way. Thanks again to everyone at Start9 and the Denver BitDevs community, as well as Zach (BTCBap on X) for organizing the event.

Let me know your thoughts below. Hopefully I summarized the technical details correctly. The full recording of Matt Hill's discussion will be posted to the Denver BitDevs YouTube channel shortly!

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