It's hard to manage changes, updates, security patches etc. on a 24/7 decentralized monetary network. Litecoin was used during the block size wars to help test LN and it's required changes. Your point is not wrong, but it's no trivial task.
My advice is to try to stay calm and not assume long time contributors to bitcoin are bad actors. Don't trust, verify - yes, but that doesn't mean to assume any change is a conspiracy.
We can run any node software we want and shouldn't be assumed to be bad actors. Choice is good and multiple implementations is positive. I think we just need to stop short of confidently assigning negative motivations to people who have been doing amazing work for years.
Open and respectful discussion between people who understand all these dynamics is what's needed. Not emotional libelous flame wars.
A 26 TB disk costs $550 USD. Disk space is the least of the concerns. Do more research into the topic. It has more to do with game theory, incentives amd the ability to control the data on your node.
Imo both sides have valid perspectives but somehow this has devolved into flame wars rather than what should be a respectful dialog. Novices jumping down the throats of long time devs with low resolution takes and accusations is most definitely not helping.
You just instantly devolved a technical discussion into comments on personal appearance. Probably time to take a break and ensure your opinion is more than an emotional response and is actually based in reality.
If you bring insults instead of arguments you are not helping.
How exactly would that be done ("pushing the changes into 29")? If you can't explain how or have not done the research on whether that's even possible, now would be a good time to reflect on the possibility you might be propagandized and are reacting emotionally to a difference of opinion and approach to very complex technical matters.
You owe to yourself and your followers to at least do some basic research before spreading more hysteria. We need more rational voices, not inflamation and vilificiation.
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Apparently, and unfortunately, it looks like many of your nostr followers have gone bitcoin woke, mustering mostly emotional reactions and reciting spoon-fed narratives. Im seeing this everywhere, unfortunately.
I'd love to see a thoughtful discussion between you and Samson about the topic. Might help bridge the divide.
Or maybe Samson and Greg since they have had a working relationship dating back ages (a decade iirc).
This whole thing reminds me a bit of the block size wars. Many getting caught up in emotional and irrational vilification and even hysteria instead of thoughtful and respectful discussion over differences of opinion on complex technical matters including game theory, which is likely too complex for most (including me) to wrap their heads around.
There also seems to be a fair amount of confusion over default settings vs. removed options. I'd think at the least such a discussion could clear some of that up.
My 2c fwiw.
Just a 4x to $.5 million!
Bitcoin did a 16x from Jan 1, 2017 before the end of that year. HODL!
Blowing away all our collective expectations. What a time line!
That's not the whole story. As I understand it, you will still relay spam, just in a way that is more costly to node runners since it stays in the UTXO set. Imo both sides have reasonable technical and governance perspectives but some "in the community" are turning this into a political battle, slandering the other side, as you just did. Ironically, the people trying to frame this as "core is evil/stupid/corrupt/shitcoiners" may be more likely to be shitcoiners trying to fracture the community of the top dog. It's simply a philisophical difference of opinion on how to deal with spam.
Just my opinion.
Excellent and concise.
There is no 2nd best.
It's too bad Rick Falkvinge became a BCH stooge posting B.S. big block FUD on reddit.
Obama's "Swiss Bank account in your pocket" comments also come to mind.
My BPI keynote
"Bitcoin is the Most Important Human Rights Technology of the 21st Century"
Delivered in the heart of DC
Please share with normies who don't think Bitcoin has a use case. We have A LOT of work to do, most people think this way
But we WILL win in the end
https://blossom.primal.net/fbb5c8d98220ae2e323045c9ff199f02637f06f2e735be972df592bc9999259a.mp4
Wikileaks freeze, Operation ChokePoint 1 and 2, Canadian truckers donations freezes, banking "compliance", anyone?
I appreciate the possible reasons for the diplomatic framing but we are not children so should acknowledge the abuses of monetary controls and surveillance even in "privileged" countries.
Coining some new terms this morning.
"Nocoiner fallacy": a most severe form of sunk costs fallacy regarding the series of cascading and stubbornly repeated decisions to completely deny one's own portfolio from benefitting from Bitcoin despite its historic ascent.
And the most severe form:
"Peter Schiff Syndrome" (PSS), is based on a similar underlying thought credited to Upton Sinclair - "You'll never get a man to admit a competing product is superior to one that his livelihood depends on" which is somewhat universal. In this particular case this extension can be added "even when the competing product is extremely or arguably more aligned with his stated core principles".
Everyone gets the price they deserve.
ATH incoming.
Great to see you embracing the chaos of these seemingly infinitely curious and joyous little people. They really motivate us and put life into proper perspective: seeing the world with fresh eyes, embracing experiences, living in the moment and valuing the most precious and rare time. Early childhood is so brief and amazing, will pass you by before you know it and when it's gone you'll miss it. It's heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time. The silver lining is that you're helping shape the person that likely loves you the most and that depth will grow and change in interesting and challenging ways. Looking back it's hard to imagine almost missing the opportunity altogether. It might have been the most significant chapter of life left completely unwritten. I'm just so thankful that it was.
To push shitcoins using the same/similar leftover/recycled narratives from 2017. There are 15+million and growing shitcoins all with a reason to target the single most dominant and original "crypto" with FUD. Different day, same story. The crypto space is quickly becoming an idiocracy. Thankfully tried and true Bitcoiners are still shepherding it carefully despite all these obvious scammers and low information dis/malcontents.
Dan Held sounds an awful lot like a 2016 nocoiner about Nostr.
"Remember Bitcoin? It was going to be the world reserve currency remember? 🤣"
Welcome aboard!