Its really obvious who actually pays attention right now and who is just getting their information tenth-hand from this site.

Bitcoin Core GitHub has always been for technical discussion relevant to the specific PR to avoid it being impossible for them to get any work done. There are many other places to have broader discussions (e.g. the mailing list, IRC, delving, etc).

Bitcoin Core is *finally* enforcing this rule, which is incredibly healthy for the project as it allows developers to stay focused, and people are upset because they only get bad takes on this site and don't actually research what happened. If you went and looked, you'd see that people who got banned were repeatedly making off-topic comments and didn't stop when it was made clear they should. That deserves a ban in *any* community.

As for the specific thing going on, yes, sadly having a relay policy in Bitcoin Core that accepts all the transactions that people want to make (in this case Citrea wants to make) is a *critical* feature of the Bitcoin network. It ensures small miners (like Ocean!) are able to compete by making sure all transactions are available to everyone, rather than only available to large pools like @MARA via their Slipstream product or ViaBTC via their accelerator.

Investing substantial time and energy in organically cultivating an audience through authentic and thought-provoking content may seem worthwhile - UNTIL a centralized authority abruptly decides to revoke your access and content in an instant.

This scenario is unfortunately beyond your control in most traditional platforms and social media that most of us use today.

This is where Nostr stands apart. It offers a unique resilience and redundancy. Even if all other users and relays were to depart, I still retain the capability to operate my own relay, publish notes, and distribute a client to ensure content remains visible to users.

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I went to the International Security Conference (ISC West) in Vegas this year to walk the floor (I’m in the comms business). Unfortunately I found very little to do with communication, as almost everything was about next-gen physical and digital surveillance tech incorporating AI… New and devious ways of tying a physical human to their digital identity…

It was a bitter black pill to swallow to see the level of sophistication in these systems… All the tricks they have for bypassing any reasonable form of privacy we could hope to have…

Government surveillance tech was already terrifyingly dystopian, but now *enterprise* grade surveillance tech is almost just as good, and getting better faster than ever…

I share this not to say that all hope is lost or that having a reasonable degree of privacy is impossible, but as a reminder to remain vigilant. Privacy is the ability to selectively reveal oneself to the world, but retaining that ability is becoming ever more difficult in the face of bad state and corporate actors, working hand in hand… nostr:note1smf40m7pjqv9ycv5lq8hsxk5ewjtvzndgfq5r3lncgctxrylp7ksv267cd

Interesting. Would require physical possession though?

Interesting interaction on the Platform Formerly Known as Twitter:

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“Savings? Who has savings? In this day and age, everyone's wealth is in their house, which is inflation-proofed.”

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When the money is broken, people are forced to use imperfect money substitutes to retain purchasing power and store the value of their time/energy.

What happens when you combine Sonic the Hedgehog with Escher's Impossible Objects?

Cash App's Lightning Network graphic, of course.

I want to write a story worthy of this mustache.

caption this, winner gets 10k sats 🔥

because on nostr, we can 💪