All we have to do is set the rules. It is much more strict than a democracy.

This is what I mean. You've conflated what censorship resistant means. That is in regard to financial transactions. If we (Bitcoiners as a community) want to stop non-financial transactions, or over so many bytes of data, etc. we can do that.

Bitcoin might not care, but it follows the rules we as a community decide because we decide on the code. *I* can't stop anyone, but *we* can.

Sorry, this is conflation of terms like 'free' and 'open'. I see this confusion in many areas (like political thought), not just Bitcoin. Free and open in civilized societies (or where that is the goal) doesn't mean 'do whatever you want.' That isn't freedom, but hellscape.

If we don't remove the filters, they can only force things in via out-of-band, which only works with overly-centralized mining... which is something we can't have (and need to fix) anyway (and such efforts are heavily underway).

We don't actually have to cater to the attacks just because we can't stop 100%. Do you use an email service with spam filters?

Links to a recent podcast appearance in my profile here.

One is a condensed "short" of just my elevator pitch.

The other is bookmarked to my presentation.

The hosts and the guest panelist judge are, all 3, very intelligent scientists actively putting forth whitepapers and writing books and teaching university science courses, etc.

The show is a game show for theorists. Luck of the draw wins you an elevator pitch and some Q&A follow up time. If you impress the judges, they invite you back and you don't have to subject yourself to the luck of the draw.

I've been invited back to present on the next episode.

Also, I've recently recorded a roughly 3 hour rip with Princey on Once Bitten. I'd hazard to guess that it will be published in the not too distant future. The elevator pitches are appetizers. The 3 hour rip is a 5 course meal.

Vague? Look at all my other notes from today. My point went right over your head. Core is the one making the changes. Knots is closer to Core v25 than Core 30 is. But the people opting out of this madness are retarded? You are just another brain dead bitcoin core pawn giving up your node configuration settings. You are aligned with taproot wizards, ethereum, and bad actors. Time to look in the mirror bub.

Unfollowed, muted.

Anyone using the term knotzi is not my friend.

I don't know enough to have an opinion on that debate, but I got suspended from X for being an "inauthentic user".

It's probably because I "violated" rules regarding "SPAM".

By "SPAM", I mean me excitedly sharing a breakthrough insight I had on how the ancient Egyptians were really using sarcophagi.

Essentially, the breakthrough I've had is on the same level as the work of Brian C. Muraresku, author of "The Immortality Key".

His work explains one sacrament. My work explains another.

Kind of a big deal, but sure...my DMs excitedly sent to friends on X was "SPAM".

Bitcoin Core is kind of like the people who buy a restaurant that’s been around for a decade and after the sale goes through they change the menu. Then they start scratching their heads wondering why their business is going down and people stopped eating at their restaurant. Instead of asking their customers what’s wrong with their meal they call them stupid and say their taste buds are wrong and their food is great.

Im slowly unfollowing and muting core promoters/defenders because it’s feeling disingenuous at best and malicious at worst.

—When things don’t make sense in a logical argument, (after hours of debate) it’s usually because someone is withholding their genuine motives (ie, lying)

Having listened to hours and hours of both sides, I am more and more convinced that Shinobi, Lopp, Shapiro etc are bad actors that are up to no good.

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