Real courage means a willingness to suffer. And so few people have it.

I think JPEGs on the timechain are stupid.

But the idea that they're going to hurt Bitcoin seems so weak to me. Like the US dollar can withstand people scribbling on it but Bitcoin can't?

In fact, the idea of Bitcoin as a glorious digital monument with some graffiti scribbled on it represents humanity pretty well. That's kind of us in a nutshell. Seems on-brand. Perfectionists trying to keep their little gardens tidy while trolls come in and find ways to mess with them anyway.

NFTs and memecoins already had their peak fad moments. People now know that they're non-scarce gambling toys rather than investments. It's just echoes of that peak now. The only thing that concerned me about the ordinals/runes period was the rapid UTXO bloat, not the blockspace usage, since the latter already has a consensus limit on it.

And if Bitcoin transactions can't outprice JPEGs in the long run, then it's just not that valuable. Bitcoin currently does about 1% of the gross settlement volume of Fedwire. That's peanuts. Imagine if it reaches a point where it does even like 10% of Fedwire. What would you pay to move a full bitcoin globally, permissionlessly, in 10 minutes, in a world where it's no longer a niche thing?

GM, block 900,000 is less than two weeks away.

I honestly do my best to stay positive, cheerful, and constructive in my conversations, both online and irl... I try to lead with empathy and compassion, and it has generally served me very well in my life...

But then sometimes someone says something so fucking retardedly stupid that I can't help but ask "are you fucking retarded, or are you just stupid?"

Anyone else have this problem or is it just me?

GM. Bitcoin Pizza Day isn’t just a throwback. It’s proof that without action, value stays theory. Bitcoin is worth something today because someone had the courage to spend it and accept it yesterday. Also, don't put pineapple on that fucking pizza. Ciao 👋

At the moment, i changed all my nodes to #Knots (except the RoninDojos)

It's little about just the technical part, cause in life, acting and reacting with other humans, confront with situations of life and also with a critical daily issue of humanity, like money, is not just about lines of code and a OP_return number/value.

And the more time i spend around the "OP_return drama", the more I am getting angry about the way core-team is behaving.

Does these guys have a normal life, with daily contact with other people and confrontations or living just in a code-line world and a "dev bubble"?

Is the hole core-implementation developers hostage to just 3-5 people?

If yes, Bitcoin future could be short.

I am here not for a decentralized database but for a free p2p electronic cash and a " fuck you" money.

To me, the answer of how to get more people on nostr is simple.

It’s all about exclusive content. If there are a few good content creators who post exclusively to nostr, that creates intrigue.

The problem is most nostr content creators cross post to YouTube and/or twitter so there’s no reason to check nostr to see their stuff.

bitcoin “governance” will always be messy and chaotic because a formalized governance process is a security hole

Which generation is the most entitled and has had the easiest life?

1. Boomers

2. Gen X

3. Millennials

4. Zoomers

#asknostr

Gm.

Banks open 9 to 5.

Bitcoin opens 24/7.

Which one sounds like the future?

Currently I post more detailed Bitcoin stuff here, less detailed Bitcoin stuff on Twitter/X, and music on BlueSky. Should I start posting music here or would people be annoyed cause they just want Bitcoin content?

dont follow the people promising a better tomorrow

be the person making today better