Legend. I was caught in that trap way too long 🤣
Self custody is a spectrum not absolute. That is my point.
1 sat on a primal wallet is bitcoin. 1 share of a Bitcoin ETF is not bitcoin. Then there is everything in between. That’s a feature not a bug of decentralization.
If you can use it as money it’s great. If you can control the keys - that is best. But hoarding bitcoin and accusing others of doing it wrong is hypocrisy while you spend fiat.
Jack and all the primal legend / OGs followed him there. After the hate on here (1 year ago) the posts of that account stopped and he stuck to X.
At what Bitcoin/usd price do you convert everything and never look back?
This is the life changing question.
nostr:nprofile1qqsqyredyxhqn0e4ln0mvh0v79rchpr0taeg4vcvt64te4kssx5pc0spr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6un9d3shjtnhd3m8xtnnwpskxegpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdu84uehg just circling back — I deleted my Core node recently, but please don’t take it personally at all.
Blockstream remains, in my view, your strongest contribution to the ecosystem — innovative, forward-looking work on scaling, privacy, mining, and more.
The issue for me (and many others) isn’t you as an individual; it’s the structural form of centralization that’s emerged in Bitcoin Core’s development process, combined with the social layer around it: concentrated maintainer power, slow/closed review cycles, and a vibe that sometimes prioritizes certain voices or directions over broad consensus.
I still respect the hell out of your work and cypherpunk roots. Curious if you see any merit in these concerns or ways the process could evolve toward more decentralization without losing security/stability.
No hard feelings either way — just sharing openly.
Ya proof nostr folks shunned him. The fact that one of the biggest living holders of bitcoin is not a primal legend - yet posts consistently on a centralized app is a problem.
Both sides are at fault. HODL culture is no better than tradefi.
Saylor's going to gaslight folks into believing that self custody is bad and we shouldn't continue improving the protocol because he wants you to buy $MSTR and regulated ETF products.
https://video.nostr.build/f65d7319f8e8197664aa647c7a86f6f3b3e1ab0754459b85727025ac53ae5a53.mp4
As I've been warning
This is the centralization effect: the ego always wants more than the other. Power consolidates over time — the hero becomes the villain. @saylor is facing heavy fire right now from the Bitcoin community — his latest interview got heated, with him getting defensive and interrupting criticism of Bitcoin treasury companies like Strategy. Bitcoiners are calling him out on livestreams/podcasts for dodging tough questions on dilution, mNAV risks, and whether corporate HODLing truly builds the network.
He stopped posting on Primal about a year ago (around late 2024, tied to community tensions highlighted in Jameson Lopp’s note below (most likely many others)
The main issue: both sides are wrong.
Pure HODL culture and self-custody alone isn’t the full way — it’s asceticism.
ETFs and TradFi aren’t the way either — that’s hedonism, since shareholders don’t actually hold the Bitcoin.
The answer is the middle path: full conversion to building the network through genuine self-custody and rejecting fiat spending in daily life.
HODL culture gets cursed with spiritual materialism — attachment to BTC that doesn’t grow the network if you’re hoarding while spending fiat. You cannot serve two masters. Every transaction builds (or weakens) the network you choose.
TradFi/corporate gets cursed with materialism. Players like Strategy lean into fiat wealth — motive is more fiat gains via leverage/debt, not pure Bitcoin adoption. They justify it to take part in the rules of the elites and get approval from the state.
I believe if Saylor recognizes this amid the current attacks and reflects on the ego driving centralization, he could transform the Bitcoin economy for the better. If not, his ego risks destroying him — and dragging the narrative with it.
Christ said: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Bitcoin is the kingdom of heaven… not billions in state-issued pseudo-money, nor leveraged corporate proxies.
Same finally deleted my X account. Nostr only for me cause the rest are time wasters. Decentralized tech is much better 👽
I tried to delete x but it won’t let me… it’s elon cult app now
Alright for anyone who wanted it, here it is.
The audiobook for:
Reasons to Buy Altcoins
This actually took longer than you might think, and if you turn it up and listen closely you can hear the pages turning and i read chapter numbers, might make a good ASMR or white noise if you ever need it 🤣
Zaps for the work are appreciated but not obligated 🙏
https://a.nostr.build/QWuEkMql01QdXCaA.mp3
Most altcoins have some utility or gimmick, but they will never become sound money.
At their core, they’re high-risk speculations — not because of ‘potential,’ but because they’re built on centralization dressed up as decentralization.
‘Decentralized’ is just marketing for 99% of them. True decentralization is a hard-won property, not a feature you can add later.
the algorithm is propaganda because centralization inevitably breeds control.
“3iAtlas” - abstract oil painting on canvas, 2023
digitized 2026 (original copy destroyed)
Accompanying music video uploading soon - only on nostr:nprofile1qqs9xtvrphl7p8qnua0gk9zusft33lqjkqqr7cwkr6g8wusu0lle8jcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgcwaehxw309ac8yetdd96k6tnswf5k6ctv9ehx2aquntzdg
Unfortunately this painting was destroyed in an accident shortly after taking this picture. No physical sales but it is included as a visualizer for the music video prologue to Anima Prime 🛸
An update on this thread, for full clarity: There are now a total of 8 new bugs which can cause wallet deletion or corruption.
My initial comment applies only to the initial, severe bug that affects people simply using Core30 normally.
nostr:nprofile1qqsg3mj8tuxhxvy5w0qt9altpgcrqttdfxg9glvsdfhkpa3plcxfudgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qgawaehxw309ahx7um5wghxy6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctckum9s8 _is_, however, impacted by 6 of the others, which are not triggered by normal end users:
3 of these are "power user" functionality (moving wallet files around manually; creating unexpected files in the wallet directory; or using the `bitcoin-wallet` command line tool)
1 of them requires a low-level disk/filesystem/OS problem during shutdown.
The remaining 2 are unrealistic to trigger at all, but hypothetically possible if you start the node software again immediately before it finishes shutting down (within milliseconds), or ... have multiple wallets in the same directory, one of which has recent changes, the node crashes or has a power failure, you start the node again and NOT open the recently-modified wallet, open the other wallet, and shutdown cleanly.
All six of these issues will be fixed in a new version of Knots soon.
Stoked to run knots! Deleted core 30 👽
"You don't need to have billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin for Bitcoin to be Fuck You Money. Bitcoin just *is* Fuck You Money because it's the first form of money they can't fuck with. They can't take it from you and they can't debase it and that's everything… because even a little bit of it gives you more freedom than a giant stack of fiat, and that's a beautiful thing. " - nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhh2mtzwfjkctnvda3kzmp6xsurgwqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqgxy3c5lqj6g9nqpeg0ea7xgdmurrrq9nc8fx5er2930pq8jdc2vzyu7yza6
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Presenting the first excerpt to Anima Prime: an punk electronic album with an accompanying animated film. Full audio available on @wavlake.
https://wavlake.com/playlist/3552aed6-c397-4e60-b112-bd1834d56880
I’m trying but I’m iOS :/ it’s a little tricky to upload music. Any advice ?