Entropy.

in what sense do they matter if difficulty drops to zero and the true fork dies?

this is a big stretch.

Bitcoin miners aren't incentivized to be in consensus. they're incentivized to follow the fork that will make them the most money.

Monero miners are only different on n that they might fuck off and do something else if it's more profitable than mining Monero, so you could hypothetically say that you lose network security in that event. it's just a guess though and there's no compelling reason to believe that Monero would lose hash in the event of a contentious fork. lose it to what exactly? why?

and no, your umbrel doesn't have any leverage over what miners do. they're looking at where the big money goes and how to remain profitable.

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you don't actually know how much compute the government controls and how easy it would be for them to bring it on the monero blockchain.

they just have to send a letter to Bitcoin miners to exert pressure on them.

neither of us knows which of these is an easier task.

its trade-offs.

we can have a second thread about monetary policy and why a fixed number of monetary units is stupid if you like.

I bet there are trout in that stream!

#foodstr

#everday

#forever

I’m not worried about quantum, I’m worried about people using quantum as an excuse to make changes in bitcoin that will have adverse consequences

My neighbor's 78 year old lawn mower. His father built it 1 year before he was born. He added a new transmission when he brought it down to Baja over 20 years ago. Still mows several acres every year 🤙

My neighbor also built his own backhoe and accessories, many years ago. I need to get some photos to share. It's like living next to McGyver.

#permaculture #homesteading #gardening #offgrid #bitcoin

Totally agree @jack

Database is coming!

#introductions

Fuck who you want just don’t be a faggot.

Done, I wrapped it in a smart contract that will pay out when the blind oracle says the world has ended 😂

When we hear good news, we celebrate 🎉 #RefugeFromThePatriarchy

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I would love to see hard data on how many accounts out there are pure rage bots. Just Ai accounts whose sole purpose is to make a bad point and then insult you or make a ridiculous generalization to get engagement and attention. 🤔😆

Is the fact that communists now use Nostr a sign that Nostr is winning?

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