Many people telling you to “just outbid the Spammers”
… are also telling you to “just spend your Bitcoin and trigger a cap gains, income tax, and sales tax”
…and we also need CTV, Covenants, and more functionality
And also telling you filters are bad for Bitcoin.
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Block Template Centralization is the obvious threat to Bitcoin’s censorship resistance, but overt censorship like OFAC compliance is too obvious.
We would route around that.
So attackers ran a covert attack using spamouflage & spambiguity to censor Bitcoin with bullshit data.
Covid was gain of function.
Quantum is gain of function.
Non-monetary data on Bitcoin is gain of function.
Electronic Peer to Peer Cash is gain of gumption.
Study Bitcoin.
Definition of GUMPTION
enterprise, initiative; common sense, horse sense… See the full definition
Would you buy an insurance policy from a company that turns a blind eye to moral hazard and reckless behavior by its other policy holders?
Or would you prefer if the insurance company tried to mitigate moral hazard and reckless behavior?
Now apply these questions to Bitcoin.
The block size limit in 2010 was for spam prevention and it was definitely not suicidal or delusional… similar preventative thinking and strategy is required today…
we need to stop being so passive… good Byzantine Generals are vigilant
Spam is slow poison that poses gradually than suddenly risks to Bitcoin.
Now is the time to Act and cut this cancer out of our culture.
Why can't anyone on the Anti-Filter side make a persuasive argument that defends Core v.30 normalizing 100kb Op_Returns + neglecting obvious Spam vulnerabilities for almost 3 years now. Bitcoin Maintainers are supposed to maintain Bitcoin. Instead, they neglect basic maintenance.
Fix vulnerabilities, maximize Bitcoin's Monetary Quality.
Maximize Bitcoin's Monetary Quality, maximize Bitcoin's Potential.
Maximize Bitcoin's Potential, Maximize Humanity's Potential.
If you know, you Knots.
Filters up.✊
There is no better way to out yourself as ignorant or malicious than socially or technically signaling support for non-monetary data (spam) on Bitcoin.
Bitcoin Toxicity implies hostility to the ignorant and malicious who misuse
Bitcoin.
Bitcoin needs strong Catechism & Deacons.
BIP-110, The Cat, The Lynx, and Dust expiry are nice options.
Luke’s reactive soft fork to a hostile Spam attack is a nice option.
Bitcoin users reserve the right to exercise consensus options.
Rug the exchanges. Rug the Spammers.
Stay vigilant. Run Knots.
Filters up.✊🏼
Bitcoiners opposing spam filters for Bitcoin full nodes is like Dutch People opposing Dikes and Canals for their Polders.
Spam filters benefit Bitcoiners like Dikes and Canals benefit the Dutch.
Cooperation despite differences.
Bitcoin Core should support filters.
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Satoshi in 2010: Oh shit, I should have included a block size limit on Bitcoin to mitigate Spam. I'll add that.
Core/Spam Apologists in 2025: You agreed to 4MB Bitcoin Blocks and the Taproot upgrade! There's no going back! Deal with it!
Do you see the difference?
Quantum FUD is a distraction from Spam attacks.
There are Shitcoin Citrea peopl like Peter Thiel, Balaji, and Voorhees at Bitcoin’s Gates who want to turn Bitcoin into a Fiat Shitcoin Spam Dumping Ground.
Fuck that. Filters up.✊🏼🫡
Theoretical Quantum Risk < Real Spam Risks
Bitcoin is Money and has options to address Quantum risks and Spam risks.
But we have to prioritize the risks in the proper order.
Addressing obvious problems > Anticipating theoretically possible problems
24-Karat Bitcoin > 14-Karat Bitcoin
Gloria ran away from Twitter.
Greg Maxwell isn’t on Twitter.
Adam Back and many other Core v.30 simps block pro-Filter advocates.
This is not what The Truth being on your side looks like.
1 BTC + Less Spam > 1 BTC + More Spam
“Fix the money, fix the world” doesn’t work if we won’t take the time to fix defects in Bitcoin.
When Satoshi saw defects in Bitcoin, Satoshi fixed the defects.
Today we see defects from SegWit, Taproot, and Core v.30 and Bitcoin users pretend there are no defects.
The Knots implementation values Bitcoin more highly than Core v.30, which is reflected in the default settings.
Filters enhance Bitcoin’s purchasing power.
But Core v.30 sells Bitcoin down the river for 30 sats in spam fees.
If you know, you Knots.
Filters up. ✊🏼🫡
A non-discriminatory cyclical Dust Busting to cleanse the Bitcoin UTXO Set of Dust/encourage Bitcoin Best Practices and UTXO Management seems like a positive sum incentive to me.
Feedback welcome.
Am I wrong to be mad the Samourai guys pled guilty and now the legal precedent is in place to go after other Bitcoin users & devs even if they get pardoned?
Am I wrong to be mad that the Samourai guys practiced shitty & reckless public relations?
Stay wary my merry fellows.✊🏼🫡
