I often hear people say that Satoshi wasn’t the best coder or early versions of Bitcoin were a mess. I think that yes the whole codebase probably had many flaws. BUT the ability to synthesize so many influences into a working solution in maybe 2 years is still an engineering achievement of a genius.

How does Bitcoin survive and flourish? In evolutionary terms does Bitcoin aim to be the crocodile, a design that has lasted the test of time, or does it evolve quickly and continually like a virus to stay ahead. Note to self to read Brandon Quittem’s essay which I assume suggests Bitcoin’s DNA makes it a fungus

Brandon Quittem

Bitcoin is The Mycelium of Money - Brandon Quittem

Foreward This is the entire bitcoin+fungi series combined into a single article. I have more unpublished material, should I turn this into a book? ...

When do we get vaults? Can we get that after the high priority OP_RETURN change is done?

I like Bitcoin because it’s Thermodynamic law x Darwin’s theory of evolution x Math x Distributed computing.

Would be cool if there was a way to sign against an anonymous utxo set to prove ownership of an unspent amount at the same time nodes could verify no “double spending of utxo proofs”. I don’t know exactly what I’m saying but verifiable proof of ownership against the issuance might be a future Bitcoin self preservation feature against paper bitcoin.

Won’t every US politician want hands on proven experience running a bitcoin reserve before the next president is elected?

v(ibe) 2

Windsurf and Claude just vibe coded me my own #solomining pool from scratch. Explained the code to me, and now my #bitaxe is happily sending shares 🥹🤯

Vaults via hardware wallets instead while waiting for true onchain solutions was a really exciting idea surfaced on @BitcoinReview.

Mini Mac form factor with a Bitcoin core node installed with a button to trigger automatic update with signature checking. Button to display QR code similar to Zeus that allows wallets to connect easily.