man, i was looking forward to see if John's views finally evolved. but they just further devolved into a shameful display of coping about the "necessity of trust". the entire point of #bitcoin, it's most important value proposition was that it does not require trusted third parties. that you can be selective about entering into a trust relationship on your terms when you see fit and not forced to do so for the most basic utilities. the other common mistake John seems to still subscribe to is thinking the "ponzi" works without the freedom tech at scale. it does not. paper bitcoin undoes the scarcity. institutionalized bitcoin has no cap on the supply. "your journey ends here insert coin to try again!" trust and credit sure work. and scale spectacularly. they are also copes and clear capitulation from the mission. they also only work until they don't which usually the lesson every nth generation has to learn and then the world forgets. @John Carvalho @Vlad, Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

i just wanted to watch a video you fucking retard!

"things have never been better!" the orange cult told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. it was their final, most essential command.

"bitcoin can end government corruption" my dude, if that was true devs and node runners would be hunted down and dismembered by UN death squads. chill the fuck out!

everyone responsible for this, know that: i hate you and i hope you die miserably!

i wrote this on dec 21, 2024: "it's a massive strawman to insinuate we are saying "without covenants it's all lost". no that's actually complete horsesshit. without changing anything tho, it is going be be a custodial clusterfuck. there are many paths forward. covenants are probably the least controversial rn. if you think giving up on improving and scaling bitcoin and cucking out to some neo-banking abomination is a viable option, i got nothing to tell you except that you are an idiot. the thing about covenants is, they are common ground between different camps that are still aligned on bitcoin. those that think we should increase capacity and those that think that's premature both grudgingly agree that covenants provide them with better tools for their apps." sadly i think we are out of time. thanks to all the "what's the rush!?" idiots, that wasted 7 fucking years we flew under the radar and could have used to build ramparts of freedom tech, against the tide of regulation and paper bitcoin that is coming now. life goes on, the dream will live on, even after bitcoin. but i don't think i will ever be able to forgive you assholes.