Alright, I dunno what I've been doing. It's time to take the opportunity to open some new lightning channels. 💡

Whoa hold on... Light theme Amethyst isn't too bad! I might prefer this. 🤔

Odd take, I've always found the idea of calling ourselves "Bitcoin Plebs" to be a thing I don't like. I get it's humble and somewhat accurate but there's this weird association in my head that makes me think we're calling ourselves "serfs" or something. I feel like that's not a good thing. 😕

Hmm... 🤔

Haven't seen nor noticed this before on my mempool. Interesting!

Interesting talk. I wonder what the solution is to the fake pubkey problem? Is it just filters or something I guess? Does Knots already attempt at blocking these kinds of transactions? 🤔

@Matthew Kratter Thanks for your recent videos on Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots. I've sent some sats your way. Also when you have the time, look into LND and BOLT 12. IIRC LND has been slow to adopt BOLT 12 due to prioritizing "stablecoin" support. I could be getting this all wrong and it might be more nuanced than the Core vs Knots discussion but I thought I'd bring the topic up.

Okay so hear me out... Bitcoin Core is attacking the network, right? The solution is to run Knots and encourage miners to filter the spam too. Well what about LND and their refusal to support BOLT 12? Aren't they trying to prioritize support for "stablecoins" right now? Shouldn't we be concerned over that as well? I'm thinking about it right now and I might ditch LND for Core Lightning. It'd be nice if we could just use BOLT 12 offers. 🤔

IKR? I saw that pathetic thread with that guy trying to assert you can't stop spam with filters or a fork. What a fucking joke! 🤣

Apparently it's not enough to just run Bitcoin Knots. If you're using Umbrel, go into the Bitcoin Knots app and click on the three dots next to connect. Then click "Advanced Settings" and then "Optimization." Scroll down until you find "Relay transaction with embedded data" and ensure this setting is disabled. Bonus points if you also turn on "Reject tokens transactions" to disable other garbage like runes. 😁

I'm switching to Bitcoin Knots. Fuck the spam.

Cash isn't king. It's a dictator that whips you into submission.

God, so fucking relatable. Is that really the play? Keep going over it? God, I dunno. What if your family is extremely opinionated and entrenched? You get into fights and arguments galore! Then people don't keep familial ties whatsoever. What the fuck then? Man, I just don't know... Do you just say fuck 'em? I kinda want to but IDK, I do love my family. By family I really only include my mom's side. I do genuinely love them regardless of the fact I don't like them very much. Never knew my dad's side. Perhaps I don't really love my mom's side of the family??? Conflicting thoughts and emotions, man... 😔

I do a lot of writing on YouTube... I feel like I should funnel some of those writings and comments towards nostr but it feels like it's less meaningful because there are more people here who know what's up versus those who are on mainstream platforms. I guess the actual benefit to mirroring things here is to have other like minded people help sharpen or soften my approach on a case by case basis. Could be helpful in recognizing the situations better and then developing strategies. IDK that's kinda wishful thinking, though... As if it would help any amount. I think we're all just destined to not be listened to and to not listen ourselves. I suppose that now that I'm thinking and writing about this, I think I haven't really been all that conversational in my approach. Perhaps I've been quite one-way in my approach. It's just that I see the whole story, I get the joke, and then I want to just say it all out loud so that there's self-awareness. Probably not a good idea considering there's a lot linked to self-awareness and misery, too much and it's insufferable. So basically, I'm insufferable. The problem I have is that I listen but I'm on the edge of my seat because I want to talk about the solution. I genuinely want to help them that badly and in that way. Anyone else have this problem? This is in regards to something like the carnivore diet. But it's still so early and the mainstream has been pushing back on it as if it was a fad diet. Simply put, it's not in the Overton Window and I feel like people desperately want to cling on to their problems and traumas. Perhaps it's just me being gullible to believe that the spirit of optimism is in or can be brought to others so easily. 🤔 Bro at this point I've fried my brain... Guess I'm just yapping. The real solution here is to not be so trigger happy with telling the conclusion, have the answers to tough hard science questions, question, and investigate with an honest, genuine, meaningful conversation. I've been fucking awful at that recently. I just wish it didn't have to be this way but the reality is that it is this way with literally everything in life. Not even the carnivore diet. 😔