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Super helpful summary of the blockchain’s spam problem and how we got here. The more I read the more I am leaning toward supporting BIP-110. #bitcoin #bip-110

Issue #3 - Three Years of Spam

From zero to 36%: a timeline

I lost my platinum wedding band on a bike ride last year. Instead of buying another metal ring, I ordered a Tangem ring and put the full replacement cost into bitcoin that’ll live on it. Feels way better. Can’t wait for it to arrive this week. 🔐

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Bitcoin is the last exit. Everything else is a toll booth.

Bitcoin is always in the buy zone.

📟 Bitcoin price update: 1 BTC = 1 BTC

Still working through my thoughts on BIP‑110. I’m not convinced it’s the right path, but I _am_ convinced that Bitcoin should stay focused on its purpose: sound, reliable, permissionless money and long‑term value storage, not a general‑purpose data chain. What bothers me is how easily Bitcoin Core 30.x changed OP_RETURN policy. A simple policy tweak (80 bytes → 100,000 bytes) seems to have had massive downstream effects: more non‑financial data, more bloat, more drift from Bitcoin’s monetary purpose. That kind of impact shouldn’t come from a GitHub merge. At the same time, BIP‑110 raises its own concerns. Calling it a “temporary soft fork” doesn’t make sense to me. Consensus changes aren’t temporary, are they? And lowering activation to 55% miner signaling feels like a dangerous precedent. Bitcoin should not be easy to change, no matter the motivation. So I’m stuck between two worries: Core changes with big policy implications that steer Bitcoin without broad review on the one hand and consensus proposals that try to fix policy mistakes with low‑threshold forks on the other. I want Bitcoin to stay minimal and focused on money. I’m just not convinced BIP‑110 is the right mechanism to get us there. And I’ll admit to being uncertain and also fearful about the future in light of this debate. The discussions I’ve seen on here seem so polarizing… as a node operator, I would value an honest dialogue about these issues. #bitcoin

Chuck Norris doesn’t fork Bitcoin. He folds rogue chains back into consensus with his bare hands.

I stacked some sats today To watch the system bleed The world keeps minting lies And calls it what we need My cold key feels like judgment A blade against the fraud Every dying empire Still thinks it plays as God What have they become These kings of paper hell? They drown us in their debt Then say we're doing well But I won’t die like that Inside their rusted cage I’ll hold this spark of math While all their towers age The markets howl and break The weak hands beg for peace But truth is never gentle And freedom scars the weak I walk through burning ledgers Through panic, blood, and noise The chain keeps carving forward And shreds their printed toys If I could start again At genesis, block one I’d carve my keys in bone And stack until I’m done