I hate censorship. Filtering out non-monetary data on Bitcoin is objective, and is not censorship at all... Because Bitcoin isn't a general speech platform - it is a specific speech platform allowing the movement of bitcoin. There already exists an unstoppable speech platform, notes and other things transmitted over relays (NOSTR). No transfer of Bitcoin from one address to another can be censored from Bitcoin. Payments are essentially censorship resistant. Arbitrary data is not, and should not be - that'd be inventing a different purpose for Bitcoin. If a particular transfer got blocked because it has arbitrary data, the exact same transfer can be reattempted without the arbitrary data and it will get through. Inscriptions data inside an "if false(data)" block is objectively not part of the attempts to make a financial transaction. It is objectively added on as arbitrary data. It can be filtered out without stopping the movement of that particular UTXO. The perpetrator can simply republish the transaction without the arbitrary data and the exact same satoshis will move where they want it to go. Does this kind of argument have a place, Gloria?

Let's aim for zero government, in the same way that we aim for zero rape.

ParmanodL has a new recycle bin:

I used bitcoin again today by not selling any.

Sounds awesome. It would be very helpful if you could list all potential weakness and trade offs, or is it perfect in every way?

When watching a Netflix series, it's fun to play the game, "which character isn't randomly gay?"

Quick reminder, cholesterol is not a toxin and neither is CO2

My website, with my FREE #Bitcoin educational guides and articles is getting a lot of hits... If you'd like to advertise on the site, kindly GFY. 😜

It's important to have a government, otherwise it'll be the Wild West, and whoever has the most guns will control the population and make up whatever rules they want. Wait.

When your wife is upset and yelling about something stupid, don't say, "cool story, mate" - nothing good happens.

If government had it's way, ALL interactions between humans would be regulated.

Did you know, door manufacturers, after October 31, will no longer produce doors with locks, because locks on doors don't stop crime. I could explain but the way locks work is quite technical, you wouldn't get it. Instead, I'll get Shinobi to run Adam Hack's X account to explain to people how locks technically work (eDuCaTiON) to distract them from what's going on. There will also be debates and forums on spaces. If you don't like it, just use windows instead of doors, or build your own doors.

Democracy - it's a criminal offence to sell your vote, but it's fine that politicians are trying to buy them.

"Grok please generate a text message conversation where Luke is considering a bitcoin hard fork."

While working on #BitVotr version 2, I've been able to solve its Byzantine general's problem by using Bitcoin as a reference. It seems to me it can be used to solve BGPs for ALL other distributed networks. Because it's solved once, it's solved for all. All nodes in BitVotr can agree on some time-based state of data, as in, which version is latest and valid, by requiring it to contain the latest known bitcoin hash, which can then settle latency related uncertainties. Additionally, when a random node needs to be chosen, all can agree on which random node by using a random number from the latest bitcoin block (the hash), then apply that to the numbered list (with modulo).

Get a girl who's a Bitcoiner and uses vim. Nah, don't, that's a dude.

Really enjoying studying Hoppe's argumentation theory of ethics. Quickest summary - "in order to be eligible to use arguments that I'm wrong (property rights), you first have to agree to the rules of what argument is, and once you do that, you're saying you're wrong". Checkmate.

There are a few people out there who don't make their own pastirma and frankly, it's a little upsetting. It's not expensive to make. Recipe...

Pastirma / Basturma – Bitcoin Guides

"I'm happy to pay MY taxes." GFY, dickhead, you'd also swallow for YOUR rapist.