bip110 had noble intentions and arbitrary data storage is/can still be a problem mostly because of the discount. I also think Core is rotten and the cure for that is running other implementation. It was clear from the start bip110 activating was unlikely, the fact that it did not doesn't mean bitcoin is captured, it simply did not have enough consensus. Luke wanting an HF is very sus, looks like he wants to make up for his lost coins, also how would that chain act if facing a similar situation? Another HF called by Luke? Bitcoin has problems, starting a clone does not solve the problems. Run alternative implementations, build circular bitcoin economies, get a bit of hashrate.

we need better tools to self custody. Things like op_vault maybe could help, maybe covenants idk.

Miners can always have out of band services, Ocean could have a service where you would send your tx to them alone for only them to get your tx fee. BTW right now you can pay out of band in LN or fiat to some big pools to accelerate your txs, doesn't that break fee estimates? doesn't that benefits big pools? Stop falling for gaslighting.

Do not try and predict the next block; that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth… there is no single policy/node implementation. Then you'll see that it is not the block that wasn't how it should be according to prediction; it is only yourself.

Bitcoin needs to have more node implementations, Core has a way too big market share, same for mining, its centralized. Right now core can put a SF, and 3 or 4 pools just activate it because they mostly don't care what SFs do, if Core looses the biggest market share, miners have to actively pick a node implementation. 1-Decentralize node implementations, 2-Decentralize mining. 3-Reject SFs, with each SF the attack surface only increases. Bitcoin doesn't need new toys, it needs stability and merchant/real world adoption, adoption is not failing because of lack of features, merchants and normies don't care about Defi or NFTS, Bitcoin already has what it needs to be used as money. We don't need distractions with Defi features, Bitcoin needs to stop, and people must focus on the ground work.