F-n yellow rock.... can it really keep up in the AI/everything-digital times?

@PUBKEY @HODL @Danny Knowles @erik cason @tpacchia From a pure lets have fun vibes.....U all killed it tonight at pubkey. Final WBD show with edits will not likely capture the random joy and good will - especially when the conversation went south. But u missed a chance to address the _malaise_ in bitcoin. Fellas: its not about culture or philosophy or the state or capture...., it's all about number go up. That's the only reason why people save in freedom money - is to have their wealth preserved. The 4-5 year window from 2021-2022 till now (2026) has been totally brutal. Essentially flat if you DCA'ed. This is why vibes are at alltime lows. This is the problem. Search no further. OGs (im almost there having bought coins at $16k) dont get it because they can fall back on some coins having a x5. Even if most coins are flat to negative. Just a bit of acknowledgment to the real_OGs - class of 2021 would have gone a long ways.

The print is coming; they have no choice, SAIEW The only thing that changes is the _why_ they will sell to the public Looking more and more like ✅War + ✅AI race + small dose of ✅save the children (housing/job subsidies)

Bull doesn't start (=bear not over) until we capture 30oz......

Information _wants_ to be free Valuable info will be AI ponzi companies take note

Goin parabolic.... or not so much

Oddly flat

study it

Here are the main ways people use Taproot’s multiple script paths, grouped by purpose: **Recovery & Inheritance** - **Social recovery:** A 2-of-3 main path, plus individual paths where each backup key works after a long timelock. - **Inheritance / dead man’s switch:** A primary spending path now, plus a path to an heir’s key that only unlocks after, say, 1–2 years of inactivity. - **Decaying multisig:** A 3-of-3 today, degrading to 2-of-3 after 6 months, then 1-of-3 after a year—so funds are never locked forever if keys are lost. **Escrow & Dispute Resolution** - **2-of-3 with arbitration:** - Path A: Buyer + Seller (cooperative) - Path B: Buyer + Arbiter (dispute) - Path C: Seller + Arbiter (dispute) You can add timelocks so the arbiter only matters if the two main parties deadlock for some period. **Lightning Channels** - **Key path:** Mutual close (cooperative, looks like a single-sig on-chain). - **Script paths:** Force-close scenarios with revocation keys, HTLC success/timeout branches, and penalty clauses. Only the triggered branch is revealed; the channel state history stays hidden. **Vaults** - **Unvaulting path:** Requires a hot key + a timelock delay (e.g., 24 hours). - **Cancel path:** During the delay, a cold key can sweep funds to a safety address. - **Emergency path:** A deeply cold key can recall funds after a very long lock. **Conditional Contracts** - **HTLC variants / atomic swaps:** Different hashlocks or timelocks for different counterparties or chains. - **Betting / oracles:** Path A pays Alice if oracle attests X; Path B pays Bob if oracle attests Y; Path C refunds after timeout if oracle never signs. **Operational Security** - **Hardware diversity:** One script path requires a Ledger + passphrase; another requires a Coldcard + passphrase; a third requires a seedless HSM. This avoids a single vendor vulnerability without revealing your full setup. **Privacy & Decoy Patterns** - **Dummy leaves:** Some wallets insert random decoy script leaves so an observer who sees one revealed script can’t infer how many *real* conditions exist. The unifying theme is that **the key path handles the “happy/cooperative” case** (cheap, looks like single-sig), while **the script tree encodes every “what if” contingency**—and only the contingency that actually happens is ever exposed.

Maple AI : The main controversy around Taproot's activation wasn't about Taproot itself — the upgrade was broadly popular — but about **how to decide when and whether to enforce it**. Specifically, the fight was over who ultimately controls Bitcoin's consensus rules: **miners or node operators**. ## The Core Divide: BIP9 vs. BIP8 (LOT=True) The community split into two philosophical camps: - **BIP9 / "LOT=False" (Miner-driven):** This approach let miners signal support, and if they didn't reach a threshold, the upgrade simply failed. Proponents argued this was safer and less disruptive — don't force a rule change unless miners clearly agree. Critics called this giving miners a **permanent veto** over a widely desired upgrade. - **BIP8 with LOT=True (User-Activated Soft Fork / UASF):** This approach set a deadline by which miners had to signal; if they didn't, nodes would begin enforcing the new rules anyway, effectively forcing miners to follow or be orphaned off the network. Proponents argued this was necessary to prevent miner obstruction (citing the SegWit activation experience). Critics warned it could risk chain splits and network instability if not enough users actually ran the enforcing software. ## The Speedy Trial Compromise After months of stalemate, developers Russell O'Connor and David Harding proposed **"Speedy Trial"** as a middle path: - **Short trial period:** Miners got ~3 months to signal. - **High bar:** 90% of blocks in a difficulty period had to signal to lock it in. - **Fail-fast:** If miners didn't signal, the attempt died quickly — no automatic UASF fallback built into the Core client. - **Long delay:** If locked in, activation waited ~6 months to give everyone time to upgrade. This was essentially **BIP9-style miner signaling with a much shorter window**, designed to gauge actual miner support without embedding a mandatory UASF into Bitcoin Core's official release. ## Why It Was Controversial - **UASF advocates were unhappy** because Speedy Trial removed the built-in "safety net" that would force activation if miners stalled. Some released alternate Bitcoin Core clients with LOT=True as a hedge. - **Miner-veto critics** argued the process proved miners could still block things if they chose to, and that node operators had been sidelined. - **Governance concerns:** The debate exposed how Bitcoin's decentralized development process can deadlock when there is no clear mechanism for resolving activation disputes. ## Outcome Miners overwhelmingly signaled support, Taproot locked in, and activated successfully in **November 2021**. But the controversy left lingering questions about whether Speedy Trial was a pragmatic solution or a precedent that lets miners (or the status quo) stall future upgrades.