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Ignore the personal attacks Matt. Its true There's been no shortage of those from all sides. If I said something personally offensive to you I take it back. I honestly think you are not a bad apple. Or malicious. Its just that you are not showing your best in your engagement with this issue. I'm pointing to you a video that has ZERO insults or personal attacks. All I'm saying is deal WITH THE ARGUMENTS of the BIP stop engaging with strawmen.
Hey @ODELL Iโ€™m genuinely open to being proven wrong and say Iโ€™m sorry. If youโ€™re willing to publish a detailed, substantive response video that meaningfully addresses the technical aspects (similar in depth and seriousness to what @Matthew Kratter did) of course. Furthermore, if you ever decide to publicly support BIP-110, I will record a public apology video mentioning you and donate 100k sats to a pro bono Bitcoin cause of your choice. Iโ€™m aware that 100k sats might seem like a laughable amount to you given the scale at which you operate, but itโ€™s not a small amount to me. And I would do it in a heartbeat - without hesitation.
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Test Victor 4 months ago
He won't reply to this. Just like back in the day, him talking shit an Saylor, then softball interviews him during the Nashville Shitcoin magazine conference.
They donโ€™t need one. Itโ€™s time consuming. Just take time and answer to Matthewโ€™s video. Itโ€™s quite simple. Should help.
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notstr 4 months ago
Want OP_RETURN to continue to be consensus valid. Miners running reasonable defaults should not be punished.
I love how @ODELL responds to the most vitriolic, rage bait posts yet REFUSES to respond to anything intelligent and then acts like this. There are people that respect your opinion and want to hear your technical refutation of bip110 and for whatever reason you just donโ€™t say anything of substance. Like dude, I want to respect you, but youโ€™re acting like a coward. I know โ€œpersonal attackโ€ but if it quacks like a duckโ€ฆmight be a duck View quoted note โ†’
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PilgrimB 2 weeks ago
One thing that strikes me about the current BIP110 debate is how much the social dynamics remind me of COVID. Not because the subject matter is the same, but because the pattern feels familiar. You have a large number of recognised experts, influencers and institutions all pushing the same narrative. You have legitimate concerns and counterarguments that often go unanswered. And you have people raising those concerns being characterised as troublemakers, extremists, attackers or simply not understanding the issue. During COVID, many people weren't asking for blind trust in alternative views. They were simply asking for open debate, transparency and the right to question the prevailing narrative. Whether you agreed with them or not, questioning authority became enough to attract criticism. I see some of the same frustrations emerging here.For many of us, the issue isn't whether a particular developer, company or influencer is good or bad. The issue is that Bitcoin was designed specifically so that nobody's authority should be enough. Arguments should stand or fall on their merits. When concerns about incentives, funding, governance, adoption, miner behaviour or Bitcoin's use as money are raised, they should be addressed directly rather than dismissed because of who is asking them. That's why I respect the people who continue asking difficult questions. Not because they're necessarily right about everything, but because Bitcoin depends on open scrutiny and healthy skepticism. The answer isn't insults, tribalism or hero worship. The answer is to run a node, study the proposals, support decentralisation, verify claims for yourself and participate in the process.Bitcoin doesn't need followers. It needs sovereign individuals. If the debate around BIP110 has achieved anything positive, it's that more people are looking behind the curtain and asking how Bitcoin development is funded, how influence is exercised and whether the incentives still align with Bitcoin's original purpose. Those are questions worth asking, regardless of where you stand on the proposal.
Its a good observation. Its the same pattern: Self proclaimed authorities imposing its views and labeling dissent as plebslop, technically ignorants etc.
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