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Software developer and bitcoin collector with a philosophy background.

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2026-03-17 02:04:34 UTC

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Awesome!
https://fountain.fm/episode/kXTXEMLjy2thADQ8rTob
#nevent1q…wman

2026-03-12 00:46:03 UTC

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You are confused. “Policy” in Bitcoin is codified by the consensus rules. Nodes enforce adherence to the consensus rules: no mined blocks that break consensus rules shall be added to their copy of the chain. The consensus rules are hard-coded into the protocol, and the version of bitcoin software you run determines which protocol rules you are enforcing. Mempool forwarding settings are not policy, and are of little consequence. Find something more interesting to worry about.

2026-03-09 05:56:13 UTC

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https://fountain.fm/episode/OTxJEYqsaIsgvUFGrOg9
#nevent1q…5fex

2026-03-08 21:21:36 UTC

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Experienced software developers will remain in high demand.

2026-02-28 21:57:38 UTC

The Pentagon Feuding With an AI Company Is a Very Bad Sign
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/25/anthropic-pentagon-feud-ai/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921
> But Trump’s dispute with Anthropic involves additional, even more complicated stakes. At the root of Anthropic’s claim is the belief that the Trump White House is an unreliable custodian of AI military and surveillance technologies, and that the firm must impose independent guardrails to prevent the Pentagon and other agencies from potential misuse. Does Anthropic have a point?
https://stacker.news/items/1444937

2026-02-23 21:57:15 UTC

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Someone should make a Slack clone that uses NOSTR. 💪

2026-02-23 03:33:56 UTC

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Amazing. I need to work on this. 🧠

2026-02-23 02:13:28 UTC

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You’re confused because your premise is wrong. It was a change to the default value of a client side preference, not “a cap”. Users can set the value as they please. It’s not a consensus rule that miners heed, it’s a client side setting, which ultimately doesn’t matter, and also, nothing is “forced through” - you can still set a low value if you’re into incentivizing permanent storage of redundant data over optional storage in a prunable (throw-away) field, for some reason. Nobody has to accept the default value.

2026-02-23 02:03:16 UTC

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Part of the calculus for miners when considering switching to Bitcoin Luke’s Vision (BLV), which they might if fees are higher over there due to transactions finding it harder to get included because of lack of miners, is the cost of turmoil and disruption on the Bitcoin market. Degradation of confidence could be devastating for hard-earned institutional buy-in. I highly doubt that anywhere close to half of the network will be interested in the latest narcissist-lead, fear-driven, fringe-group fork. May BLV be shorter lived than BSV.

2026-02-23 01:50:30 UTC

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Bitcoin LV 😅💩

2026-02-23 01:20:10 UTC

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That’s what the Bcashers thought. Didn’t work out too well for them.

2026-02-23 01:18:40 UTC

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Same, SSDs are so much nicer. I want quiet, low power, and fast for something I’m running at home, 24/7.

2026-02-22 16:26:29 UTC

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Yes, really. Decentralization is a priority, so nodes must be affordable.

2026-02-04 22:05:31 UTC

Yes, It's Fascism - America now meets the 18 criteria
https://samharris.org/episode/SE8CA91C746
Sam Harris speaks with Jonathan Rauch about the emergence of fascism in American politics. They discuss Rauch’s article, “Yes, It’s Fascism,” the 18 criteria of fascism, the glorification and unapologetic use of state violence, “might is right” foreign policy, the politicization of law enforcement, the complicity of the rich and powerful, blood and soil nationalism, the influence of Carl Schmitt, the resilience of American institutions, and other topics.
Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, is the author of eight books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book, published in 2021 by the Brookings Press, is [_The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth_](https://amzn.to/4qdoa9d), a spirited and deep-diving account of how to push back against disinformation, canceling, and other new threats to our fact-based epistemic order.
Jonathan’s Atlantic article, “[Yes, It’s Fascism](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/)”
https://stacker.news/items/1426613

2026-02-02 02:51:17 UTC

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“Russia Russia Russia”
https://blossom.primal.net/fe6ecd30d01fd4f2af73b4dc582f05da2074b81624234dcc447c8d563560db7f.jpg

2026-02-02 02:25:03 UTC

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Not true. The 1:10 ratio was discarded long ago, it’s more like 1:100 now.

2026-01-30 20:56:24 UTC

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“Wants to” does not necessarily mean “will”, following an analysis of the data…

2026-01-30 16:34:23 UTC

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You mean the Gravy Seals?

2026-01-29 18:59:03 UTC

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Yep.
White supremacist and far-right extremist violence is considered the top domestic terrorism threat to the United States, according to law enforcement officials, intelligence assessments, and independent researchers. Since 2018, white supremacists have conducted the majority of lethal attacks and plots among domestic violent extremists in the U.S..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States

2026-01-29 01:03:53 UTC

Florida Tourism Collapse: Trade War with Canada Impact
Ouch! 280,000 jobs and $52 billion in lost revenue in just one state, due to soured relations with Canada. Decades of relationships erased in a year.
FTA:
> For Florida workers, the consequences were immediate and personal. Service sector wages stagnated as labor demand collapsed. Healthcare access declined as private clinics closed. Working-age residents began leaving the state altogether, accelerating population churn and weakening consumer demand even further. What began as a tourism shock evolved into a labor market crisis.
> …
> Tourist tax revenues collapsed by as much as 50% in some jurisdictions. Infrastructure projects were frozen. School districts cut programs. Emergency reserves were drained at record speed. This was the moment the illusion ended: Florida was not experiencing a downturn—it was confronting the consequences of a trade war that transformed consumer trust into a strategic fault line.
>
> The fiscal consequences are compounding. Property tax shortfalls are forcing counties to raise rates on remaining residents, accelerating affordability crises. School districts face chronic underfunding as tourism-linked revenues fail to recover. Infrastructure maintenance is deferred, not delayed. Deferred maintenance becomes decay. Decay drives further out-migration. The feedback loop tightens.
>
> Internal planning models used by regional development agencies indicate that even under the most optimistic assumptions, no more than 30% of former Canadian winter spending is projected to return over the next decade. That implies a structural loss of roughly $35 to $40 billion in annual economic activity. This is not a recessionary dip—it is a reset. The scale is comparable to the long-term decline of a major industrial sector, except this collapse did not originate from global competition or automation. It originated from political miscalculation.
> …
> That mismatch explains why the United States failed to anticipate the scale of damage now unfolding across Florida and other tourism-dependent regions. Policymakers focused on factories, ports, and export balances while ignoring a far larger vulnerability: services, consumer trust, and allied behavior. Tourism was classified as discretionary, apolitical, and resilient. That assumption proved catastrophically wrong.
>
> In reality, Canadian travel to the United States functioned as a fo
https://www.whatjobs.com/news/florida-tourism-collapse-how-trade-war-with-canada-erased-280000-jobs-and-52-billion/

2026-01-28 17:25:33 UTC

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Amazing that trading/charting software can accommodate that many digits!

2026-01-27 23:06:06 UTC

Germany urged to repatriate £122bn in gold from Trump’s ‘risky’ America
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/25/germany-urged-to-repatriate-122bn-in-gold-from-america/

2026-01-27 22:39:52 UTC

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Yeah, in LatAM, bribing judges is much easier!

2026-01-26 03:39:10 UTC

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It’s a game changer. Amazing in CC, but also the new CoWork feature in the desktop app, for other tasks.

2026-01-25 20:01:05 UTC

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Civil War 2.0 playing out as planned 🍿

2026-01-25 19:58:17 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/3c6694cf16fff391931f10aedb26a6e819281e4639c6f6cdc6a9e28b6f4a2dcc.jpg

2026-01-22 17:44:19 UTC

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Haha yah I’ve never been a fan of Microsoft operating systems, but Gates stepped down in 2008.

2026-01-22 16:24:36 UTC

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lol @ “revelation of…” yeah let me pull something out of my ass to give you more revelations 😆
A photo of them together proves nothing. Do you know Epstein did more than just creep on young women? He was also involved in big financial ventures, and as a result interacted with a lot of rich people for that. His interactions were not confined to only fellow creeps. The assumption that everyone who ever talked to him is also a sexual predator is crazy. Literally impossible. Get a grip!

2026-01-22 07:25:13 UTC

Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos: the rules-based international order is over
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqHDhO4h10
The full (and translated) text of the address is available [here](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-speech-davos-rules-based-order-9.7053350).
So many bangers in this speech:
> Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.
>
> Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration.
>
> But more recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons. Tariffs as leverage. Financial infrastructure as coercion. Supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.
>
> You cannot "live within the lie" of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.
...
> And pragmatic in recognizing that progress is often incremental, that interests diverge, that not every partner will share our values. So we're engaging broadly, strategically, with open eyes. We actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be.
>
> We are calibrating our relationships so their depth reflects our values. And we're prioritizing broad engagement to maximize our influence, given the fluidity of the world order, the risks that this poses, and the stakes for what comes next.
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> Middle powers must act together because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.
>
> But I'd also say that great powers can afford, for now, to go it alone. They have the market size, the military capacity and the leverage to dictate terms. Middle powers do not. But when we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness. We accept what's offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating.
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> This is not sovereignty. It's the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.
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> In a world of great power rivalry, the countries in between have a choice: compete with each other for favour or to combine to create a third path with impact.
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> We shouldn't allow the rise of hard power to blind us to the fact that the power of legitimacy, integrity and rules will remain strong — if we choose to wield them together.
https://stacker.news/items/1417213

2026-01-22 06:17:37 UTC

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Compile it on Luke’s compromised server, like his distro, just to follow trend

2026-01-22 06:16:31 UTC

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Brutal. Time for the Dutch to exit the system and HODL bitcoin in anonymous wallets they own, outside of state surveillance.

2026-01-22 06:04:00 UTC

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Do you believe every crackpot conspiracy theory online? Do you also think 5G signals spread mind control viruses and the moon landing was fake?
```
No, it is not true that Bill Gates has been banned from any country. Claims circulating on social media suggesting he has been banned, arrested, or kicked out of countries like India or Kenya are false and have been debunked by fact-checkers.
Here are the details regarding the situations often cited in these false claims:
India (Vaccine Trials): Rumors claimed Gates was kicked out of India or faced trial for illegal vaccine trials. In reality, a HPV vaccine study in 2010 (funded by the Gates Foundation) was halted, but not because of a ban or criminal action against Gates. The project faced controversy after local deaths occurred, which were later found to be unrelated to the vaccine.
Kenya (Diplomatic Immunity): In late 2024, the High Court of Kenya suspended special diplomatic immunity privileges granted to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While the foundation subsequently withdrew from a "Host Country Agreement" that provided these special privileges, this is not a ban on Bill Gates or his work in the country.
Conspiracy Theories: The allegations of bans often stem from broader, unfounded, and "evil" conspiracy theories accusing him of using vaccines for population control or causing the COVID-19 pandemic, which have been widely debunked.
```
It's always much easier to make up bullshit than to debunk it, but Reuters helpfully took on that joyless task for this topic, to help out clueless incels with no critical thinking skills, such as yourself:
https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/list-of-claims-about-bill-gates-includes-falsities-idUSL1N2LO230/

2026-01-22 01:47:33 UTC

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Is there a single shred of evidence for that?

2026-01-22 00:45:28 UTC

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He almost single handedly funded the cure for malaria. How many millions of lives will be saved because of it?

2026-01-22 00:41:16 UTC

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Bitcoin bud

2026-01-20 16:32:31 UTC

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“In charge of everything” — get a grip. What is “everything”? Leaders of the G7 countries? No Jews. President & Director of the World Bank? The IMF? The BIS? Not Jews. WEF leadership? Not Jews. United Nations leadership, also, not Jewish.
Yes, there are many successful people who are also Jewish. So what?

2026-01-20 16:21:02 UTC

GM, $90k gang

2026-01-20 08:49:10 UTC

Good riddance #Iran
https://blossom.primal.net/908763885a26fb816b5325d14e3701ed4e295c3a60974ae4d3b5e0d746f5c628.jpg

2026-01-19 00:25:27 UTC

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“Seem to” if you consume antisemitic propaganda as if it were true. Iran has been pumping that shit out at full volume since they discovered the Internet.

2026-01-18 22:41:25 UTC

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Why post it at all, if your existing narrative is all that matters? It is ironic that this guy is calling for people to listen to each other and respect truth, and is presented in the opposite context?

2026-01-18 22:21:57 UTC

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That is not what he said in this clip. He said we must listen to each other to resolve issues, not only with our brains, but also with our hearts, in order to maintain our humanity in the age of machine intelligence. Ironic that you failed to listen.

2026-01-18 00:54:24 UTC

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Hybrid is best: a knowledgeable developer guiding the AI, step by step.

2026-01-18 00:11:36 UTC

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Use high quality chicken broth, and roast the vegetables first, broil at the end for a tiny bit of char. 🔥

2026-01-17 20:39:12 UTC

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Probably doesn’t matter

2026-01-17 18:20:43 UTC

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Free trade > Protectionism

2026-01-17 01:43:49 UTC

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/convoy-protest-emergencies-act-appeal-9.7046769

2026-01-17 01:41:36 UTC

Canadian government is running out of appeal options on the court ruling that found they violated protestors’ charter rights when they illegally invoked the Emergency Powers (aka War Measures) Act to arrest them, seize their assets, and other abuses. Will the politicians involved be personally held to account? 🤔

2026-01-17 01:37:38 UTC

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She explains it well to the non-developers who think this. It’s not going well for the companies that let their senior devs go.
https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9ftcn3nawtxlk0gygd43g5228xs5998h50duzycr86hkffvskugqcqel7r

2026-01-17 00:16:20 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/0dacdb6e1d8ec9759bf94465feb7c48a6d37113c802c5fabb70878de545ee330.png

2026-01-17 00:14:29 UTC

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Good OpSock 😅

2026-01-15 22:43:07 UTC

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In German, cryptocurrency is kryptowährung. So “My Crypto” in German.
https://fountain.fm/episode/DFOl05P171jOt6KbYGll
#nevent1q…gt7q

2026-01-15 17:06:37 UTC

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All to fulfill the desire of a senile old crook to create a distraction from his crimes.

2026-01-14 23:06:16 UTC

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lol like Russia has ever respected international law

2026-01-14 23:00:23 UTC

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Silver production has been ramping up to meet the demand with more supply

2026-01-14 08:39:46 UTC

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Will all if the agencies split it among them? Where will the CIA sell it? ❄️

2026-01-13 17:15:08 UTC

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The older you are, the more you understand how difficult it is to coordinate groups of people to achieve anything meaningful, and also how secrets don’t often scale past 2 people. Thus, how highly improbable most conspiracy theories are.

2026-01-13 03:37:32 UTC

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lol

2026-01-10 23:35:09 UTC

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That was months ago. Today they’d just shoot him. Crime of cycling while brown.

2026-01-10 22:03:11 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/34ed31095b40bcae227857fe1b786afe99654f1a058b8aa87ae361e4b582ba68.jpg

2026-01-10 22:01:40 UTC

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Too bad they have lung cancer tho

2026-01-10 21:59:51 UTC

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Out with the theofascists!

2026-01-10 21:58:55 UTC

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Nobody likes Toronto 😆

2026-01-10 21:56:12 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/fbee99ce6696fb21e7e1a831654e6dc6e8f2d14b02a0a4414790323fde4e559b.jpg

2026-01-09 16:59:52 UTC

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Reinventing the wheel isn’t for everyone

2026-01-09 16:37:38 UTC

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Coming soon to the U.S. of A.?

2026-01-09 16:19:40 UTC

GM, $90k gang

2026-01-08 16:41:52 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/55741186a4b18bc5beb32e9a764b8c5ba476f4d91a632b8d6313a91d6c6a1a23.jpg

2026-01-08 16:37:54 UTC

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Fixed it for you 😄
#BIP177
https://blossom.primal.net/0135b8bbcaa12e1203690c4296354d4a5675795ca9c89b001d6037ff35a80806.jpg

2026-01-08 16:20:57 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/6be18235c6c47e7a02c90e8e992a3407b66aa258cdbe613d60a3a7e7b406d044.jpg

2026-01-08 15:11:31 UTC

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https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyMGpoYWU3ZTY3ZHZxNXppZm9udGxudjdyOWI1dDl6bDk4ZGc1YXY3byZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/voKRB2g96S8q4/giphy.gif

2026-01-08 15:01:15 UTC

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Silly. Are exchanges going to disable their deposit and sell features? There is plenty of supply.

2026-01-08 13:29:48 UTC

GM
How could a 50% increase in U.S. military budget be funded?
🖨️💵💵💵💵💵💵
https://blossom.primal.net/19506d95b03e4723dae6cdde90c51960c2bbb2c126cd48e01d4281fe5cd5c372.jpg

2026-01-08 06:18:41 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/3d9ba7c4ef91ac7dbe08435b55e9dec72e781ba2914b4c9068ca3e073ed3f4bc.jpg

2026-01-07 19:31:02 UTC

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A bit outdated, since the Metaverse flopped, another pivot has happened: AI-something-something… 💩
#nevent1q…pt85

2026-01-06 04:11:37 UTC

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My scan of the blockchain data for OP_RETURN outputs > 83bytes, prior to block 930600, when the default size setting was updated to 100000 bytes, is complete. I started at block 290,000, since thats about where the OP_RETURN field was introduced.
```
=========
RESULTS
=========
Scan range: blocks 290,000 to 930,599
Time elapsed: 27.56 hours
Average speed: 6.5 blocks/second
Blocks scanned: 640,600
Transactions scanned: 1,258,073,612
Transactions with OP_RETURN > 83 bytes: 577
Total OP_RETURN outputs > 83 bytes: 13,962
Size distribution by frequency (top 20):
142 bytes: 4,833 outputs
140 bytes: 2,931 outputs
138 bytes: 1,950 outputs
111 bytes: 420 outputs
137 bytes: 378 outputs
143 bytes: 247 outputs
122 bytes: 246 outputs
129 bytes: 237 outputs
139 bytes: 223 outputs
121 bytes: 198 outputs
118 bytes: 164 outputs
120 bytes: 140 outputs
131 bytes: 121 outputs
135 bytes: 76 outputs
141 bytes: 69 outputs
128 bytes: 65 outputs
132 bytes: 64 outputs
133 bytes: 62 outputs
153 bytes: 53 outputs
145 bytes: 46 outputs
... and 474 more distinct sizes
Size range: 84 - 984593 bytes
```
It is notable that the vast majority of outputs are using less than 150 bytes, so probably used by various scripts, rather than jpeg data.
This means that almost all of the spam is in non-prunable, permanent records, probably inscriptions.

2026-01-06 00:13:27 UTC

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Here’s the PR:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2017

2026-01-06 00:10:59 UTC

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BIPS are discussed/assessed here:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips

2026-01-05 23:59:24 UTC

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So far, I have found 13,574 OP_RETURN outputs > 83 bytes, before v30 was released. ~25,300 blocks left to be checked.

2026-01-05 23:49:46 UTC

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Is “P2P ecash” made of wood? Glass? No, it is made of bits of data. Fundamentally, the Bitcoin blockchain is data. It represents financial transactions, contracts, identity, and unfortunately, spam.
Being made of data, there is no way to police what every bit of data represents at a macro level, in the external world. Proof of this is here, if you care about the truth.
https://www.bitmex.com/blog/the-unstoppable-jpg-in-private-keys

2026-01-05 21:06:32 UTC

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We literally can’t. If BIP110 were implemented, the technique shown by the Bitmex Research article would still work. And there is no limit to similar techniques for any other bit of Bitcoin data structures. The more restrictions placed, the more insidious the data injection techniques will become. And the more difficult it will be to build needed layer 2 & 3 technologies on Bitcoin.
It is not FUD to say that arbitrary changes to data limits and relay policies are likely to break L2/3 technologies. Lookup “Lightning network ephemeral anchors” for a pertinent example.

2026-01-05 18:42:12 UTC

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Are you so fanatical that you refuse to learn new information? No, you cannot limit arbitrary data, because Bitcoin *is* data.
1. The datacarrier size field for OP_RETURN data is and always has been a setting that users of the client software can change. The default setting was 83, and as of v30 it is 100000. Users (of any version) can change it to 83 if they want. Or 300000. Or whatever. It is up to the user. Only the default value changed.
2. If by "removed the filter" you mean the option to relay transactions with arbitrary data, you are wrong - the option is still there in v30. I just verified on my node.
3. The client software (there are several available) merely relays transactions from the mempool, it does not control what miners can include in blocks. Miners can use any client software they want, with any settings they want, and are incentivized to compose blocks with the highest fees. Once valid blocks are added, all nodes will add them to their copy of the chain.
4. The BitMex article that you refuse to read proves that spam can be stored in *any* area, even private keys. We cannot ban private keys. Ergo, we cannot ban spam. It is a moot discussion, because Bitcoin is made of data, and therefore data can be stored in Bitcoin. Get over it.
So the question is one of incentives: do we want to incentivize storing of arbitrary data in a non-essential field that can be pruned, or in non-prunable, essential fields like UTXOs? You seem to want permanent spam instead of prunable spam.
As weak as client settings are for incentivizing, maybe it will make a difference in the long run to suggest a prunable field for arbitrary data, so that nodes can choose a smaller data footprint by enabling the pruning option. Unfortunately inscriptions have already been invented, so the technology is available for storing data across UTXOs, permanently.
I'll never understand how people become so enamoured with drama queen narcissist losers like Roger and Luke, who revel in the attention they get from their stupid, ill-advised causes. Restricting data sizes willy-nilly out of blind spite for spam *will* break functionality for important technology like the Lightning network, and complex signature structures that will be important for business operations in the future. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater, and undermine confidence in Bitcoin, just as it is becoming part of the global financial system.

2026-01-05 15:43:06 UTC

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No. Changing client settings does not affect consensus rules. Only consensus rules determine what a valid transaction is. Since everything in Bitcoin is data, everything can be used for spam. Read this ffs:
https://www.bitmex.com/blog/the-unstoppable-jpg-in-private-keys

2026-01-05 03:02:35 UTC

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> My preference is no spam.
Yeah you and pretty much everyone. So should we ban private keys, or what is your solution to the problem that BitMex Research proved?

2026-01-05 03:01:08 UTC

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Incorrect. Users have always been free to change the default datacarrier setting from 83 bytes to whatever they want. Core v30 just changed the default setting.

2026-01-05 01:56:00 UTC

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You just acknowledged that there are transactions with >83 bytes in the blockchain added before v30. But then you immediately contradict yourself by saying, “and now in addition large OP_RETURNs are possible”.
Clearly, they were already possible, if there were already “around 15” added before v30 (I think there is a lot more, and my query is still running). So how do you reconcile this contradiction in your mind, while still believing that the change to the default settings in the v30 client makes a difference?
I can help you out: it doesn’t. Changing the default settings in a client does not affect consensus rules. All valid transactions can and will be added to the blockchain. Client settings are not consensus rules.
What is your preference, spam in a prunable field, like OP_RETURN, or spam in permanent ones, such as UTXOs? As BitMex research showed by storing images in private keys, everything in Bitcoin is data, so it will always be vulnerable to abuse.
https://www.bitmex.com/blog/the-unstoppable-jpg-in-private-keys

2026-01-04 22:59:35 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/6fd4978027959f7e760e86928fefbd334ed7e4fce03543ebb496586a45583048.jpg

2026-01-04 22:04:27 UTC

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I don’t think it’s meaningless. The fear mongering about increasing the default limit size in the client has been proven to be nonsense so far, since only 0.001% of transactions added have used it, and Bitcoin is not destroyed.
It’s going to take awhile to scan the blockchain data for transactions with OP_RETURN data >84 bytes before and after block 930600.
To clarify your claim, do you think that there is a greater number of transactions whose OP_RETURN data is >84 bytes after block 930600 than there was before that block, or by “huge increase in numbers”, do you mean a greater amount of data is stored in OP_RETURN after block 930600 than there was before?

2026-01-04 20:41:47 UTC

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Did you miss the “since” part?
> since block height 930,600 (Core v30 release)
How is that “manipulative”? It seems very clear to me.
Why did spammers go to all of the trouble of creating inscriptions, which store data in non-prunable UXTO records, instead of OP_RETURN, which can be pruned off?

2026-01-04 20:28:51 UTC

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Only to please President Taco McDipshit
https://blossom.primal.net/789403e221316bcdacc515da27041131da7bec8f9f9e2133846f823f062f02a6.jpg

2026-01-04 20:26:15 UTC

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0.001% of transactions are larger than 83 bytes, on a prunable field, is bloat, in your view?

2026-01-04 20:23:10 UTC

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Another entry in the Bitcoin obituaries 😅

2026-01-04 20:21:14 UTC

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Where the fuck is Congress?!

2026-01-04 20:11:23 UTC

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If he keeps this up, FIFA will take back their peace prize

2026-01-04 19:55:28 UTC

#Venezuela
https://blossom.primal.net/03d880331000c8f89b233e875c28aa6f7efe67cd592e115ef1a377f46b5b43a9.jpg

2026-01-04 17:04:35 UTC

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Government, not capital.

2026-01-04 16:57:27 UTC

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The USA introduces the new president of Venezuela
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyZnI2bnJxNmFnZjd1MXc1OHNieG96bnc0Yzd5NWtleWppbDF5dGVxaCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/sfQ80rYPgxItAhfAcl/giphy.gif

2026-01-04 16:35:06 UTC

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Hot water in 10

2026-01-04 06:11:45 UTC

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Putin is an order of magnitude worse. His useful idiot is a raging narcissist with dementia.

2026-01-03 18:11:02 UTC

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Putin has always wanted to rule Ukraine; its a reclamation of the old Soviet empire.
Trump is even copying Putin’s phrase, “special military operation” for his undeclared war. Impotent Congress.

2026-01-03 18:05:36 UTC

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Next level piracy
https://blossom.primal.net/1ee2ca738ae11fd43dba3e52eb06b5475fcde6c33b6cd18cd48d83255e412dc3.jpg