JonMatcho
Jon Matcho

Let's further slow the Bitcoin/Gold ratio by letting everyone know non-monetary data is welcome on Bitcoin's blockchain. Let's completely nuke the 80-byte default and change it to, I don't know, how about 0.1 MB? This will make gold stronger against Bitcoin.
Oh wait...
Bitcoin has been losing to gold this entire year.

2025-11-20 23:14:26 UTC

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Sounds like doom scrolling.

2025-09-14 13:34:27 UTC

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Except $hitcoining. That’s not allowed, so GFY.

2025-09-14 11:18:05 UTC

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But… do you know who you are right now? :-)

2025-08-15 14:01:40 UTC

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Sounds like something a teenager would do.

2025-08-13 18:38:05 UTC

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Fed speak = fake everything, basically gaslighting.
It's not even controls. It's basically: "We're going to push this button because we think something less worse will happen than the state the economy is in right now."

2025-08-12 22:26:38 UTC

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...and following someone's mute list was funny for about 4 hours.

2025-07-18 15:14:33 UTC

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Noderunner

2025-07-18 14:18:46 UTC

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If you hodl too long, Peter Todd will suggest the software be changed to repossess your bitcoin and distribute to those in need.

2025-07-11 18:09:50 UTC

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…er, tweet. I recall it was the LOL of the day!

2025-07-11 14:21:02 UTC

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Primal hooked me with its seemingly more approachable features and onboarding. Willingly subscribed to support the cause. I still use other clients though.

2025-07-11 13:11:50 UTC

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I have a curved 34" as my sole monitor right now ("true neutral").
I have been considering adding a monitor and moving to "chaotic neutral" for some time now or just replacing my current 3440x1440 with a larger 4K monitor.
I have enjoyed "neutral good" and "lawful neutral" in the past.

2025-07-11 11:31:27 UTC

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Ha, I remember that note!

2025-07-11 11:29:31 UTC

Bitcoin's last ATH against gold was in December. Just 6 ounces to go...
https://blossom.primal.net/296d26feabf55c1a6bc46d52b3a9a304cd17c23e066846f497e0633c9dd506e8.png

2025-07-10 15:44:29 UTC

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https://primal.net/e/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp64suatdx2uqhn2xfu7cgjuqgqcrqadp864uxkv6wckf43atj860qyfhwumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetsv9njuetn9uq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwddsk6upwwd5hgef0qqsz394wpaq9jmu6ksyw74rfkgkvrz3tdtamaew3ya0nfg5ecnevgyc9nx2ud

2025-07-10 14:53:43 UTC

@nprofile…u7e3 has an interesting take on the OP_RETURN debate, comparing it with scribbling on paper dollars. Taking Lyn's analogy a step further...
When the Bureau of Engraving and Printing discovered folks were writing on bills, laws were made to discourage the defacement and misuse of paper bills as money.
What they didn't do was throw up their hands and decide to make the size of the paper bills extraordinarily large to make more room for graffiti.

2025-07-09 22:37:56 UTC

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How long has your entire life been?

2025-07-09 21:07:28 UTC

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Hero of the Stupid!

2025-07-09 21:05:10 UTC

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But I can’t even use those steps to consistently reproduce the error. It happens by just scrolling around up and down (not opening individual notes or anything but scrolling).

2025-07-09 21:03:13 UTC

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Auto play videos is OFF
I can get it to happen on any feed by doing the following:
1) Thumb-scroll one page down (3x)
2) Optionally, thumb-scroll a few pages down 1x
3) Thumb-down and move up and down until the Android error dialog appears (Wait or Close App).

2025-07-09 16:12:15 UTC

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It is better than it was prior to Primal v2.3.6, but just managed to make it happen again by just scrolling around. I cannot zero-in on a scenario that is 100% repeatable.

2025-07-09 16:09:30 UTC

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Android 9 and trusting Primal with my nsec directly. Phone is an old UleFone (as you can assume from the Android version).

2025-07-09 15:08:07 UTC

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Scrolling crashes are still an issue. Seems to most happen when I scroll and hold for a moment.

2025-07-08 13:36:58 UTC

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BFD

2025-07-08 13:07:53 UTC

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Peak ignorance.

2025-07-07 20:19:50 UTC

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The project name is curious... Nostr-like ambitions?
https://techstartups.com/2025/07/07/jack-dorsey-launches-bitchat-a-decentralized-peer-to-peer-messaging-app-that-works-without-internet/

2025-07-07 20:08:06 UTC

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“My weekend project…”
Right.

2025-07-07 13:23:28 UTC

Writing in ALLCAPS has been cringe since the invention of lowercase characters.

2025-07-05 13:50:20 UTC

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Once again, today, I declare my independence from the Fiat overlords.
I refuse to contribute to war and indiscriminate death.
I am at peace while the Fiat overlords are burdened with their lies and greed.
#nevent1q…2n5h

2025-07-03 14:17:49 UTC

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Like flies on $hit

2025-07-03 14:15:18 UTC

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Birds of a feather flock together.

2025-07-01 11:22:12 UTC

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Run nodes configured with OP_RETURN limited to 0-80.

2025-07-01 00:32:03 UTC

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Bitcoin Core Version 30.0 and the developers who pushed changing the OP_RETURN setting and then marked the option to be removed in the future.
The result dilutes Bitcoin as a monetary network by forcing nodes to handle and store data having nothing to do with Bitcoin.
If this sounds like crazy talk you want to ignore, then you know how Bitcoin will come to pass in the future.

2025-06-27 23:36:14 UTC

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Make it even easier by limiting the dictionary of possible words to just 2,048 words 🤓

2025-06-25 10:55:14 UTC

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Retarded cRyPtO shit

2025-06-25 10:47:46 UTC

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He’s vested in the OP_RETURN spam angle because it helps him as a small miner. He cares only for that, and nothing beyond. He’s here only for NGU and doesn’t give a $hit about the revolution.

2025-06-24 20:59:14 UTC

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Gives me pause to further talk to this guy. Even though someone provides value to the Bitcoin community, it does not make them valuable to Bitcoin.
#nevent1q…wzrt

2025-06-24 18:22:36 UTC

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Only on the inside 😆

2025-06-24 17:40:16 UTC

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That was in my feed as well, but didn't bother. Another police stop would have had me though 😅

2025-06-24 12:44:31 UTC

@nprofile…nrxl the Android app is now crashing over the past few days. Am I the only one?

2025-06-23 19:53:08 UTC

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How about first the fuckery with DST?

2025-06-21 20:01:27 UTC

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Do your own research, but my research has turned up zero evidence of this being real.

2025-06-20 16:30:55 UTC

“Inflation” is not what the Fed tells you it is.
Inflation is simply the increase in new Fiat currency within the system.
For the US, it’s the M2 monetary supply. That’s the best metric for actual inflation.

2025-06-14 16:46:17 UTC

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That sounds like it could be applied to the US as well, but you can just take a test to get the equivalent of a high school diploma.
The workaround here is to start a business.

2025-06-14 12:32:31 UTC

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Back to basics… it will be similar to how society existed for millennia prior to the 1800s.
Your family, your community. Find it. Be careful with the tendency to become complacent. You get one chance at this.

2025-06-14 12:28:48 UTC

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I didn’t know that was a thing. What country is that?

2025-06-14 12:26:58 UTC

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Thank you for sharing. I was once on the other end of the home schooling discussion with my children. My father was a high school teacher, and we did the things that everyone else did. Socializing our children back then did not mean turning them into Socialists. Most regarded homeschooling to be only for the weird people. Myself included at the time.
Now, after having witnessed decades of public school nonsense, I am now fully in support of homeschooling and encourage everyone to consider doing so if it can work for you. If not, consider private education (after careful consideration). If you cannot afford that or simply choose the public school route, be PRESENT in the parenting of your children. It is your duty and responsibility.
Do not be tempted to outsource parenting to the public schools and other State apparatuses.

2025-06-13 18:07:46 UTC

On a recent #Bitcoin podcast a person I respect (but cannot recall exactly who due to podcast overload this week) made an analogy of Bitcoin’s network adoption to that of the Internet. He said that current Bitcoin adoption is comparable to the Internet in 1989.
I strongly disagree. It’s much more comparable to Internet adoption in 1990.

2025-06-13 18:01:28 UTC

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All wars are bankers wars. You better get this one right! 👍

2025-06-13 17:57:38 UTC

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I happily zap you for your family's achievement, partly in protest of 75% of my property taxes "required" for the local schools.

2025-06-12 13:59:03 UTC

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Thinking on this more, I disagree that the bad actor wants for the entire Core team to be labeled as bad actors. They don’t want that. They want to continue as-is, subtly, undetected so they can continue their campaign of long-game erosion against Bitcoin’s ethos.

2025-06-12 12:54:40 UTC

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If everyone moved to Knots today the miners would have no choice but to comply by publishing blocks that are compliant with the rules of the network.
But… agreed. Still, running Knots now is a worthy signal for what needs to come. This is a wakeup call for everyone to put aside their assumptions that Bitcoin is perfectly indestructible, and to start asking questions about the node software(s) that makes Bitcoin run.

2025-06-10 22:03:22 UTC

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Key word being "most".
You, of all people that I have listened to hours upon hours from a fountain of based knowledge, I would certainly expect to assume that at least one bad actor (with ulterior and less-than-maxi motives) has snuck their way into the trusted circle of the Bitcoin Core team and supporting followers.

2025-06-10 21:56:07 UTC

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1) As @nprofile…grpw points out, it's disingenuous to point out that there are "hardly any" OP_RETURNs in the chain because the filters they're getting rid of are actually doing their job.
2) This "update" does nothing to address the root problem, which is using other schemes to stuff data into the chain.
3) Finally, the phrasing "we hope" has REPEATEDLY been used to preface reasoning. Bitcoin is not something you leave to hope.
4) Unlimited OP_RETURN data storage is an invite to all other $hitcoin chains and VCs to pivot into Bitcoin with affinity scams with "bitcoin" in their name.
Activity on the Ethereum and Solana $hitcoin factories will begin to migrate to the Bitcoin Network. This is hardly nothing. Bitcoin Core 30.0 , weakens Bitcoin, and changes Bitcoin's direction away from becoming "perfect money".

2025-06-10 21:12:38 UTC

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Why unlimited OP_RETURNs will weaken #Bitcoin
⛔ Do not upgrade to Bitcoin Core 30.0
⁉️ Learn about Bitcoin Knots https://bitcoinknots.org/
🟠 Vote by running a Bitcoin Knots
#nevent1q…ww43

2025-06-10 20:52:17 UTC

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Trust nobody, but I trust Luke more.

2025-06-10 19:40:20 UTC

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It's safest to assume at least 1 bad actor is on the team, possibly more. How should that scenario then be handled?
Ethereum devs are also focused on improving how Ethereum "works".
Am I too not in this community? Are you?

2025-06-10 14:04:58 UTC

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"Hope" is the justification for needlessly fucking with Bitcoin.
#nevent1q…xzyu

2025-06-10 14:03:07 UTC

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That is their proposed strategy: Hope

2025-06-10 14:00:22 UTC

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Looks like a coke head knocking at their dealer's door

2025-06-10 13:49:26 UTC

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There's a lesson in there somewhere.

2025-06-10 10:46:54 UTC

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Nope

2025-06-10 10:46:28 UTC

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Nodes are run by the people, and simply not upgrading to Core v30 will have an impact; moving to Knots is not required (although that’s what I am now running).

2025-06-10 10:40:38 UTC

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That’s the idea. Even a minority of nodes rejecting large OP_RETURN transactions (spam, arbitrary data, non-monetary database-like information) can disrupt the process and lead to orphaned blocks.
That will cause miners pain and they’ll eventually use the same filters as the nodes to reduce the risk of not getting rewarded.

2025-06-10 02:19:56 UTC

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15/20. Got caught off guard initially, then paid attention, then lost the last 3.
We're doomed.

2025-06-10 02:11:52 UTC

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At least they'll eventually end up sharing your information with someone who shouldn't have it.
Stay strong!

2025-06-09 16:30:12 UTC

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@nprofile…mdf3 Just FYI, I found a UX issue/bug with this:
1) Follow someone.
2) Mute them. (I know, bear with me)
They still show up in your feed. After a few days I realized this, and went on to unfollow.
I suggest making Mute work even when Following someone, or ask "are you sure" when muting a followed account.

2025-06-09 16:26:21 UTC

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Your seat is a touch too low. Raise it an inch (or two) and let your future knees thank you. You'll also benefit from your larger muscles doing the work. 🙂

2025-06-09 15:28:03 UTC

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Curious. WTF-level curious at that.

2025-06-09 14:17:22 UTC

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Sorry, but today the sun is not out for Bitcoin.
A few Core Devs gaslit and steamrolled their way into merging a pull request that was vehemently opposed and not even well-supported by "Core Devs" at large.
Rather than showing the clear opposition (the "nays" / NACKs) as was usual for prior PRs the summary was changed to only show the "ayes" (ACKs). This disingenuous move made it look like the PR was entirely supported. Amazingly, after approving, the PR now shows the ACKs AND NACKs.
Reading through the details in the PR shows a very different story.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32406
Is this the day Bitcoin begins to die? I surely hope not (although "hope" was a word used repeatedly as reasoning for why this PR would actually benefit Bitcoin, as in "we hope this will work").
FWIW, 3% of Core Devs wrote an open letter expressing their opinion (obviously having permission to the Core website), with little-to-no proper debate that includes the majority in dissent.
It's time to take a serious look at the Bitcoin Core process before it becomes a worldwide virtual government organization. Who is paying Gloria Zhao (Chaincode)? Who is paying Peter Todd as he defends Citrea as the primary use case for the change, citing concerns for "millions of dollars of [VC] funding" (his words), and appeasing large mining companies?
How are we not seriously concerned about this? "GM" has now replaced "how 'bout that game last night".

2025-06-06 14:02:35 UTC

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Same here, and for that reason I'm out. Not worth the time to read.

2025-06-05 12:55:09 UTC

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I don't work unless I have a good #ThinkPad

2025-06-05 12:12:17 UTC

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2025-05-27 19:09:01 UTC

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Excellent, and I agree. It's NOT a database.

2025-05-23 10:18:02 UTC

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Damn! I always drop those, but missed this time.

2025-05-22 00:59:03 UTC

I’ve been waiting to make this post for some time now, not so much because of the new ATH but because this song is great.
Thanks for @nprofile…utje for turning me on to this band.
#bitcoin
https://youtu.be/VU2WcKgo0IU?si=woKk2pFLhWj0uBXz

2025-05-22 00:50:34 UTC

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I feel dirty every time I contribute data to their AI and other flim flam.

2025-05-21 21:24:10 UTC

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Fiatlove

2025-05-20 17:51:20 UTC

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Teeth are a much harder asset!

2025-05-15 16:18:06 UTC

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So leave Core open!

2025-05-15 15:19:20 UTC

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When you want to harvest its chips 🙃

2025-05-15 15:01:18 UTC

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No bueno on Primal. Maybe something to do with my relays? Blame it on me, but this shouldn't be a thing.

2025-05-15 14:59:20 UTC

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Shows up on Amethyst, checking Primal...

2025-05-15 14:45:20 UTC

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No idea what this is, but I get: https://blossom.primal.net/193caeb739a62c77beae3a605f2625ab9222a46b16c08323ac04f2afd886808d.png

2025-05-15 14:41:11 UTC

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Still looking to tame all of this in Visual Studio.
I've been treading lightly but am optimistic it WILL happen, but doubtful it's available now.

2025-05-15 14:38:39 UTC

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LOL. How do I send you negative zaps? 😘

2025-05-14 12:49:13 UTC

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You are either misunderstanding or misrepresenting the historical discussion. Quoting your own opinions in your own book is not a valid reference.
Nowhere in that mailing list exchange are they and Hal discussing the term "database" as anything more than a placeholder for "chain of blocks" Later, the term "blockchain" was born to differentiate between a traditional database with replication features.
An acceptable working term at the time for casual discussion was "database", but no part of that word was being used to propose storing bullshit in the "database" (blockchain) by any serious early contributor.

2025-05-13 13:34:02 UTC

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Just started your OP_RETURN video over there, wanted to zap, so came here and can't find it yet. Either way, I look forward to watching and the zaps that follow (from my mobile phone).
Thank you!!!

2025-05-05 14:30:08 UTC

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NACK!
The PR's description reads like it was written by Citrea/Lopp, and oozes of gaslighting. There is no justification for this that aligns with protecting the network as a topmost priority. In fact, it's entirely contrary; a test of bitcoin's future as an instrument for anyone.

2025-04-16 13:21:37 UTC

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So you mean to say socialism is better?

2025-04-14 10:51:28 UTC

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Just another example of how broken fiat money destroys the fabric of society.

2025-04-11 12:12:34 UTC

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There’s a non-zero chance that part of this is on purpose, but I’m quite sure that it started at least with “we need to strengthen the dollar” while some are now coming to the same conclusion as you.
Still, this should be much more obvious right now than it will eventually be.

2025-04-09 16:28:27 UTC

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Muted over fear of contagion

2025-04-09 14:01:29 UTC

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Vibe coding is fiat coding ;-)

2025-04-09 14:00:08 UTC

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Fiat money is the root of all evil, driving the quality out of everything, damaging relationships, and destroying families in exchange for slavery to the system.
Sound money fixes these problems so that the real problems can get proper attention.

2025-03-26 13:23:23 UTC

The @primal mute function doesn’t work. I still see those accounts in my feed. Should that be the case?

2025-03-20 10:10:16 UTC

Ignoring the unsustainable US debt and money printing trajectories... the inflation-adjusted S&P 500 return is less than the inflation numbers reported by the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
The US dollar is also shown to be down 14% against other major world currencies.
#bitcoin @nprofile…qztu
https://m.primal.net/PmQn.png

2025-03-15 12:19:44 UTC

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I had always wanted one of those!

2025-03-15 12:16:39 UTC

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Cannot compute; context missing

2025-03-14 16:42:40 UTC

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My bad, I thought it was a crypto token.