Hey why not expand the program a bit and let’s do an interview? I’ll come on the show and we can talk about everything going on frankly and without any hyperbole.

Yes

It’s always good to be conservative around upgrades (as long as you’re still applying bugfix releases that fix important issues like 29.1). But please, whether you run Core or Knots, at least run 29 and if you’re running knots enable 0-fee transaction relay so you don’t block new 0FC lightning transactions.

After more than a decade, BIP 21 has finally been replaced. Existing wallets shouldn't need to change, but this is a great opportunity to check that you pass all the test cases! Also, if you support lightning check that you support paying to QR codes and URIs of the form bitcoin:?lightning=bolt11 (many do not) and bitcoin:?lno=bolt12offer (most do). https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0321.mediawiki

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I wish, yo, I wish…

“You people”? I don’t believe I ever said that, please don’t lump me in with a left/right side just because I criticize government officials who deserve it.

lol you forgot about the democratic elected officials who were assassinated like a month ago? Grow up and fix your filter bubble, you’re part of the problem.

Yep, exactly. Global economic malaise, high youth unemployment in nearly every country, and global inflation has created a ton of pain across the board. Makes people way more willing to seek out an enemy to blame and left/right social media is very willing to give it to them.

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And the FCC, which has been one of the most successful anti-free-speech arms of the Trump admin since day one.

Sadly people nearly universally end up with an information diet of “left evil we must destroy them to save our country” or “right evil we must destroy them to save our country” these days. Means political violence is trending up and people not often than not can’t see past their own shoes. Not sure what to do about it, either, it’s just sad.