Yeah, that’s true with the relay policy mismatches. You’re right, Core 30 will roll out no matter what with its own policies too, and hopefully it doesn’t escalate further

Different implementations are non-partisan and perfectly fine as long as consensus rules match. Like you said, Knots is basically Core with extra relay options, and for Core/Knots team to deviate into hard-fork territory would be an insane move, and bad for Lightning. The good thing about Bitcoin is we don’t have to speculate on compromised teams or people; the code speaks for itself, and everyone is free to choose which open-source software to run.

Bitcoin is whatever node runners choose to run in open-source software, whether that’s Core, Knots, or another client. Any incompatible hardfork just creates another altcoin, no impact to Bitcoin. There's been so much misinformation and noise about this topic, it's been disappointing to see.

Just to put in perspective of how destroyed the middle class is today. Top 1% of US earners now have more wealth than than the entire middle class:

Yield curve control

US appears to be drifting towards soft YCC: good for borrowers and asset owners; bad for savers. Capped yields + inflation = negative real returns on bonds/cash. Middle class savers/bond-holders gets destroyed more. Better get some sats.

The #dollar is an emerging market currency against #bitcoin. It always has been and always will be.

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The Ethereum Foundation dumps another 10,000 ETH - again unloading more of their pre-mined tokens they issued to themselves onto the market. How is this recognized as a commodity? How is this different to fiat? #Bitcoin only

Some poor, phone-less fool is probably sitting next to a waterfall somewhere totally unaware of how angry and scared he's supposed to be.

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Treasuries continue to be displaced as global savings vehicle. BRICS nations are using manufacturing, energy, commodities, and population to force neutral reserve assets back into the system. What does the US and UK have to offer other than yield curve control?