Whose idea was it to obscure blockchain data on disk? There is a simplistic obfuscation key to keep antivirus from finding onchain malware and deleting files needed in your copy of the chain…

PoW out! 💪

Proof of work

Amen to that!

You are clearly motivated by feelings if this is your technical belief.

Lol…and now I’m sure you don’t understand stuff but feel a lot.

Is that AI? I can’t understand the firearm…is that a magazine way out front?

Nah. It’s that most people have a misunderstanding about how op return is a minor part of the problem of spam. Don’t get me wrong, I’m anti-spam, but op return isn’t gonna solve the problem. I don’t think opening up op return to larger than the limits for other methods of spam is wise, but leaving it smaller than more harmful spamming methods is unjustifiable too. CSAM is already there on chain, so don’t fall for the appeal to emotion. Bitcoin matters more than CSAM anyhow and if anything, tx broadcast allows one more method of crime fighting. But bitcoin node runners aren’t criminals just because “oh please won’t someone think of the children?” That said, hard fork to make transacting expensive might be the only solution to spam. And I’m not definitely opposed to Luke’s long held view that 300 kB blocks are best.

Web of Trust? The PGP thing?

He’s a prickly pear. I have a hard time caring about this issue. I don’t believe the op return change was optimal, but the status quo is clearly suboptimal. Simply leaving the default blank and forcing users to choose a limit would have been wiser.

Seems like the powers that be are going to go after people for using bitcoin….this is like the “we warned you” phase and good for narrative building in the court of public opinion…I maintain we still haven’t truly seen the “then they fight you stage”

Yup. Better sell your coins. Or better yet, just send them to me for disposal.

Busy saving lives at the moment. I could have a long discussion and persuade you to see the folly of your way of thinking, but that will take time that I don’t have. That said, your heart is in the right place. And have no doubt: everyone agrees with the desires of your heart here.

I guess bitcoin is a scam…the kind of scam where almost everyone in the world agrees it’s worth a metric shit ton more than it is today and we merely sit and wait while the stupid or elderly sell their coins during price discovery.

lol…I have FBTC and BITB in my “just wait until you are nearly dead” account precisely for custodian diversity.

It’s not a thing anymore. If you’ve ever wondered why NSString is a class for iOS programming, it has to do with the company jobs ran after getting fired from Apple. The company was called next step and their next is played an evolutionary role in apples subsequent products.

I always get the 50lb WiFi. Otherwise you get ripped off.

You’re right. It’s $11.

Then you are the advanced elite and I congratulate you!

If you’re already a pirate, no need to create laws to fit your behavior :)