This is an extremely good write-up. I especially like the distinction made about transactions that raise the fee floor - I don't think that point is talked about enough. Read the full thing! What do you think about it?

Fuck, that hit me again man, not gonna lie. I don't even know what to say here. Love to you and your family. Love to everyone fighting the good fight. Love to the Kirk family. I hope they feel all the love and support we can all give them. It won't make up for their loss. But it's something.

Just before I went to sleep last night, I saw that Charlie Kirk had been shot, and that it didn't look good. I hoped for the best, but didn't have a good feeling. I woke up to the terrible news that he had died. This is hitting me harder than I expected. I hadn't followed his work closely. From what I saw, he had reasonable conversations with US college students, he supported his views calmly, and tried to change minds through persuasion and reasoning. It was admirable, even though I doubt I agreed with him on every issue (probably most, though). And someone killed him for that. Whats hitting me hardest is that he was not only younger than me by a few months, but that he had young kids close to the age of my son. Supposedly his wife and kids were in the audience. This is just awful. Then there are people all over social media absolutely celebrating. It's sickening. Cheering for someone's death because you disagree with them. A young father. This feels like an inflection point. I hope the world starts to see the difference between people who admired him and people who are cheering about his death. There is a good side and a bad side here. RIP Charlie Kirk.

How about I just don't relay garbage?

We don't stream live. So that's why.

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Core should have taken this advice much earlier. Users aren't forced to use a certain Bitcoin client. If not acting is not upgrading to 30, I'm all for this approach. At the same time, signalling the client policy you agree with also doesn't harm anything. To the extent that this is acting, it's neither a radical action, nor overly impactful. But it takes some power away from those acting without forethought (or worse, with it).

Maybe! I'm not lifting anywhere near close to my personal bests, so maybe I'll avoid it. I'm trying to avoid injury, this time.

GM Nostr! Back in the gym after a few months off. First day deadlifting again. Feels great!