Is fence-sitting becoming a bit uncomfortable Matt? Especially over a picket fence? Is your butt starting to feel slightly unpleasant? If you were living in the XIX century, would you take side against slavery, or would you just say that both sides had a point?

Luke saved Bitcoin several times. You didn't. He has done more for humanity than you ever will.

Linux Torvald was a tyrant. Yet it worked quite well.

Nobody touching the code of Bitcoin implementation should be paid. Ever. The incentives do not allign properly.

Hacker News is full of engineers. The tech discussions are usually useful and interesting, but the moment they go into non-technical stuff? You will see how arrogant they can get—often blind to their own ignorance. I have know sharp engineers in real life too, and a lot of them are also closed-minded and cocky. The exceptions? Usually folks building mission-critical systems or complex infrastructure, where mistakes can be catastrophic. Watch "core" torch their reputation by refusing to course-correct, just doubling down until it is all gone.

Bitcoin is too important to be left in engineers’ hands when they don’t grasp how much their reputation matters. Mempool will fragment into competing default settings and operations . It will diversify until even the fewest assumptions hold. Exactly what "core" developers were trying to prevent.

I din't read either of those articles because I lived the story. I know what Luke did, and his actions speak much louder than his words. Also, I am not a bigot and I do not hold religious belief against any one, no matter how different are from my own.

A free market is born. For the first time in our recorded history.

🚨 Bitcoin Knots Build System Change - PSA for Developers TL;DR - Most Bitcoin Knots tutorials online are now OBSOLETE **Bitcoin Knots v29+ uses CMake, not autotools anymore!** ❌ OLD (deprecated since v29): ```bash ./autogen.sh ./configure --without-gui make && make install ``` ✅ NEW (current): ```bash cmake -B build -DBUILD_GUI=OFF cmake --build build --parallel $(nproc) sudo cmake --install build ``` Summary: - **Bitcoin Core migrated** from autotools to CMake in September 2024 - **Bitcoin Knots follows** Bitcoin Core development closely - **v29+ releases** use CMake exclusively - **Random blog posts** from 2023 are now broken 📚 Use Official Documentation ONLY ✅ **Official docs:** https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/29.x-knots/doc/build-unix.md The maintainers update documentation with each release. Third-party tutorials quickly become obsolete. 🎯 Key Takeaway **If you see `./autogen.sh` in a Bitcoin tutorial, it's outdated.** Always check: 1. ✅ Official repository documentation 2. ✅ Release notes for build system changes 3. ✅ Current branch (`29.x-knots` not `28.x-knots`) #Bitcoin #BitcoinKnots #CMake #BuildSystems #DevTips

To the node runners: What is your price? Are you one of the few who refuse to compromise your moral code, no matter how many bitcoins are offered? Or are you a Judas, ready to betray your principles for the right amount? How many of you will stand firm, and how many will sell out?

Bitcoin is the only tool of human communication designed to be truthful and resistant to corruption. In a world where lies have corrupted all institutions, Bitcoin offers a beacon of truth where new institutions can be rebuilt. If you are a 'Knots' runner, please do not lie. Do not create a large number of instances just to ensure your tribe wins. Do not accuse the other side of this debate of being CSAM consumers when you know this is not the case. Do not attack a truth seeker like Super Testnet when he questions our assumptions. Bitcoin is just a tiny beam of light, but we need to build a world on its foundation where we can accept the truth even when it is inconvenient. This will allow us to self-correct and make better decisions. We, the node runners, should set a higher moral standard if we want to realize the hope that Bitcoin offers.

You know why Bitcoin will win? Because of us, the node runners. We are united by a common interest, we believe in a world were we all win and in a society were the 0 sum game will not be the engine of our actions. We are the only true guardians of this project, as all the other actors have different incentives, more easily corruptible. The devs have done a huge favor to the project, by being so incredibly incompetent that even the stupidest LLM is more sensible than them. At least an AI model can error correct. These people will double down until the bitter end. Which will be their reputation going up in smoke. For us, we will have a fragmented mempool. Maybe the optimization of certain operations will be impossible. We can live with that. A small price to pay.