and it seems like it might weaken the bad influence from many pro-v30 devs and "influencers". That's great news.

I was uneasy, for a long time, about Blockstream having an office in Israel. Didn't know what to make of it. It was the first strike. I was looking up to Adam for a long time. His take on v30 was disappointing to me but it was only the second strike. Epstein is definitely the third strike.

Which is why we must convert as many people to self-custody as possible. Bitcoin can avoid gold's paper fate only if people actually take custody themselves.

The nuance to that is v30 and what happens going forward. Gloria leaving has been instantly bullish for the price and I hope a few more of the pro-v30 crowd rage quit. I'm seeing bitcoin's immune system in action and it's a beautiful thing.

Whether the pro-v30 like it or not, plebs complaining on social media is also a part of bitcoin's immune system. “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”

Exactly. v30 makes me want to sell, but for what? Basic real estate would be the obvious choice but it seems overpriced in most places.

You're missing the point. The point is : now we have an extra hypothesis as to why some of the devs and "influencers" we're pushing for the crazy v30. It's not about their personal disgusting depravity, it's about the code. Their personal disgusting depravity is relevant to the extent that it's part of the reason behind the push for the crazy code. Some like to say that Bitcoin is only software. But it's more than that. It's a social phenomenon. The software itself means nothing unless people adopt it and use it. So the social aspects are relevant. v30 is a socially suicidal change to Bitcoin. The fact that some of those who pushed for those changes are part of a very small minority of depraved maniacs helps explain why they might not even *see* why it's socially suicidal. They're just not normal. All that means that, going forward, we must be even more cautious about anything they promote. That's why the Epstein scandal is relevant concerning those devs and influencers.

Haha, absolutely. At the end of the day, real estate is subject to whatever local mafia you have to deal with.

I'm grateful that she left. Has the Core team come to their senses on op_return yet, or does the bitcoin price need to go further down?

I can smell the cancer from across the screen...

If you liked it before v30, do you have to like it after v30?