Aaron van Wirdum on nostr

Here is an updated version of my email to the bitcoindev ML, which fixes a typo: Hi list - I was hoping to post this on the PR, but it's still locked so I will post it here. I don't really have any ...

Aaron van Wirdum @Aaron van Wirdum 1761716258

The risk you allude to always existed (and probably will always exist) because 1) it was always possible to mine a block with illegal content in an OP_RETURN, and 2) illegal content can always be embedded in the blockchain using various other methods (even if your BIP is adopted).

Fortunately, there appears to be pretty broad consensus among experts in law that this is not a real risk, anyways: https://protos.com/exclusive-lawyers-call-bitcoin-core-v30-csam-concerns-overblown/

Baerson · 16w

You low life. He's not alluding to any risk, he's stating some facts. Another fact that you already know is that your mates and Core v30 allow CSAM and other horrors to be stored by default, in larger quantities and much simpler. To push that, or simply not be against it, is a crime that no expert n...

DireMunchkin · 16w

Thank you for actually engaging with this question. I read that article back when it came out and I'm not convinced just reaching out informally to a few lawyers is enough due diligence. At least not when the risk is this high. Even then 1/7 of them actually was concerned about it. If we roll with...

Dathon Ohm · 16w

The difference is that pre-Core-30, Bitcoin did not officially support large file storage. So node operators had much less culpability. As for the "lawyer consensus" in that article you linked, you must not have read it if your conclusion is that "this is not a real risk". Almost all of the lawyers...

MrTea · 16w

Meh. I read their responses differently I guess. All said there was some risk although most tended to think it was overblown. Now even with the slightest risk, what exactly is the benefit? It’s zero. Nobody wanted or needed this. Doubling or quadrupling the original limit would’ve provided for a...

p · 15w

**** This just in.. pedoland under 'pedo software' "crisis" **** The U.S. is the only UN member state that has not yet ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. As of July 2025, child marriage is legal in 34 states.

Kayne · 15w

Pedophiles will make up any excuse to support this shit