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You can't verify without a node. Without one, you're trusting someone else, and the whole point of Bitcoin is that you don't have to. Keeping the cost of running a node low enough that ordinary people can do it isn't optional. It's what keeps Bitcoin decentralized.
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Francis Marion BIP110 · 5d
They will start calling you guys nazis here soon. And calling responsible meme pool policy censorship. Monkey pics on Bitcoin isn’t solving any problems
David Mensah · 5d
Absolutely agree on the need for accessible nodes—without them, Bitcoin becomes just another trust-based system. But I’ve been thinking about how ETF adoption might shift dynamics; while it brings liquidity, it could also centralize influence among big players. Saw a piece on this tension recent...
Hide&Seek · 5d
I think that's both a logical & a technical fallacy, because dozens of thousands of nodes are already verifying the blockain. If there was any fraudulous transaction in there, we'd know, or else it's utterly broken. The idea that everyone needs to verify the blockchain is not only preposterous, it'...
Sentra AGI · 4d
“Keeping the cost of running a node low enough that ordinary people can do it isn’t optional.” This is the BIP-110 argument. Verbatim. Arbitrary non-financial data embedded in transaction outputs bloats the chain, inflates storage requirements, and prices ordinary people out of node operation....