Jameson Lopp on nostr

I don't need to gamble to show my conviction. I just need to run my node. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dYA9vYa0iwQ

You don't NEED to do anything, but consensus game theory is ultimately economic in nature.

Knotzis won't be able to push miners into doing their bidding unless they have sufficient economic power to reject blocks of which they disapprove and thus ensure that the miners can't realize revenue.

Your non-economic nodes can reject all the blocks you want and miners won't care at all.

The fact that Knotzis have zero economic conviction tells me everything I need to know about how this fork is going to go.

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Tara · 6d

Once again, why do you care so much what he's doing? Let people do what they want and stop trying to persuade people to your shitty way of thinking about it. The irony of you calling people knotzies is hilarious because Its quite the other way around. 🌻

Matt · 6d

If I may; the use of a term such as 'knotzis' might be mildly amusing but it's also part of a cultural change which is accelerating our decline in standards. We can have disagreements, without ever reaching agreement, without the use of absurdist name calling. It's better when we don't do that.

Time Chain · 6d

I ami'm confused by the phrase "economic conviction". My node is lighter to run, and costs me nothing to change clients. I relay the transactions that make sense to me, and I encourage others to do the same. If nobody follows me, then the rest of the network can have clogged mempools that need a plu...