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Sydney Bright
@brightmindsco

Customer Success at Abundant Mines

Author of The Ancient Way of the Mind

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Recent Notes

Scott Dedels · 1d
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Excommunicado · 3d
I think your idea of what constitutes network is somewhat misplaced. Larger ecosystem meaning miners, exchanges, wallets are servants of the network. The actually network is the nodes relaying informa...
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I appreciate the civil discussion, but I would kindly encourage you to consider how your perspective may too be misplaced. What ends up being consensus is determined by a complex interaction between economic nodes and miners.

I am a Bitcoin miner, and one at a hosting company. We at Abundant Mines allowed our clients, who are everyday people like you and me, to decide if they wanted to signal or not signal. I work 1-on-1 with every single client, and had an inside view of the decision making process of everyone. Both those that supported BIP-110 and those that didn't.

This idea that there was "no refusal to bip110 from inside the network" is simply not true. At least, it was not at all what I experienced in the real world from people I know who were into Bitcoin. Both from inside and outside my work.

There was no corruption, collusion, conspiracy, or anything. Just normal people freely making their own decision, and most people decided against BIP-110. I saw this at my work, at my local meetups, and amongst my friends.

From my experience, working with real people everyday, and by observing the quantitative data of the network, refusal of BIP-110 was overwhelming.

Please kindly consider that this event is more of a testament to the dangers of social media. It creates an echo chamber where people inside believe everyone agrees with them. It is leading you all to create your own coin, rather than us all working together to find a real solution that helps fix the money. There is only Bitcoin.

This is a discussion about the mind, and the illusion it creates in front of our eyes. Not a discussion on whether or not Bitcoin is corrupt. Bitcoin is one of the least corruptible systems on Earth. Our minds are one of the easiest to corrupt.

I could be the one that is full of illusion, of course. But this is why we must stick together and work together. Help one another.

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Excommunicado · 3d
If you believe there was no corruption, collusion or conspiracy and that opinions of people around you constitute the consensus reality there is nothing I can tell you to stop you from using the Core version of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is not a popularity contest of opinions. The nodes have spoken and the c...
Jack Spirko · 3d
I am also a miner the same as you are, these people will not accept this reality though. They constantly shriek, "6 big miners" with absolute willful ignorance.
Excommunicado · 3d
Because BIP110 chain split provided the ultimate evidence that the core chain decision making is centralised. Bitcoiners are not interested in yet another system with 3rd party and after what happened...
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With all due respect, the analysis that this “proves” all of these things is quite a strong claim.

It is, at least, equally as possible that BIP-110 was simply not a good enough of an idea for most of the network to want to adopt it.

Just because BIP-110 didn’t pass, doesn’t mean that somehow that Bitcoin is too centralized. It could also just be a humility test that a better idea is needed.

There are so many better ideas to solve these issues than BIP-110. Such as removing the witness discount.
Excommunicado · 3d
I think your idea of what constitutes network is somewhat misplaced. Larger ecosystem meaning miners, exchanges, wallets are servants of the network. The actually network is the nodes relaying information to each other. They asked miners to mine blocks according to some rules and the miners ignored ...
Tauri | Bitcoin BLAKE2b · 3d
For now
Tauri | Bitcoin BLAKE2b · 4d
Just go and watch this. Stop fooling yourself Bitcoin-SHA256 is a salvageable project. We’re doing the Bitcoin-BLAKE2b thingy and we just don’t care. You can stay and play politics, hoping for a w...
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I am confused why so many well intentioned people who were trying to help Bitcoin are now leaving to make their own coin.

BIP-110 was one possible solution out of many. The network rejecting it simply suggests that a better proposal is warrented.

But after one failed attempt, so many are giving up on Bitcoin. It’s sad to watch.

Peace be with us all.
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Tauri | Bitcoin BLAKE2b · 3d
It’s not just because it failed. It’s how it failed. That’s why so many a leaving.
Excommunicado · 3d
Because BIP110 chain split provided the ultimate evidence that the core chain decision making is centralised. Bitcoiners are not interested in yet another system with 3rd party and after what happened on 8 august, you will never get rid of that 3rd party on core chain because the mechanism you had f...
Joe Nakamoto · 4d
Never tried Zeus. Was always seduced by Phoenix and BitKit
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Ancient societies did not build religious and spiritual systems because they lacked scientific understanding. They did so to help us remember a truth about our world that becomes harder to directly experience as our minds fill with intellectual thought and reason, the mental activities that uphold the modern world. What was once a default experience for ancient peoples, as it is for the rest of life on Earth, began to fade from memory as society advanced, so they built ritualistic practices and teachings to help bring us back to that more ancient wisdom.

We are using our minds to construct an ivory tower, but in doing so we are becoming mentally, physically, and spiritually unwell. The computer is an opportunity to free us from this burden. Bitcoin and A.I. are part of this thinking machine so that it can continue to build this tower for us, so we can return to our more ancient way of being.
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The more I learn, the more devout I become.

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paul keating · 5d
Looking forward to reading. Been finding myself seeking ancient wisdom lately. Incredible how it resonates during these much different times.