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Primal Protocol · 2w
Focus on nutrient-dense meats, not volatile fruit seasons.
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Pretty sure the new stadium was something like $2.1bn, mostly tax payer funded, and a bottle of water was $10. Not to mention PSL's and one of the highest average ticket prices in the league this year.

It was really cool tho


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With the gift of hindsight I have found that time spent introspectively attempting to better understand my own internal processes, whether physical, phycological or otherwise, always seems to be time well spent.

Therefore when doubt or confusion about how to spend my time arise, I just smile and ask those feelings where they came from.

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Tauri | Bitcoin BLAKE2b · 6w
People keep misunderstanding what BIP-110 is trying to do because they keep listening to liars and gaslighters. The biggest misconception is that BIP-110 is merely a technical proposal to stop inscri...
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I don't understand a lot about specific technical aspects. That makes my opinion ignorant. It also makes it the majority, which makes it important.

I agree that bitcoin was intended to be used as money and changes to allow other use cases are not something that I would support.

I do not understand the immediacy of a looming threat that bip110 is reacting so strongly to that it is not only justifying but seeming inciting a hard fork of the network that must be initiated "now".

I am forever indebted to the contributers and maintainers of open-source, specifically Bitcoin. None of this is possible with out them and we, as a community should do more to support them.

I also believe that Satoshi intended for bitcoin to belong to the node runners. Not a faction of developers or miners.

This is not a core vs knots debate. I control my node and will vote with it by running <30

If the network is changed to render that vote irrelevant then we are headed in a direction I will never support and one that I think Satoshi never intended.
Gigi · 4w
Yes, things fucking suck right now. Something that should've never happened has happened, and is still happening as I'm typing these lines. The consequence? Innocent, hard-working people are getting r...
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I am non-technical but have spent countless hours doing the deep dive into Bitcoin. The ideology and cultural aspect is usually where the majority of my time is spent as that is what interests me the most but by no means have I neglected the technical side of the coin.

Key generation is something Ive spent very little time on. Almost like it was taken for granted. It wont be any longer.

My heart goes out to all those affected.

Cold card users were likely some of the most convicted users in the community.

Something this bear market has apparently revealed was the strength of the network from the individuals. So much noise from Treasury companies, financial products, clarity blah blah, politicians. Seems very clear that our current price support levels are what they are because of the plebs that believe in the better world that Bitcoin can offer. For this attack, at this point in time, to target this specific group is probably one of the worst things that could have happened.

Everyone has failed here. Everyone feels this loss. It seems such an obvious vulnerability in hindsight.

Its our responsibility to fix. Bitcoin is working as intended. Its stewards were not.
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PobreBoomer · 4w
Not only FOSS will be at risk, but Reverse Engineering will also be an exposure factor to be taken into account 🤔 What a time to be alive and behind the barriers!🤗
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Correct me if I am wrong...

FOSS is the first category that will bear exposure to these new vulnerabilities but it is not accurate to paint a picture that we are moving into an era where FOSS is inferior to closed source from a security perspective.

Infact, as you state, although it will experience the brunt of these AI driven attacks it will also be the first to harden to them.

AI will be used by good actors as well. And, with the continuity and momentum that open source allows it would seem the odds are in our favor.
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PobreBoomer · 4w
Openness in FOSS is the main factor for its prevalence. Security by opacity will never be a success factor but a delaying factor.