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Software developer and bitcoin collector with a philosophy background.

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Recent Notes

hodlonaut · 25w
By repeatedly adjusting default mempool policy to match what miners will accept anyway (large OP_RETURN uncapped because “they’ll just mine it via bypasses like Libre Relay, or direct APIs”), we...
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You are confused. “Policy” in Bitcoin is codified by the consensus rules. Nodes enforce adherence to the consensus rules: no mined blocks that break consensus rules shall be added to their copy of the chain. The consensus rules are hard-coded into the protocol, and the version of bitcoin software you run determines which protocol rules you are enforcing. Mempool forwarding settings are not policy, and are of little consequence. Find something more interesting to worry about.
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hodlonaut · 27w
Please, can someone explain to me how these two things can be logically compatible: - the uncap (100kb) of op_return “doesn’t really matter”, and its value could basically just be decided by ...
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You’re confused because your premise is wrong. It was a change to the default value of a client side preference, not “a cap”. Users can set the value as they please. It’s not a consensus rule that miners heed, it’s a client side setting, which ultimately doesn’t matter, and also, nothing is “forced through” - you can still set a low value if you’re into incentivizing permanent storage of redundant data over optional storage in a prunable (throw-away) field, for some reason. Nobody has to accept the default value.
ODELL · 27w
since bip110 has nowhere near consensus it will result in a chain split when they activate the main chain will have blocks mined significantly faster than the bip110 chain if miners switch to bip110...
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Part of the calculus for miners when considering switching to Bitcoin Luke’s Vision (BLV), which they might if fees are higher over there due to transactions finding it harder to get included because of lack of miners, is the cost of turmoil and disruption on the Bitcoin market. Degradation of confidence could be devastating for hard-earned institutional buy-in. I highly doubt that anywhere close to half of the network will be interested in the latest narcissist-lead, fear-driven, fringe-group fork. May BLV be shorter lived than BSV.
kidwarp · 27w
No… that’s a gimmick
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Yes, It's Fascism - America now meets the 18 criteria
https://samharris.org/episode/SE8CA91C746

Sam Harris speaks with Jonathan Rauch about the emergence of fascism in American politics. They discuss Rauch’s article, “Yes, It’s Fascism,” the 18 criteria of fascism, the glorification and unapologetic use of state violence, “might is right” foreign policy, the politicization of law enforcement, the complicity of the rich and powerful, blood and soil nationalism, the influence of Carl Schmitt, the resilience of American institutions, and other topics.

Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, is the author of eight books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book, published in 2021 by the Brookings Press, is [_The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth_](https://amzn.to/4qdoa9d), a spirited and deep-diving account of how to push back against disinformation, canceling, and other new threats to our fact-based epistemic order.

Jonathan’s Atlantic article, “[Yes, It’s Fascism](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/)”

https://stacker.news/items/1426613