Banks also created money out of thin air. Then got bailed out.

Understatement!

Zaps are not Bitcoin. They are a curiosity for highly technical nerds, that eventually realize it is not Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the native currency of the internet, but on your journey it is an afterthought. You have it the wrong way round. Study Bitcoin & good luck.

Why? The debt is already issued. It does not inflate when you pay it off.

Bitcoin is the native currency of the internet. Use it. Zaps are an overly complicated budget option.

You are misunderestimating Bitcoin

Don't underestimate Bitcoin

Zaps are too complicated. Adding native Bitcoin is a winner.

Yes!

Awesome stuff. You are improving the security and price of Bitcoin. We can do it, one node at a time.

Dont listen to the gaslighting. Knots is just a highly secure Bitcoin. Core up to v29 is baseline security. Core v30 is low security, and that's a problem for the whole network, which is why awareness is spreading.

Community Note:

The hypocrisy of those claiming the cypherpunk mantle has never been clearer.

When developer Peter Todd exposed a potential DoS vulnerability in Bitcoin Knots, Blockstream CEO Adam Back responded with a dare: "tell us more. or try it out @buraq style?"

"Buraq style" means attacking the network in the wild, rather than responsible disclosure—a direct encouragement to commit a Denial-of-Service against a running Bitcoin full node.

The original cypherpunks sought to protect privacy and build resilient systems against censorship. These individuals, and more, use the "cypherpunk" label to justify hostile, destructive acts. They are fake cypherpunks who attack other implementations, undermine decentralization, and betray the very principles they claim to uphold.

This is a dangerous attempt to seize control and must be recognized as such.