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average_bitcoiner · 2w
Non Sibi, Sed Patriae.
Justin (shocknet) profile picture
BRCA is a trojan horse and weaponized virtue signaling.

It's purpose is to create conditional law that Big Fintech with leagues of lawyers can use to crush actual self-custodial competition. This is pushed by NGO's who are funded by big fintech.

Total scam.
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average_bitcoiner · 2w
Hi. Welcome back to nostr. I see you still have bad takes.
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Justin (shocknet) profile picture
> lot of testing work that happens on Core

It can be done on another repo that doesn't usurp the legacy, but would also need less testing if it didn't churn as much as a frivolous app... Bitcoin's value is derived from it being stable and resistant to change.

> compartmentalize

Indeed, it'd be better if Bitcoin was looked at as distributions moreso than implementations. Libbitcoin is an effort to make it libraries, HORNET, and at least one other I scrolled by recently... also BTCD is a great example of a stable alt-implementation that powers a ton of nodes, but as a library, via LND.

> Knots

Unfortunately controlled opposition that's making a clown show of otherwise justified Core resentment

> avoid chain splits

A default distribution in Core is actually a bigger risk, most updates are downloaded blind. This presents a risk of widely distributing a bad version that splits with older versions. With more diversified distributions, the impact of a bad update/alt would be small... more frequent issues with individual, less severe as they'd be irrelevant to the broader network... like a controlled burn.
jgbtc · 8w
I agree 100%. As long as the reference client is being actively developed it's an attack vector. The last few months proved this beyond all doubt.
jgbtc · 8w
Looks like another core vs plebs fight brewing.
Justin (shocknet) profile picture
Glad to see this, an issue I've been running into is that nostr-tools isn't really up to the task of long-running services. Zig is the perfect choice for an alt implementation... and most notably isn't beholden to the politics of the NIP repo.

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