datum users mine on their own block templates, 95%+ of hashrate on OCEAN uses datum
the OCEAN default template was announced to signal for 110 prior to the split (flipping bit4). The confusion during the split was which chaintip that template chose to mine on. some thought it would have been signaling bit4 on the antpool chaintip since it became longer; OCEAN announced they got refunded a few days later
my memory is fuzzy but he had mentioned blake2b and sha3 as potential PoW change options for bitcoin as a response to malicious miners as early as late 2017-2018
repeating bacon (or any of the other 2047 bip39 words) with an additional passphrase would be only marginally safer as a plain brainwallet (sha256 of a passphrase) which isnt safe at all.
pratically a passphrase 'strong' enough may not easier to remember than seed words
it's not advisable to do rely on passphrases because the speed and cost for checking brainwallets (and its variations) can only get cheaper overtime
ibd is faster on the newer versions compared to the older ones because the assumevalid bypasses validation for much of the spam of the last 3 years. v28 - block 856760 (august 2024) v29 - block 886157 v30 - block 912683 (september 2025)
theres incremental improvements for assumevalid=0 across versions but insignificant to most hardware
my preferred way to watch world cup is finding a stream from social media, then dig into the ad-riddled page to find where the video stream (m3u) is hosted. then stick it in vlc or add it to jellfin liveTV
the best streams are almost always from mexico, dont understand what they're saying but sure sounds exciting -- bless them 🙏
theres also that funky period between mandatory flagging and rule enforcement where miners (regardless of their stance on arbitrary data) scratch their head about whether or not to risk blocks being thrown away for the sake of flipping one bit 😅