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So, a couple things about the #Boltz situation.
First, I think is overall good that people are thinking so adversarily about it.
And as far as I can tell, services like Boltz are absolutely integral to scaling Bitcoin as close to the base layer as possible.
But until we have proof of shenanigans, I am going to cautiously watch to see if the people stepping in to run the project have good or bad intentions.
Finally, I am going to predict that either Samson Mow and/or #Jan3 and possibly #BullBitcoin / Francis Pouliot will be the people picking this up. Their business was built on it and they have the vision for it. Plus, they probably have the financial backing to be able to run it on the level it will need to be run.
I believe that will seal the deal for some people that this is rigged, but personally I trust those Bitcoiners who have shown over many years that they want to build bitcoin the right way.
And yes, I used the word trust.

2026-08-13 00:07:50 GMT

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If there's a fork all bitcoinners get it.

2026-08-11 13:53:02 GMT

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Thus shall it be.

2026-08-10 22:38:55 GMT

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2026-08-10 22:35:58 GMT

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Oh, so this was more of an Indica.

2026-08-10 04:19:55 GMT

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Is this awesome? Or creepy? Or crawesome? https://image.nostr.build/3c0448bf7de29bb7caf401463223afc55d2596906ed73976d62f1ab35d91bd8d.jpg

2026-08-10 00:01:31 GMT

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Where have you been? I'm glad you're back. ❤️😁

2026-08-09 21:08:03 GMT

http://shelf.mooose.art/i/uploads/46176fc5_6a78d82d.png
People are laughing at Ocean for doing this and missing the point entirely. Bitcoin won in that moment. And a single node operator spoke loud and clear.
So... people can hate on Luke... but at the same time he is helping develop some of the most important tech bitcoin needs as soon as possible.
So yeah... nothing happened yesterday.
And everything did.
Read the article: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg67027634#msg67027634

2026-08-09 15:50:01 GMT

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Not to mention the fact that you can make one into a clock. ☕👻

2026-08-09 03:33:57 GMT

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Oh, I want to believe so badly that that's a real picture and not AI.

2026-08-09 03:26:00 GMT

I think something is very important here.
All of us have been bombarded by messages saying one side of this argument is retarded or evil or in a means of bitcoin and the other are doing things to make sure that it keeps running well.
The people on the other side of this are not your enemies. They are not people who want something very different than you do even. They're people with a difference of opinion on how this should play out.
They saw it a different way.
There's no need to hate them.

2026-08-09 02:59:00 GMT

This honestly makes me sad.
I have been in Bitcoin almost as long as Luke may be exactly as long.
Luke has been one of the most important contributors to the project from the very beginning.
He has a natural strong bent towards contrarian and adversarial thinking. He tends to believe and act in the extreme.
I believe he cares about what Bitcoin is deeply and probably even sees the project as something that would protect against evil currencies in the digital age.
I agree with him on so many parts of why he is fighting.
This is not a minor loss to Bitcoin.
But Bitcoin is not about one guy.
Sigh.
#nevent1q…fkrj

2026-08-09 02:24:41 GMT

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Dude, you win the metaphor award for August 8th 2026th.

2026-08-09 02:23:39 GMT

The good/bad news depending on where you're at on the whole thing looks like #bip110 went over like a lead balloon at least so far.
And there are rumors and people talking about switching to a different proof of work algorithm, which would leave the Bitcoin miners as they exist on the chain that the majority considers Bitcoin, and then another coin would emerge with a complete different POW algorithm and a shared history.
As far as I can think through it, this is the least toxic end to this for those who believe #bip-110 was a mistake.

2026-08-08 15:29:39 GMT

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jmoose.rocks Fulcrum[2665]: [2026-08-08 10:18:44.341] <Controller> Processed height: 912000, 94.9%, 36.1 blocks/min, 1928.1 txs/sec, 4425.2 addrs/sec
So close 😁

2026-08-08 15:25:21 GMT

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Wine is one of the best paid relays (more than one). I used it for a couple years myself. But I also run my own relay nowadays and have for over a year as well. And it is certainly possible to have a small number of relays that give you reliable, good service.
You are absolutely welcome to use my relay without any charge, although I guarantee nothing. It has been working quite well for some time now.
The only catch is I have it down temporarily since it shares the same mechanical drive as my blockchain and fulcrum instances. And fulcrum is finally in the 90th percent range of sinking, so in the next day or so, I'll be bringing the relay back up. Like I said, feel free to use it. Maybe it will help.
relay.jmoose.rocks
(again, I expect it to be back up and responding within the next 24 or 36 hours, I imagine. Also, it's in Helsinki, so depending on where you are in the earth, you may have a few milliseconds of latency. 🤪)

2026-08-08 13:26:35 GMT

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You are welcome!

2026-08-08 03:41:23 GMT

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Tempests in a teapot.

2026-08-08 03:31:39 GMT

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2026-08-07 17:56:06 GMT

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I'm really kind of worried that a lot of us are about to become two coiners.

2026-08-07 15:39:41 GMT

#bip110 #knots #core
So the coinkite thing sucked up on my attention.
Where we at on the signaling thing? Are there two bitcoins yet?

2026-08-06 21:48:36 GMT

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Too late

2026-08-06 19:47:22 GMT

#coldcard #hack #entropy #sad
#CoinKite cannot come back from this.
Even if they could rebuild the lost trust the company AND principals (due to negligence piercing the LLC/corporate protections) are going to be sued into oblivion.
The only HONORABLE move @nvk and @coinkite can do is simple:
They should FULLY make both the hardware and software 100% open source. This would allow the community to rescue the existing devices and project from being useless.
This is also the most effective, if not only way for the people behind this debacle to regain a small amount of respect in the community.
And... It is right.
Not holding my breath... I assume the lawyers and liquidators will be running the show soon.

2026-08-06 05:28:38 GMT

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2026-08-06 05:25:42 GMT

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I'm nobody. New to this bitcoin thing.
As to the statement. I saw remorse. Not rooting for him. He made his bed.

2026-08-06 05:23:43 GMT

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Lol. I'm no one. New to bitcoin. Nyknyc.

2026-08-06 04:31:50 GMT

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He did apologize. In a statement.

2026-08-06 04:31:14 GMT

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In the US this would easily be ruled negligence which will pierce the protections from the LLC or corporation.
Not sure aboot Canada.

2026-08-06 01:27:16 GMT

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After watching Jameson Lopp mock his customer base, it became easy for me to strike this company from my list. I will never do business with a company with a founder who makes fun of the people who would be his customers.
Some of us will not forget.
There are other companies that do this same kind of job, but are led by people who have respect for others.
I suggest that anyone interested in forging a business relationship with a company that's doing something as important as helping them custody their Bitcoin should make sure that they're comfortable with the people leading it. To be honest, I think we've seen enough of what that kind of leadership begets even in recent days.
Hard no from me.

2026-08-06 00:30:56 GMT

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Make sure to stab them in the eyeballs.

2026-08-05 01:52:02 GMT

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Some of them might be reviewing some legal documents at some point 😱

2026-08-05 01:39:37 GMT

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As it should be. But so sad at the same time. Whether it was incompetence, or malice it is one of the nastiest things I have ever seen in Bitcoin.

2026-08-05 01:19:16 GMT

I run a little #nostr #relay on the other side of the earth from me. If you happen to be near Helsinki it might be a snappy one for you!
relay.jmoose.rocks
Feel free to use it. My logs are rotated and purged frequently.

2026-08-04 22:39:21 GMT

One thing that may not be super evident yet is the legal tsunami that's coming for #Coinkite and #NVK and possibly even investors. (though I believe there is less risk there)
If it were an American company, I believe protections offered by LLCs and Incorporation can be pierced in the case of criminal negligence.
The evidence of this bug being reported to coinkite by multiple sources... customers, security analysts, and possibly even competitors is extremely damning and would make that criminal negligence easy to prove.
I wonder if the principles are busy deleting things and virtually shredding documents, so to speak. I think if email records, for example, were entered into the court record, it could be exceedingly damning for both the company and the principal actors.

2026-08-04 21:19:42 GMT

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Actually, I believe he does.

2026-08-04 17:03:39 GMT

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As someone who almost always speaks in hyperbole, I feel you. 😁
I think one area I'm trying to define my way through right now is what's the difference between something that we might call the "Bitcoin community" or the "crypto community" or "this space" and the tool itself.
One of the things that's always bothered me is that what has come up in the community is something that looks a lot like a religion. There are commandments. There are mantras. There are priests.
There was a unique man who was famous for saying many things, and one of those things was "the love of money is the root of evil". And I think what has happened not just recently, but over time has been a cancer that has grown from that sort of root.

2026-08-04 16:55:43 GMT

I want to say this is an extreme take and it is really, but it sure resonates right now.
At the same time, I want to know where the line is between scams, mistakes, grifters, even ones who don't know they're more or less one of those things and people just using a tool.
You could say the same thing about who gets to drive a car or who gets to use a gun. In fact, people do. And I'm not sure if we're attacking the right thing or the wrong thing in a situation like this.
But it is worth dedicating serious thought to.
#nevent1q…x7cq

2026-08-04 15:19:05 GMT

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Spiderscarlet!

2026-08-03 18:37:10 GMT

This is it.
This is the postmortem.
We may learn other details here and there, but in my opinion, you can throw out any conspiracy theory or any wild idea of state attacks until they can be proven to the extent that they disprove this Occam's razor truth.
Please read this.
And thanks, Max. Good job.
#naddr1qq…9acl

2026-08-03 00:39:44 GMT

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I have begun to think that it's even more likely that the a customer or two produced a wallet and found it already had coins in it and then moved them.
I think I saw someone say the math on the collisions is one in 1.8 million or so. That's a lot of keys, but considering a lot of people might create several wallets...

2026-08-03 00:36:40 GMT

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Yeah, and I think there's probably lots and lots of people on here that are ready for it. It's not like you got to be in a special club, but I could just see some of the less technical people tripping over some scary stuff and then not being able to find what they do with their Bitcoin.
I do think Craig the developer has added some more warnings and such in certain areas.

2026-08-03 00:24:56 GMT

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So basically you want to use a Reddit username? 🤪

2026-08-02 23:49:42 GMT

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He's probably asking himself that about now.

2026-08-02 23:47:27 GMT

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3 then.

2026-08-02 23:45:36 GMT

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I'm sure the lawyers have a much longer list than this one little bit.
They've got to get ahead of stuff because there's some pretty nasty shit comin down the pipe for some people.

2026-08-02 23:41:43 GMT

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The oof keeps coming. Lol.

2026-08-02 23:39:05 GMT

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I wouldn't be surprised if it's something that a lawyer suggested.
I expect we'll be seeing other sorts of announcements from various corners.
Big shit is coming for some people. They're gonna have to get ahead of it.

2026-08-02 23:38:03 GMT

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By the way, one reason I posted this and believe it is true is after the update I saw a Q crash just last night.

2026-08-02 23:34:39 GMT

I have been seeing #Sparrow wallet mentioned a lot for use in recovery and for ordinary users to download so they can move coins to a hot wallet, etc.
First of all, let me say this is my favorite Bitcoin wallet.
But it's actually very similar to the Coldcard in that it is an extremely complex piece of software. When you're making your wallet, you can choose derivation paths, for example.
Sparrow really is for the passionate and the power users.
Perhaps someone else knows a easier to use wallet that runs on Windows and Mac.
Something like Blue Wallet may be good for a temporary hot wallet. @bluewallet
https://bluewallet.io/

2026-08-02 23:21:13 GMT

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I strongly believe in grace and I am saved through Christ because of it.
But... The truth demands that grace is balanced with justice, and there is JUSTICE to be done here.
I think that can be calmly said with kindness.

2026-08-02 22:58:57 GMT

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I used to work building stuff in hospital IT testing is one of the most important parts of building.
And the most amazing thing is, with AI at its current level, there really is no excuse for having missed something this big. People are spinning up LLMs and limiting what they're trained on so they don't know about this news and some of the frontier models are taking less than 10 minutes to find the bug and it's just one after another. Kimi, GPT, pick one.
FIVE. YEARS.

2026-08-02 22:52:29 GMT

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In my opinion, it looks delicious. But then again, that's coming from a guy who, everything he makes, he calls slop. So, it's a pretty low bar, I guess. But I bet it's tasty.

2026-08-02 22:50:46 GMT

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Does it reflect on me badly that the first thing I thought of was he pooped?

2026-08-02 22:50:12 GMT

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You are quite the lovely young bat. Puzzles is a lucky gentleman.

2026-08-02 22:49:49 GMT

#coldcard #sad #rng
With the number space being so small, it was probably just a matter of time before we would have seen collisions.
I wonder if some of the reports of very early losses may have been collisions by someone who just won the lottery so to speak... kind of a terrible lottery for the other person.

2026-08-02 22:32:42 GMT

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Did you use a decent rng to produce them?
It didn't have to be perfect. Just not a gimped out deterministic D-list low end fallback library.
All modern computers and handheld devices have decent ways of producing good-enough entropy as long as the application uses it.
So that's the question in the end. Where did the NPRV come from?
I wouldn't be too worried, honestly. Much more likely malware or foolish choices (like firing up a client by directly entering the private key...) will bite us before a low entropy seed.

2026-08-02 22:07:05 GMT

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Why would they destroy the products of the big is in the software.
Yes I understands why they'd stop selling them at least temporarily, and may never be able to sell them again, particularly with the premium price etc.
But why destroy?
Emotions are high. Maybe that's it.

2026-08-02 17:17:31 GMT

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I don't see this as a black and white thing. People have been involved, paid by coinkite, promoted coinkite, sometimes even VCs for coinkite.
So I would think some of it's kind of a sliding scale. The deeper those things were being promoted, the more onus I believe those influencers would have had to run audits, maybe even pay for audits on the code.
This is such a glaring and hideously gaping hole that we were falling back to a tinker toy RNG. It really becomes close to inexcusable for anyone who was profiting from the sale of these devices.
I have heard some really good podcasters that coin sessions comes to mind owning their part and apologizing and I find that to be admirable.
Interestingly though, we are still waiting on more input from some of our more "humble" "thought leaders".
I'm not ragging on people, I'm not angry, but the truth is the truth, and people are gonna need to own this shit.

2026-08-02 17:13:47 GMT

#coldcard #hack #rng #sweep #privacy
I have had another thought I want to share with whoever reads my thoughts.
So we all know that the Coldcard addresses created by these deterministic private keys are being swept. The MK3 devices are already done being swept. And attackers have moved on to the slightly harder MK4 devices etc.
I have a lot to say about this inevitable process but for this post...
I know many of you are very adamant about privacy and may have even done utxo coin control and tried to acquire non KYC coins and so on...
Well, you might as well make peace with the fact that your UTXOs are eventually going to be known even if you have already moved your coins to another wallet.
Because the attackers will eventually find your wallet and see your history and all the UTXOs and everywhere they went, etc. So this stuff's going to all be cataloged and kept by black hats, white hats, and the rest.
Once everything is settled and the smoke is cleared, you can work on anonymizing your UTXOs however you choose to do that in the future.

2026-08-02 16:13:10 GMT

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#nevent1q…5s0a

2026-08-02 15:07:06 GMT

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2026-08-02 13:54:16 GMT

Now there are mounting reports that the patched devices are breaking themselves.
https://x.com/i/status/2083633778572787862

2026-08-02 12:57:04 GMT

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Ha... read some posts... think we do.

2026-08-02 12:52:48 GMT

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I think I might. 😁 but I wonder if we agree.

2026-08-01 17:53:49 GMT

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It needs little handles. Maybe MK6.

2026-08-01 06:58:02 GMT

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That phase "they did everything right" is super loaded. You are right. They should have not TRUSTED the device to make the key. They should have used a passphrase. They should not have TRUSTED NVK or the podcasters and "influencers". They should have looked at the code. They should have run AI on the code...
They should not have treated being a bitcoinner as a religion. Complete with priests and doctrine and mantras.
But this is the thing... There was too much. Too much for the regular human. Almost none of us understand 1/10th of the cryptography bitcoin uses. Most "plebs" can't explain how a RNG works. But we all know how to say things like "stay humble" and "nyknyc".
That's what I think "everything right" means. They trusted the priests. They taped the mantras to their dashboards.
And they got hurt. Bad.
The good news is bitcoin survives this. And life goes on.
Not everyone can "be their own bank".
But what has always mattered is not that you have to (do everything right) but that you CAN.
My heart goes out to those hurt by this.
And beware priests who cannot step down from their pulpits for a moment...
With TRUE humility.
PEACE

2026-07-31 21:36:29 GMT

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To say it another way, you might as well do all your calculations on the air-gapped device. You don't gain security by splitting it up.

2026-07-31 21:35:27 GMT

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Well, that's an interesting question. Navigating the checksum word is not difficult if the other 23 words are in the hardware device, then it's not wrong to allow it to do the checksum. I think there's only 12 of those possible for a 24-word seed. So if you've got 23 words, it's going to be easy to find the money.
And though using air-gapped hardware to do calculations is close to best practices, it also has its own set of risks. A lot of people who might think they know what they're doing, they're don't and could end up in trouble.

2026-07-31 20:24:59 GMT

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100 dice rolls is almost certainly safe. In that situation, you're just trusting that the algorithms on the device that interpret the dice rolls into your private key are not borked. The situation in which that would be vulnerable is if the code that does the conversion converts into a limited set of private keys, which would be a similar problem, but there is no random number generator involved with that process, or at least shouldn't be. Well, technically, the only place there might be random number generator input would be for the checksum word, word number 12 or 24.
Also, I wouldn't do any of that until the firmware was all the way upgraded.
In my opinion, the hardware is still what it always was. It's good hardware. I don't trust any hardware with making the seed phrase. I've always made them manually.

2026-07-31 04:45:30 GMT

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Multisig entropy is also reduced. But then not only do they have to guess 1 xprv but they need one more and all three xpubs.
Though this makes it harder I would personally NOT be sitting on a 2of3 wallet where any more than a single private key was produced by borked CC #rng code.

2026-07-31 04:40:40 GMT

So much for #Coinkite.
I don't think they can come back from this.

2026-07-31 04:16:03 GMT

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Your entropy is still reduced, but the number of possible combinations is increased.
IOW, you all suffer from the fact the pool of private keys is (MUCH) more limited. But to move funds you'd need the right combination of three of them. (2 xprvs and all three xpubs).
You are safer, but if I were in your shoes I'd CAREFULLY move the coins. A Bip 39 passphrase helps quite a bit but is one more way to complicate and therefore shoot self in foot. 😁 whatever you do take care to do it well.

2026-07-31 04:04:19 GMT

Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
#rng #entropy #haughtiness

2026-07-31 03:16:13 GMT

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Some of these people combing the code, as you say, will next be combing through likely addresses.
It looks as if entropy was severely reduced.
In my opinion, if someone reading this produced their private key via the cold card, they should not trust that private key.
Whatever the extent of this issue, the way that an exploit can work is by narrowing down the possible private keys because of the busted entropy.
But Evans, advice here to take your time and be calm and careful is of paramount importance. It is probably more likely to shoot oneself in the foot than it is to have your keys guessed.

2026-07-31 03:11:46 GMT

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Ya beat me!

2026-07-29 18:00:58 GMT

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Okay, I think this post makes me need to go read hodlnauts publishings.
I've been running knots for a year, and I did signal for BIP 110 by default for a while. But I've dropped back down to Core 29.
I do not support ending up in a hard fork over this particular topic at this point. Period. And I do not see how this path does not end up there with a minority chain.
But I am constantly trying to sharpen my understandings of the situation.
I have heard a lot of stupid garbage from both ends of the argument, and I've heard some good concise points.
But like I said, I will go look up what Bitcoin's old friend was having to say about it.

2026-07-27 20:54:40 GMT

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Well, thank you. I don't know. Maybe I will keep making stuff if I think of it. I was actually chatting with another scoundrel like me and we were toying with the idea of doing something on the regular.
I really do think the ideas of privacy, sovereignty, honor, culture and tech really do make a fantastic framework for all kinds of conversations.

2026-07-27 16:31:02 GMT

I am finding surprise in the shock and grief I feel hearing John C. Dvorak one half of perhaps the longest running podcast in existence, as well as the ubiquitous computer columnist from my younger days has passed away.
#noagenda
My heart felt condolences to his family, to Adam, and to those of you like me surprised by the feeling of loss. Godspeed, you old grump.

2026-07-26 14:18:19 GMT

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2026-07-25 03:31:00 GMT

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Do you are a wise woman to figure this out so young. Some never see it.
We are pretty simple creatures. Feed us. Pet us. Tell us we're good boys. Woof!

2026-07-24 22:47:44 GMT

The next time you listen to @nprofile…zslp and @nprofile…qy52 I want you to imagine them this way.
If you are old enough to understand it... you will never recover. ;)
https://image.nostr.build/de75bb6fab4565f1dcebde16697152da65d9edad4390c12f1d5b8acdf72376f9.png

2026-07-24 21:16:20 GMT

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Woo
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2026-07-23 23:04:49 GMT

#BIP110 #KNOTS #CORE
WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!
Cept, we aren't.
I lay out my personal unsophisticated thoughts on this tiresome, but important argument.
Let me know what you think!
https://audio.nostr.build/fce3ecad5110befbad9370238a86fe2884e1bc5772eabb3a56bfd2d399e9fb3b.mp3

2026-07-22 02:49:04 GMT

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Its true!

2026-07-22 02:43:16 GMT

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2026-07-22 01:09:32 GMT

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It's sad. I think I have been one of the biggest fans of the Jade. I've always enjoyed the way that they handle security and the private key.
But I have to admit, a lot of the drama that's happened over the last year or two has sort of soured me on supporting businesses who call a certain percentage of their potential customers stupid over and over again online.
As a well-meaning Bitcoiner who's not very political or drama-focused it just tastes bad.
Not sure if it will actually have an impact outside of me as a customer, but maybe something to think about.

2026-07-21 12:57:37 GMT

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When she pinned the steering wheel, I knew she was going to pull up the emergency brake. I delivered pizzas in a very snowy environment for many years and did this trick often myself.

2026-07-16 20:05:39 GMT

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But thats Rick Moranis?

2026-07-14 20:36:29 GMT

Is it kind of hoarding tendency to have a really hard time throwing away these eclipse glasses. I don't think I'm ever going to be right in line for an eclipse again and even if I am, I'm sure I won't know where these are.
But also, the fact that I bought these chency things and literally stared directly at the sun through them, trusting that the factory that made them wasn't having a bad day, I don't know, I guess you live once. https://npub1qktjyk0vdqlfss7wztawdnka5phx2p3vlvq50x0z402jk2fjhtnqlx9qas.blossom.band/26d7c1a55bb96ab4e7a3a50c4fd83f7882cef35077b53750e87d01003b35cc1d.jpg

2026-07-14 01:43:14 GMT

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Why is that, dude? 😁

2026-07-12 22:22:46 GMT

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I haven't actually decided that yet, but I'm leaning towards just using better hardware and definitely not putting off the mirror this time. I have a little nuc that would make a fabulous node. It even has two NVMe slots so I'm pretty sure I can mirror it up right away. I just have to spend a lot of money on drives.

2026-07-12 21:21:30 GMT

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Tragedy of the Commons.

2026-07-12 20:43:02 GMT

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Hardware failure. But also failure on my part in that I kept procrastinating mirroring the drive.

2026-07-12 20:42:14 GMT

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Well, it was a drive failure, and the static channel backups were what enabled me to claim the SATs. That, and honest channel partners. But the node was run in a physical proximity to me on my hardware. The rescue happened on a VPS in Europe.

2026-07-12 17:13:00 GMT

They say pride comes before a fall. Well, I was proud of myself finally getting my lightning address working on my domain with a little software that could reach out to my node and create invoices blah blah. And as soon as that was working for less than a week, Kblamo, my lightning node disintegrated.
This is that story.
#nevent1q…3mx5

2026-07-12 16:56:11 GMT

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I did not speak of the carnivorous diet. Are you a bot or just...

2026-07-11 23:18:46 GMT

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I know I bit off more than I could chew with my schedule, plus I'm kind of a bone head.