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"No, I don't believe @NVK had malicious intent with the Coldcard entropy bug. Perhaps his CTO, but to me it sounds like the CTO wanted a change, the company needed an open source win when they were attacking open source so including an outside contribution seems like a narrow win for them. I believe that was done on purpose. I don't believe introducing a bug to steal bitcoin from people was the ultimate plan. NVK has been in Bitcoin from the white paper. He doesn't need to steal. He has plenty."
Disagree that it was most likely a outside contribution considering the way the nym spoke to them online. I don't think this is about NVK accumulating more BTC. I don't think it was a coincidence the bug sat there for years and then only was exploited to a large degree the week of a contentious fork. So he's been there since the whitepaper meaning he is very knowledgable? Or just rich? Because a knowledgable person would have been running key generation off many of their companies devices on multiple computers testing their entropy.
"Bitcoin Core changed the datacarriersize to reflect the current network use cases and to keep the network healthy. Otherwise more out of band and back door negotiating for blocks would continue to happen."
I understand this. This wasn't one of the points I was asking you about in the post though.
"Ultimately, BIP-110 folks were advocating for education, trying to convince people to switch to and run Knots to hinder non monetary transactions. They could have as easily made the education issue to add a variable to people's existing nodes and Core would function as it had previously. It would have accomplished the exact same thing. And it's even easier to do than running new software. Why wasn't that the educational issues? It would have solved it. The argument was "no one is going to change a variable, they'll just install and use defaults". Instead a harder and more complicated path was chosen and to do the other opponent had to be vilified."
I also would like to see more education. We agree on this! The reason they focused on constricting rules was to disincentive spammers. Especially considering there is no real identified need for 100kb op returns.
"But BIP-110 doesn't even work. People still spam. I've seen BIP-110 valid blocks with spam, songs, pics, and videos."
Yes people still spam. This is also a movement about moving away from compromised core devs implementation to a new implementation where the corrupted core devs may not want to work inside the rules of. Seperating those who oppose the direction of the current core devs. And in general raising the cost to disincentivize spammers.
"Could Core be corrupted? Sure. But looking at what Luke is doing, it's much, much easier to see who's corrupt here. Luke is sitting at the top of his Bitcoin fork and trying to control his Bitcoin fork and everyone below him. He wants to be King of Bitcoin. He can't. So he is making his own."
Could be? Yes I think we are between a rock and a hard place. Preferably there would be more devs working on the knots side. I don't know the contents of his mind in regards to the King comment.
"The most wild thing is all of that was predicted a year ago and he's now doing it!
I don't like miner centralization either. Stratum v2 and DATUM seem like amazing solutions. It's why I started mining with Ocean on day one of the company's launch. We need miner and block template decentralization badly."
I also think Stratum and Datum are great solutions. Now hopefully we can convince bitcoiners to solo mine.
"Small companies shipping thousands of devices isn't odd at all. It's the American (or in this case Canadian) dream for a small business to be successful. And they WERE!"
From what I had heard at times they were only 5 people. It just seems odd for a hardware and software company.
"And no, I don't think a nation state is behind Coldcard. It's just a major fuckup being masqueraded as a conspiracy to make us feel better than one of our own could hurt us so badly and mostly because we all trusted when we tell people not to trust. We let ourselves down. It's easier to blame someone else than ourselves."
I don't need anything to make me feel better. The first day of the attack I said the same thing about us trusting too much as a community and people did not like me saying this. Caught a few "you're retarded" comments that day.
Also it didn't affect me. Didn't lose a single sat. I've run multi sig multi vendor with my own entropy for a long time.
"Every one of us that used a Coldcard and didn't download the firmware and test it and run it through AI before using it or recommending to a friend failed. It might just be that simple if we want to live our lives against a trust model."
Agreed.
"Am I wrong and we're in the middle of the then thy fight you phase? Well, we don't know for many years. For now, I'm not going to dwell on it. That negativity isn't good for me or my family. I will use this as I always do to learn and growth. Everything is an opportunity."
I think some negativity, as in reality, is necessary to fix things, but I understand what you are saying.
"I hope this answers your questions."
I think you mainly talked about why you think core is right and why coldcard isn't malevolent.
My main questions revolved also revolved around:
- Adam Back going to Epstein's Island as opposed to just doing business emails and phone calls like a normal person. He also never provided any explanation about being in the Epstein files.
- Some core devs not even owning any bitcoin
- Core restricting the github conversation when they proposed a change to the software that a big chunk of plebs didn't want.
- The slow boil frog scenario where we accept small infractions that we may disagree with over many years until liberty has eroded significantly.
Perhaps you're short on time but I am suprised you skipped the Epstein question. That seems pretty odd Adam Back was traveling to that island post Epstein's Florida charges. And then offering no explanation once everyone found out is quite concerning. I think a normal person would either deny the allegations or provide an explanation as to why he was there.
Did BIP 110 people sway you on even a single prior belief you had? Even a little?
Oh boy
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Increasing the nostr userbase. :pepsi:
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Don’t Look Up https://blog.quintarelli.it/2026/08/dont-look-up/
NATO Knows Ukraine is Struggling to Repel Russian Strikes Even With Missiles in Stock – Expert https://sputnikglobe.com/20260813/nato-knows-ukraine-is-struggling-to-repel-russian-strikes-even-with-missiles-in-stock--expert-1124573808.html Ukraine has stopped reporting how many missiles the Russian military has fired, as the figures expose deep weaknesses in its air defenses, veteran military analyst Viktor Litovkin tells Sputnik. #news #press
Videos: Anxious: "Don't Move"
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"Anxious have released a video for their new song “Don’t Move”. The video was created by Kevin Allen. The song is available digitally now via Run For Cover Records. Anxious will be touring North America in the fall and released their album Bambi in 2025. Check out the video below."
The 4 Best New Olive Garden Dishes Of 2026 (So Far) https://www.diningandcooking.com/2768945/the-4-best-new-olive-garden-dishes-of-2026-so-far/ #Italia #Italian #ItalianOlive #ItalianOliveOil #italiano #italy #Olive #OliveOil
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Grüne nur für Macht fertig machen.
Mit Linken kein Hitzeschutz wollen.
Auf der SPD rumtrampeln.
So lange an der Brandmauer zündeln und aus Angst vor progressiven Mehrheiten kein Verbotsverfahren mittragen, bis die Umfragen im Keller sind und das Haus brennt.
Undemokratisch.
Gefährlich.
Dumm.
1/4
コミケの打ち上げ誰か奢ってくれると思ってるのでお金持っていかない:blob_reach_cry:
もりもりうんちさんこんにちは:ablobcat_wave:
13 août 1521 : Les conquistador espagnols, menés par Hernán Cortés, prennent la ville de Tenochtitlan, la capitale de l'empire aztèque.
La chute de la ville ainsi que la capture de l'empereur Cuauhtemoc par les Espagnols marquent la fin de l’empire aztèque.
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AMD lança alerta de segurança crítico para os utilizadores de processadores Ryzen devido a duas vulnerabilidades no componente fTPM 2.0. É recomendado atualizar a BIOS das placas principais para evitar ataques de falsificação de chaves e descodificação de dados sensíveis. 🚨
🔗 https://tugatech.com.pt/t89091-amd-exige-atualizacao-da-bios-nos-processadores-ryzen-para-travar-falhas-graves-no-tpm-2-0
#amd #bios #graves #nos #ryzen
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I've gotta stop sniffing glue before bed
誰だよこんな夜中に焼肉の話してるの:angry_ai:
The ultimate cartel b⭕️⭕️s
@nprofile…2x0v Well, it's difficult. A Linux user? Yes, especially a desktop user with command line tendencies. A Linux expert? No. Especially not when it comes to command line tools I don't use every day. I probably should have asked man pages if that's what you mean. But privately, I also do use Windows and MacOS in parallel to Linux.
Literally Hitlerian!
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Single ticket bought in Illinois wins $1.04B Powerball jackpot https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/08/13/Powerball-billion-dollar-prize-won/9831786622711/
https://www.ptkorea.com/645188/ Former Xdinary Heroes Gunil Shares Personal Statement Following His Group Departure Through Bubble #KPop #KPopNews #KPop #KPopNews
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着ぐるみパジャマのラスト:sirmejed_jump:
#イラスト #アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズ
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Our current socialist public school system is a crime.
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明日テレワークにしてねみたいなSlackきてたけど本番作業あるからおいらは出社なんだよな…
Jenna Jameson gets married for the fourth time, weds Mil R. Ocampo after 1 year of dating https://www.fxoxo.com/316258/ #Entertainment
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Today is Setting Orange, the 6th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3192
Our Discordian #Tarot Reading:
True : Onomatopoeia of Sweets - A moment of MMMMMM
False : 4 of Oranges - Excess Sight, Fire, Bizarreness
Meaningless : 2 of Booms - Shared Hearing, Air, Action
Seek : Onomatopoeia of Booms - A moment of whoosh
Avoid : The Believer - One who accepts ideas
get a private reading at http://dh.elsewhere.org/ddeck/
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So far im liking his 80s- 90s style
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https://www.ufofeed.com/282998/nasa-moon-base-plans-could-boost-marylands-eastern-shore-baltimore-sun/ NASA moon base plans could boost Maryland’s Eastern Shore – Baltimore Sun #Space #SpaceScience
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Jurist:innen kennen die Rechtslage – kluge Anwälte/Anwältinnen liefern den Mandant:innen Lösungen
Bewertungssystem in der Großkanzlei
Vergesst die billable hour!
von RA Dennis Hillemann
https://www.beck-aktuell.de/rechtsbranche/anwaltschaft/grosskanzleien-abrechnung-leistung-billable-hour-2026-08-13
🚨 ShinyHunters announces a "Notice of Warning" and a data leak for the company Carhartt, Inc.
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#Today 13 pt2
Transition day.
It’s clear in the valley, the sun hot, but the strong wind is cold, summer and autumn coexisting.
We had a brief rain overnight, but the clouds retreated to the mountains.
The AQI has plummeted to 59, but I’m still clearing smoke out of my head.
Be everwell.
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通う必要がある:polarbear_fast:
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うめばちまん初商業焼肉→うめばちまん初コミック焼肉
色々あるぞ
冷蔵庫に入ってたら嬉しいものランキング
3位🥉
ヨーグルト
2位🥈
シャウエッセン
1位🥇
札束
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ろあちゃんの家でたべるのもある
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家に帰った瞬間、原神を起動:meowstare:
