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482 sats \ 3 comments \ @fourrules 15h bitcoin
Enlightening thread on twitter concerning Core v Knots: https://x.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1972718255887335548
"Amazing thread. Time is a flat circle! It was Satoshi that argued for data initially enough for a hash. Most of those arguments could have been written this week."
  • Adam Back
(Truncated quote from Eric Wall https://x.com/ercwl/status/1657908047522701314)
I think for me this revealed that this debate cuts to the heart of Bitcoin and is in fact irreconcilable, yet is not terminal. It will be an intractable debate forever. We will probably finally see the creation of many implementations from this episode, which will have both positive and negative effects on the network, as different implementations offer different perspectives, values, and features, but also introduce a number of inefficiencies, potentially even creating centralising pressure on some dimensions while increasing decentralisation on others.
But everything seems to be good for Bitcoin.
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 5h
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I think for me this revealed that this debate cuts to the heart of Bitcoin and is in fact irreconcilable, yet is not terminal.
Exactly. This is how it's always been and why it is so cringe to watch the polarization that is now so prominent in the increasingly toxic internet culture to leap over into Bitcoin discussions. There is absolutely no need for it and all it brings is bad decisions, for example:
  1. Exploring hardforks
  2. Intense moderation
  3. Attacking people based on their gender/race/religion
  4. Forming private echo chambers
  5. Writing hit pieces on your colleagues (or providing "journalists" with ammo for it.)
The challenge is not at all whether you run Knots or Core or something else. Whether you filter or not. Instead: can you make your decisions without being influenced by misguided or dishonest actors?
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @fourrules OP 4h
On the contrary, I think it's a war that needs to be waged forever, perpetually renewed for the evolving context.
Blockchain is war without violence.
I agree that ad funded social media makes it less efficient and incendiary that it needs to be. Twitter is brain damage.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 3h
I think that we actually baseline agree, though I view tension as good but war as bad. conflict is okay, but the endless ad hominem and trolling is counter-productive.
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