A message to bitcoin devs regarding CSW
505 sats \ 9 comments \ @mewtwo 28 Apr 2023 bitcoin
He wants the bitcoin source code / blockchain to be rewritten so that 111,000 bitcoin is returned to him. Seems like this would involve a hard fork and new functionality to be implemented to reserve transactions.
Why not just do it?
Then we can watch the new chain plunge into the abyss where it belongs and the world can see yet another example of Bitcoin’s resilience.
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247 sats \ 1 reply \ @TonyGiorgio 28 Apr 2023
Why don't you do it since you care so much about what he thinks?
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Futru 28 Apr 2023 freebie
I gave him a call and said go for it bro
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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @jeff 28 Apr 2023
The premise of his ask is absurd for so many reasons.
a) Nobody should be able to compel somebody to do work. b) If he was Satoshi, he could do it himself. c) Nobody would run the software (except him?).
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116 sats \ 3 replies \ @mewtwo OP 28 Apr 2023
a) it’s not compulsory, it’s voluntary to prove a point b / c) exactly, exactly
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @jeff 28 Apr 2023
Send a PR?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @shibe 29 Apr 2023
It'd also "prove" CSW's point that Bitcoin can be seized by courts. How long until the state itself sees this and starts pressuring miners and developers to include such functionality to let them seize bitcoin by court-order? I remember hearing something for example about how the US government wants hashrate to concentrate there so they can start asking miners to censor transactions from NK wallets, and eventually start orphaning blocks that contain censored transactions once there's a large enough % of hashrate in the US
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6 sats \ 0 replies \ @mewtwo OP 29 Apr 2023
Except none of that is truly feasible, which is why it wouldn’t matter even if CSW wins.
It’s like saying the state is going to write new rules for chess and produce a bunch of board games with the new instructions in the box.
No one is going to be forced to give a shit about the new instructions.
You can’t do what CSW wants to do without hard forking bitcoin. That’s why it’s vital for as many people to run nodes as possible. We’re the keepers of the original ledger. We don’t have to play by the fake rules.
Regarding miners, the worst case is the US government spends an insane amount of money to DOS the blockchain until they can’t sustain that anymore, or until they realize they could be making money via transaction fees instead. It’s a losing battle to mine empty blocks or coerce miners.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinosphere 28 Apr 2023
My first thought was: "Genius! That'll show him!"
But then I remembered, he's not in this for money. He's in this to prove to the world that he's satoshi. That's his entire reason d' etra. He's just a complete kook that lives to suck you under into his psychotic little world and although getting bitcoins would be nice, that's almost not even on his radar at all. He just wants that fame and recognition.
So upon further thought, no, hell no, don't give him this. I can already imagine the parading & grandstanding he'll do to take this around to all the media as further "proof" that he's satoshi.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mewtwo OP 29 Apr 2023
Except the whole thing is a joke to begin with, because proving your Satoshi is as simple as signing a message with his original private key.
And even if he were actually satoshi, who the hell cares. Satoshi doesn’t matter.
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