This debate has been extremely successful for the reasons I laid out.

Thanks for playing your role

So you don’t use segwit right?

@DarthCoin have you adjusted your default -datacarriersize option in your node? Why not?

Hey @ek The anti-core side has achieved a radical split in client implementation, more people running nodes, more code review and awareness of updates, and maybe even ossification of consensus.

What has the pro-core side gotten out this debate?

LUL

So you have no personal motivation to open up your nodes datacarriersize, yet you agree that other people should change it for you when you update?

Lmao like I said enjoy ossification

Or you can go cry

2 trillion USD value is "using bitcoin as money"

Are you done stacking? How is this an argument, you sound like a spoiled child complaining about the free human action of others.

You willingly join in with the central bankers and leverage debt to enrich yourself past the provable work you provided to society?

You are contributing to the inflation crushing the poor if you do.

First of all, I'm not trying to "enforce" anything. You have no clue what will happen in terms of spam after v30 is released, just like none of the supposed geniuses had any clue that taproot or even segwit, which Luke wrote, would eventually open the doors to inscriptions and UTXO bloat.

This might be surprising to you, but I actually don't give much of a fuck about this technical argument at all. The fact is all the supposed metrics that core argues for: UTXO bloat, Mining pool centralization, etc- have all negatively adjusted trajectory over the past few years under the current B-core dev team's watch.

So beyond the technical, I think the core team is failing and most of them should resign. They have terrible communication skills and they do not even appear to be principled bitcoiners at heart. Asking ridiculous questions like "what is spam?" or "is bitcoin money or data?" should disqualify you from contributions immediately.

Many non-technical users like me had no idea how bad it appeared to be before this op_return fiasco. I wish we woke up to this sooner, perhaps before the taproot upgrade, but we are where we are.

What is the way forward?

I think we should have multiple competing implementations that will continue debates like this forever and magnify every single spec of code that is changing in every single release on every single client. "The most viewed piece of software in the world" has a new meaning now. And the LLM tools to empower plebs like me are just in time.

The privilege of the "reference implementation" is over. Nothing will be taken for granted, and you can forget every single "upgrade" to consensus except for absolutely essential bug fixes.

Congratulations, you have successfully achieved de facto ossification.

Have you changed your personal policy to allow unlimited -datacarriersize? If so why, and if not, why not?

Great I’ll answer:

In that case I would actually entertain the conversation about a policy change proposal. That would be similar to how RBF was implemented, first it was an option, grassroots majority of users enabled it, then it became default.

Core today is doing something completely different- they are forcing a default change WITHOUT that 20% etc enabling it first and justifying the discussion for a change to defaults.

let me ask another question back please: IF (I understand many do not believe it’s the case, then this is a hypothetical…)

IF the core dev team was ever infiltrated by government agents or others looking to harm or sabotage Bitcoin- as I believe we should always be prepared for- what warning signs are you watching for? What kind of behavior or attacks are possible via the core dev team personnel?

So they aren’t effective enough ….

So they should be removed completely with unknown consequences

It’s intellectual schizophrenia

Well at least we can always:

Surprised to see you tricked here Darth.

Every node currently defaults to filters. The change is upcoming in Core v30.

How does one evade local and state and federal law enforcement of the US.gov? https://xcancel.com/VoxExVeritas/status/1965897860681187406

Might be a State Intel op https://xcancel.com/VoxExVeritas/status/1965897860681187406

Watch his recent discussion about relations with Israel.

Escaping an assassin from the heartland of the US requires State level Intel support.

How does the government help people?

Political Left = more centralized control and larger State government.

Bitcoin radically decentralizes control over money, which is inherently “anti-centralization” as a political force.

Social culture issues are irrelevant to the government, except that they are useful to distract and subdue the population.

The social culture ideas that make you think you are “on the left” -things like lawful equality, bodily autonomy, collective bargaining, etc- are all fully represented by radical anarchy and complete dissolution of the state.

The STATE is used by people “on the left” and “on the right” to violate those Rights and wield the monopoly on violence for personal gain. There is no benefit to society provided by the State. It is a force for evil.