I think Bitcoin Core should simply close the repo.

Then fork it, start a new implementation called "Bitcoin Potato," and all the contributors just move over there.

Now, they'd no longer need to worry about the tacit prestige and authority that comes with being a Core dev and maintaining a software package that descends from Satoshi's original implementation. Just build what they want, no strings attached.

Excellent work! Do you have a donation page?

The hero we need, but don't deserve.

There's some blood and gore, a little bit of sexual innuendo. Not explicit, but I'd grade it PG-13

Yeah, I've sort of moderated my extreme pro-privacy cypherpunk beliefs I used to have a few years ago, and to something more nuanced where it is essential in certain realms, but harmful in others.

We're all getting filthy rich in 2026.

The #1 thing you can do to help bitcoin is to continue working your job, saving in bitcoin, and holding your coins in self-custody.

I think you're describing a citadel.

I have yet to read much of the rest of the EU, but I started with Darth Plagueis specifically for how much it ties into the films. It's a great place to start.

Great description. George Lucas said it best when he pointed out that many of the story beats across Star Wars rhyme. The double sunset, the dismemberment of Anakin & Luke's arms, the themes of temptation, choice and betrayal.

Plagueis' error is to think that Palpatine had any intention of sharing power with him; that their alliance was the end of the Rule of Two. A Sith can never share power.

That's definitely on my reading list.

Andor is excellent! Best Disney Star Wars, by far.

That's definitely on my list, alongside Shatterpoint, also by Stover.

I played Dark Force II: Jedi Knight and the first KOTOR as a kid, man those were amazing. :-)

Cause Disney wants to write their own canon, but also selectively borrow from the EU (like Thrawn) as they desire.

They literally should've just adapted the EU books to the big screen, starting out with making the Thrawn trilogy into Episodes 7-9.

He's going to ask to pay you in XRP next week.

bitception

I had a 2 hour conversation with ChatGPT on some technical bitcoin topics. That would've been impossible without chatbots, I'd have to wait to attend a bitdevs or something.

If widely adopted, it'd mean the death of the public mempool. I'd consider that a negative.

He's definitely a wise old man, but perhaps too set in his ways to appreciate the wisdom of bitcoin.

A good investor, for his era.