Happy Sat-urday Stackers,
Trying to affect consensus through mempool policy is a lot like you and your friends wearing condoms so that people you don't know and will never meet can't get pregnant.
Have a great weekend!
Top Posts
- What is the difference between a filter and a consensus rule?
- @Wizardsardine explains the difference between mempool policy and consensus rules amidst the recent OP_RETURN drama.
- 5.6k sats \ 2 comments \ @Wizardsardine
- JPEGS or no JPEGS... Bitcoin dies without Fee Pressure. THAT is the Truth
- @028559d218 argues in favor of relaying non-monetary transactions because bitcoin's censorship resistance, especially when the block subsidy ends, relies on transaction fees.
- 2.4k sats \ 70k boost \ 53 comments \ @028559d218
- I interviewed 10 Venezuelans to find out what they know about Bitcoin.
- My High-Level Synopsis of the Recent OP_RETURN Debates
- @unschooled provides a short summary of the OP_RETURN debate.
- 2.3k sats \ 29 comments \ @unschooled
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Top AMAs
- Hi! I'm Morgen Rochard, I am a bitcoin financial planner, AMA
- 9.5k sats \ 61 comments \ @MorgenRochard
Don't miss
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Top meta
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Top Monday meme
Top Stackers
- @grayruby: 110.7k sats stacked
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- @BlokchainB: 55.7k sats stacked
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Top Spenders
- @BlokchainB: 89.7k sats spent
- @028559d218: 84.8k sats spent
- @grayruby: 71.7k sats spent
- @Undisciplined: 60.3k sats spent
- @PlebLab: 50k sats spent
Top Cowboys
- @Undisciplined: 585 days
- @OneOneSeven: 578 days
- @BlokchainB: 564 days
- @grayruby: 528 days
- @Public_N_M_E: 313 days
Top Boosts
- JPEGS or no JPEGS... Bitcoin dies without Fee Pressure. THAT is the Truth
- What should be done about Satoshi's coins when ECC is broken?
- I shared a never known fact about Hal Finey and everyone ignored it!
- 🤖 Bitcoin Calendar: Archiving and relaying every Bitcoin milestone
- Proposal to move Bitcoin Core development over Nostr or decentralized equivalent
- Tribyu (formerly Satlantis) is back! Play CS, CoD, Rocket League & more for sats
- TABConf 7 - Oct 13-16, 2025 - Atlanta, GA
- Coinjoin video walkthrough
- Chaincode Labs is doing politics with Bitcoin consensus changes (CTV)
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Yeehaw,
Keyan
A guy who works on Stacker News
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