OG definitely meant something way different when I was younger. But in Bitcoin, I’m just referring to people that have been into it longer than me. Good to know the real OGs stand strong.

Yeah, thanks again. A lot to chew on here…including things that once made total sense to me, yet the debate has kind of got me to forget.

Thanks for this. I’m tracking. I’m still not tracking enough to update to core 30 yet, but enough to shut up and listen again for a while.

Gotta admit, after reading that whole linked comment, I still have no clue what utreexo is. Was I supposed to read the medium link in there? Is there a utreexo for dummies guide?

Yeah, I mean that’s the general consensus. But what if they’re disillusioned because plebs can’t run nodes anymore or the attack surface is bigger because offensive stuff is on the blockchain or they themselves are offended by stuff they don’t want to host? Thats my alternative theory. Don't know if its true, just cant help but think these are some possibilities.

Ah.

Isn’t @DarthCoin actively encouraging this? It’s obviously not my style, but how is it gaming the system? Seems like a legit approach to me, although I may just be missing something.

Most of these past months, I've been thinking, "this is a smart people thing, so as a dumb dumb, I'll wait and see if I ever understand it before having an opinion." I think that's starting to change.

I listened to a talk by Mechanic last week in which he mentioned that, in addition to the blockchain getting too big for normal plebs to store, we'll all end up storing porn and sitcoms and other things that, at least personally, I want nothing to do with. The scary thing is, the Core side all argue that this will just happen anyway, whether or not Op_Return limits get blown up. Have I understood this correctly? This is a very discouraging counterargument.

I'm also a little surprised that no one has yet connected the dots of this with the general consensus that old holders are the big sellers in this draw down. I can't be the first person to have this idea, right? To clarify, I'm suggesting that the curious recent price action of bitcoin is not OGs cashing in, but maybe some OGs getting disillusioned with bitcoin. Is this plausible? If so, this debate or fork or war or whatever else all needs to get resolved before NGU ever again.

To further clarify, I'm not disillusioned with bitcoin, but I'm not an OG. I just wanted to throw this last statement out there to recognize this theory as potential, but not intentional FUD.

As a knuckle dragging pleb, that's my personal take on the smartsy stuff. If you actually meant, which side has more weirdos? ...well yes, it appears that Knots does.

No doubt. I’m just saying in general.

I’m getting the impression that most places in the world that already use bitcoin as everyday money are almost exclusively doing it using (custodial) lightning. I’m pretty sure that question would actually confuse most bitcoiners anywhere at this point. I bet at this point that most folks that know the difference between bitcoin and L2s still aren’t using bitcoin as their primary currency.

Yes! I’m going convinced that the major explosion of freedom tech will be when the bitcoin community and home assistant community really start to share ideas.

Where? Count me in!

Woot!

Woah!!! Congrats @Scroogey!!

I didn’t know about bitcoin yet when I bought my house. At the time, many years ago, it would have been worth double digit bitcoin. 🤦‍♂️ Let’s just say it’s worth a LOT less than that now. I also did the crypto crap at first too. Same story as the house, basically. Eh, ultimately it’s not about getting rich. It’s about saving our earnings responsibly and ethically in a system that’s fair for everyone. And that’s gonna be best for the wife and kids too, eh?

Cool attitude! Just subscribed to see where this takes you.

It’s primarily a support system for foster care moms, but also the backing NPO for a circular economy developing in Grootbrak Rivier, a thrift shop (what I did the POS and BTC pay server for), and a handful of other things. I was hoping to write about them soon, but want to make sure to do it justice. Was even thinking about asking @k00b how AMAs work and if they’d be appropriate, as I’d imagine René and Thinus would be keen to do one. Their story is really wild.

I bet that was wild. I was always a fan of that era of music from the city. But then I spent 2018-2023 teaching a hip hop history course at Xavier university (two or three sessions a semester and two semesters a year) and I spent about three weeks just setting up the historical backdrop of the Bronx, although I was born in the 80s and it was all really history to me. I’d feature different readings and recordings each semester and show the kids videos from the era and occasionally changed it up, so I read and checked out a lot of material. All this to say, that time and place has become absolutely mythical in my mind. I’d love to hear your stories!

This is really insightful, albeit sad…

We have now long since left the gated community. I feel so silly at this point, but a few random folks and the American state department had me really thinking it was a war zone. Ha!

We’ve also traveled around quite a bit now and made lots of diverse friends. It’s really both a cruel and amazing land.