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My 5 Golden Rules of Bitcoin: 1. Don’t Trust. Verify. 2. The Stack Stays Silent. 3. Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins. 4. Time in the Protocol Beats Timing the Market. 5. Stay Humble. Stack Sats.

I still don't know which side I'm on... ***** The controversy centers on a pretty deep ideological fight inside the Bitcoin community about what Bitcoin is for, who controls protocol direction, and whether “spam” like inscriptions/Ordinals should be tolerated on-chain. At a high level: Matt Odell is viewed as part of the more conservative, decentralization-first Bitcoin camp. BIP-110 supporters are pushing a proposed Bitcoin soft fork intended to restrict certain kinds of data storage and “spam” transactions on Bitcoin. The dispute became personal and political because Odell publicly criticized the movement and some of its advocates, while BIP-110 supporters accused him of protecting entrenched Bitcoin Core interests or being too passive about spam. (YouTube) What BIP-110 is trying to do (according to supporters) BIP-110 proponents argue that Bitcoin is increasingly being clogged by: Ordinals inscriptions BRC-20 tokens large OP_RETURN data payloads NFT-like activity They claim this: increases blockchain bloat, raises node operation costs, harms Bitcoin’s monetary use case, and turns Bitcoin into a generalized data-storage chain. Supporters frame BIP-110 as an anti-spam soft fork that would make certain kinds of arbitrary data transactions invalid at the consensus layer. (YouTube) Why Matt Odell pushed back Odell’s criticisms appear to fall into several buckets: 1. Fear of contentious chain splits A major concern is that forcing through a restrictive soft fork without broad consensus could split Bitcoin socially and technically. Many long-time Bitcoiners are extremely wary of anything resembling: the Bitcoin Cash split, miner wars, activist forks, or unilateral protocol enforcement. BIP-110 critics see the proposal as overly aggressive and socially dangerous. 2. “Spam” is subjective Odell and others have argued that Bitcoin is permissionless. Meaning: if someone pays valid fees, and transactions follow consensus rules, then calling it “spam” becomes political rather than objective. A common anti-BIP-110 argument is: “You don’t get to decide which valid transactions are morally acceptable.” 3. Concerns about protocol ossification and precedent Critics worry that if Bitcoin starts banning categories of transactions based on social preference, it creates a dangerous governance precedent. The fear is: today inscriptions are banned, tomorrow privacy tools, CoinJoin, multisig patterns, or other unpopular transaction types could become targets. 4. Disagreement over node policy vs consensus rules Some Bitcoiners think spam filtering should happen voluntarily through: mempool policy, miner choice, or alternate node software, rather than through a consensus-level soft fork. This distinction is a huge deal in Bitcoin culture. Why the controversy got heated The debate became emotional because it touched several fault lines simultaneously: Bitcoin Core vs Bitcoin Knots tensions censorship vs spam prevention miner power vs node power activist soft forks distrust of venture-backed “Bitcoin ecosystem” companies personal relationships among prominent Bitcoin personalities BIP-110 supporters accused Odell of: downplaying the spam problem, protecting establishment interests, refusing to engage seriously with the proposal, or relying on ad hominem attacks. (YouTube) Meanwhile Odell-aligned critics characterized BIP-110 advocates as: reckless, authoritarian, attempting a hostile fork, or trying to redefine Bitcoin through activism rather than consensus. (YouTube) The underlying philosophical divide This is really the core disagreement: BIP-110 side: “Bitcoin should primarily be money. If we don’t stop spam now, Bitcoin becomes an expensive garbage dump.” Odell/anti-BIP-110 side: “Bitcoin is permissionless money. Once you start deciding which valid transactions are acceptable, you undermine neutrality.” That’s why the argument became so intense. It’s not just technical. It’s about the identity and governance philosophy of Bitcoin itself.

Something to consider: kawhi has signed for max 7 years… during that time he’s only played about 3.25-3.5 seasons worth of total games. Is a part time lover really worth a spot on the team’s Mount Rushmore? Don’t get me wrong, as a long time clippers fan, i appreciate what he’s done. But Sam Cassell played about the same number of games…his impact was pretty big for the franchise. Does he deserve a spot?

@MR_koach_carter Kawhi led us to our only conference finals tho

Oh too them to there only conference finals , not kwahi

@ShaykhSulaiman @Rush1776Rush sounds dumb.

@BiasedSlightly @DimeDropperPod 🤣🤣🤣

did James Harden ass sweat cost the Cavs a game

@saniyafatma1278 Marcellicks Wallace

I Can't Find a Suitable Name For Him…

@DimeDropperPod Didn’t they just lose a clincher AT HOME? 🤣🤣🤣

Mfs wanna cry for sympathy analysis when dudes talked to me like this over basketball. Nah that ain’t gonna happen

Eric took the stage at UNC Chapel Hill to deliver a commencement speech to the next generation of Tar Heels, sharing a message for the graduates as they step into what comes next. Watch the speech in its entirety here: youtube.com/watch?v=pSYEDc…

When everybody’s leveraged long, the market gets fragile. Doesn’t take much to trigger a liquidation cascade. At the end of the day… Either way… I don’t care. I’ll just sit here and watch it all unfold while I keep adding to my stack. 🤷🏻 Side note: playing with leverage can leave you rekt. Don’t play with leverage.

@HoopsWithJayy Why you gotta ruin my day Jay?

My hot take for next szn is that YKN doesnt play a game for us. I think ppl are severely underestimating the injury, best bet new years imo but I think w how his play was before the injury they go extra cautious. If cleared by March I think he gets g league reps but no nba play

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Devon Thompson continues refining her “whimsigoth” sound with “Pillory,” a haunting new single that blends dream pop, shoegaze, and post punk influences into something dark, cinematic, and emotionally tense. ✍️: @methodman13 Click the link below or in our profile to check out the full review. blurredculture.com/devon-thompson… #DevonThompson #Pillory #Blurredculture #DreamPop #PostPunk #Shoegaze #AlternativeRock #IndieRock #Whimsigoth #newmusic #NowPlaying #musicreview #SingleReview #TheCure #MazzyStar #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #TheSundays #GothicRock #DreamPopMusic #ShoegazeMusic #IndieMusic #AlternativeMusic #MusicJournalism #FemaleArtists #NewRelease #MusicDiscovery #Darkwave #CinematicMusic #IndieArtist #LosAngelesMusic

Dramatic Shohei vs. Dramatic Chipmunk Shohei is on the left.

@halstonvalencia @SenWarren I’ve given up on @SenWarren . She is owned by the banks and trad-fi.

.@SenWarren, you do know bitcoin/digital assets has nothing to do with the Republican party right?

Paris Paloma's “Stem The Flow” slowly unfolds into something devastatingly human, transforming emotional exhaustion into one of her most powerful songs yet. Read our latest review now at Blurred Culture. ✍️: @methodman13 Click the link below or in our profile to check it out. blurredculture.com/paris-paloma-s… #ParisPaloma #BlurredCulture #StemTheFlow #TheFatalFlaw #AlternativePop #IndiePop #FlorenceWelch #FlorenceAndTheMachine #NewMusic #SingleReview #AltPop #IndieMusic #BBCRadio1 #Labour #MusicReview #NettwerkMusicGroup #WomenInMusic #SingerSongwriter #EmotionalMusic #DarkPop #FolkPop #MusicDiscovery #NowPlaying #PlaylistAddict #MusicJournalism #IndieArtist #BrightonMusic #ViralMusic #SpotifyArtist #ConcertPhotography

.@SenWarren voting no just adds more to my opinion that she is owed by the banks and trad-fi. 😑

Huge respect to @SenLummis for standing up for humanity and articulating so clearly one of the many reasons why Bitcoin matters so much.

@clipfullyloaded @Alex_PorterEnt I did not know that. Lol.

@Alex_PorterEnt He’s younger than our rookie Kobe Sanders too lol

It would be a massive mistake for the Clippers not to bring Mathurin back. He’s a star!! And barely 23 years old. He’s younger than Garland. Don’t be the team that doesn’t value him. Bring Mathurin back and start him at sg.

.@lastdinnerparty’s new single “Big Dog” completely caught me off guard. While I always respected the band’s theatrical Baroque pop stylings, this aggressive and visceral track finally made everything click for me. Read my thoughts on the song now at Blurred Culture. ✍️: @methodman13 Click the link below or in our profile to check it out. blurredculture.com/the-last-dinne… #TheLastDinnerParty #BigDog #Blurredculture #IndieRock #BaroquePop #AlternativeRock #newmusic #musicreview #PostPunk #ArtPop #LondonMusic #IndieMusic #RockMusic #AlternativeMusic #MusicJournalism #MusicDiscovery #NowPlaying #IslandRecords #WomenInMusic #PJHarvey #ConcertPhotography #LiveMusic #NewSingle #musicblog #RockAndRoll #IndiePop #MusicFans #MusicLovers #AppleMusic

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