ottosch

Please sign the petition. It's important and won't cost you anything. You can even sign with your initials or a pseudonym, if you want, and use an alias or disposable e-mail address. This case is too absurd to be ignored and will have consequences for Bitcoin. #pardonsamourai #freesamourai Visit: billandkeonne.org

@bitdov @mononautical @mikeinspace @verysmallclaims ops, confundi os posts.

@bitdov @mononautical @mikeinspace @verysmallclaims mempool.space/address/1Count… Spendable, if someone finds the private key ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On 24 Aug 2025 someone burned 9 BTC (about USD 1M) on a null data output, aka OP_RETURN. I totally missed if someone reported this. Was there any info? 613f59897065a4ea8999c79233d0fdb4b252245838ca5855c687e5620dd32179 cc @mononautical

@Marko1Simunovic @GergelyOrosz Settings > copilot > features > privacy github.com/settings/copil…

@GergelyOrosz I can’t find this option neither in user settings or repo.

If you use GitHub (especially if you pay for it!!) consider doing this *immediately* Settings -> Privacy -> Disallow GitHub to train their models on your code. GitHub opted *everyone* into training. No matter if you pay for the service (like I do). WTH github.com/settings/copil…

Up until block 942,506, a total of 80.09468627 BTC were not claimed by miners or burned in OP_RETURN outputs. That amount is subtracted from the total supply of (almost) 21M BTC. 1123 blocks didn't claim the whole reward (subsidy + fees). Total BTC unclaimed: 28.95502904 BTC First block was 124724 (2011), the famous "missing Satoshi" block. Miner relinquished 1 sat + 0.01 in fees. Last block was 626205 (2020) by ckpool @ckpooldev with 68 sats. Biggest: 501726 (2017) - the whole 12.5 BTC subsidy (due to some bug, I assume). Most of them happened in 2012: 881 blocks. ======= 51.13965723 BTC have been burned in OP_RETURN outputs from 213,983 transactions. First transaction was 139c004f477101c468767983536caaeef568613fab9c2ed9237521f5ff530afd (2013) with 100K sats. Last one happened 1h ago at the time of writing - but they happen all the time - 1 sat only. Average amount burned: 23899 sats. Biggest was 613f59897065a4ea8999c79233d0fdb4b252245838ca5855c687e5620dd32179 (2025) with a whooping 9 BTC.

@_nym21_ @mononautical Nice sites, I specially like the second

@ottosch_ @mononautical multiple websites/tools track this, some examples: - bitview.space - transactionfee.info ...

@selfcustodykrux @bonghyeon_bro New devices, 1 week after a got an Yahboom?

🚨NEW release - v26.03.0 ✅x2 new devices with BIGGER screens ✅Optimizations+improvements👇 github.com/selfcustody/kr… WonderK PRO device - made by community member @bonghyeon_bro 👏 No other wallet project has ever had this type of collaboration. All thanks to the DIY spirit🦾

@selfcustodykrux @bonghyeon_bro New device, 1 week after I got an Yahboom?

This week I sat down with @leamuirleyn who told her story about the Samourai Wallet case. We discuss: - The FBI Raid - Preparing for Trial - Facing 25 Years - Keonne & Bill's Life in Prison Sign the petition at BillandKeonne.org Watch here: youtu.be/DXn4KolDiMY

@monerobull Is this the correct device? Searching for "GeekMagic SmallTV-Ultra" didn't get me conclusive results.

>bought a 10€ AliExpress price tracker >wrong version, no price tracker >vibecoded a better price tracker github.com/monerobull/XMR…

@Bill_Fowler_ Oh, crap... it's worse than I thought.

@ottosch_ Oh, the IRS is taking the position you get taxable income when the fork is created. It doesn't matter whether you sell the fork or not. Analogously, you are supposed to declare mined bitcoin as income even if you never sell it for dollars.

If bitcoin hard forks, are you obligated to report the forked coins as income? In this case, the petitioners had claimed 318 Bitcoin Cash as income as a result of a hard fork in 2017. The IRS, however, found that petitioners should have reported income from EIGHT additional hard forks of bitcoin that occurred between 2017-2018. Whatever the answer to this question is, the United States Tax Court has held that it cannot be answered by summary judgment here.

@Bill_Fowler_ Maybe they got info from the exchanges in which they sold the forks. Insane shit anyway.

@ottosch_ No. And I can only access the order in this case; apparently the parties' filings are not public in U.S. Tax Court. There have been over 100 bitcoin hard forks. I imagine that some of the nine forks allegedly created between 2017-2018 are lost to time now.

@btcqna They have no choice.

Who wants to see these guys on #FREEDOMTECHFRIDAY?

Dedicado a los devs @SamouraiWallet y @SamouraiDev, hoy encarcelados por desarrollar herramientas de privacidad en Bitcoin. Estamos eternamente agradecidos por todo lo aprendido. Esto va para ellos.

@evoskuil Even if that split isn't triggered, then.

@ottosch_ No, miners who don’t enforce taproot after others start enforcing it are on a different branch of a split between the two rule sets.

It’s not a good sign when you block immediately after commenting. No forks are compatible, backward or otherwise. Any fork will split the chain unless no miners miner one side or the other side. Majority hash power enforcement makes the split eventually the weaker chain.