(ian) QuestioningBitcoin?

It was a honour to be invited to talk at last years @BTheChangeConf Bitcoin Conference in Glasgow. I talk about being how fiat incentives create a narcissistic state

How has discovering Bitcoin changed you? @discoveringbtc

There is no “return”, no “loss”, no “gain” just ownership of a fixed slice of a fixed system. #Bitcoin

Do you care more about what your Bitcoin is 'worth' or what your money is becoming?

@worshipbitcoin Not really getting at anything. I just sometimes wonder if Don't Trust,Verify is just something we say, rather than something we do.

@QuestioningBTC not sure what you're getting at?

From a branding perspective I don't like the Bitcoin Knots logo. It positions it as an "alternative Bitcoin" On the contrary, Core v30 should be positioned as "the alternative"

@worshipbitcoin So branding influences choice and consensus.

@QuestioningBTC I think yes. It's becoming pretty obvious that Bitcoin is politics at some level. And in politics branding and narratives matter

BIP-110 & Identity Politics in ₿itcoin? Consensus emerges from 'individuals' independently choosing what rules they want their node enforce. We all know '₿itcoin Doesn't Care'. So why does adding #BIP110 to your profile bio matter, what does it signal, and who is it for? Does it show consensus or an attempt to influence it? Just remember, Don't Trust, Verify and ignore Social Signalling, Influence and the creep of Identity Politics. ₿e a Sovereign Individual. #Bitcoin #noderunner #identity

@giacomozucco @GrassFedBitcoin @knutsvanholm @BTCPrague @giacomozucco Again, I appreciate the clarification, can you sum up your perspective and position in a nutshell shell? It helps to hear and take on where everyone is coming from to help make informed decisions. 🙏🏻

Of course I do. My opinions today are exactly equivalent to my opinions in 2023, and to Mechanic's opinions in 2023. You may say I'm dumb because I'm not updating them over new situations or evidences (which I frankly not see), but not really find any inconsistency. Ordinals are indeed retarded, and both my mining Knots node and my CLN-connected disrespectoor-patched Core V29 node exclude inscriptions from mempool.

I watched. Giacomo holds two positions. That BIP-110 is bad and that even if it was good, it's set a negative precedent if it were to activate. The latter he elaborates on with something along the lines of "If BIP-110 activates, that'd mean *people* are in charge of Bitcoin and people are retarded - look at how they acted during COVID!" Yes, unfortunately it is that bad of an argument. Bitcoin is a dynamic system that can and must change at times in order to preserve itself. He does acknowledge this "homeostasis" argument but fails to apply context that can trivially demonstrate its harmlessness. i.e BIP-148 which had no consensus and as I keep saying, we did any way, after which Bitcoin was much better for having had it happen. At the end of the day, Bitcoin is controlled by node runners and you can be scared of populism/democratic uprisings among unwashed masses all you like, but there's no one more appropriate to have that level of influence. It's demonstrably not devs or miners. Many would like it to be - notice the ball-gargling going on with BIP-54. (Because nodes couldn't care less about it while a few devs liaise with a giant miner to get it pushed through. Murch describes this as "genuinely popular" which he contrasts with BIP-110's apparent unpopularity. The latter having only *checks notes* 7000 nodes.) If not nodes....then who? This isn't democracy which is essentially 99% of people pretending to decide what to do with 1% of people's resources getting betrayed and thus voting increasingly vindictively and causing the socialist death-spiral that just ends up gutting the middle class. This is Bitcoiners deciding what happens with *their network* and they have proven remarkably adept at maintaining it. Which isn't surprising - they have skin in the game. Not only that, but there is literally no other defence against 51% attacks (which are trivial in today's landscape), and corrupt/sloppy devs.

Fiat money is the theft of: •Time •Savings •Purchasing power •Wages •Future earnings •Financial security •Retirement •Opportunities •Choices •Freedom •Independence •Control over money •Privacy •Ownership •Trust •Fairness •Honesty •Job security •Work-life balance •Family time •Ability to plan ahead •Peace of mind •Mental energy •Focus •Stability •Certainty •Long-term thinking •Patience •Discipline •Delayed gratification •Value of hard work •Value of money •Confidence in the future •Ability to save •Ability to get ahead •Upward mobility •Equality of opportunity •Small business viability •Local economies •Community strength •Generational wealth •Inheritance •Cost of living •Housing affordability •Access to assets •Transparency •Accountability •Responsibility •Consequences •Personal sovereignty...and so much more

@giacomozucco @GrassFedBitcoin @knutsvanholm @BTCPrague Appreciate the clarification

@Only21Bitcoin Because high time preference. It steals so much of your time, most people can't stop to ask why.

How to people complain about the price of gas and food going up but never study why? Spend so much time complaining but never ask questions.

Isn’t the dollar already zero?

Is ₿itcoin volatile, or is fiat unstable?

Don't be offended that ₿itcoin can't be offended.

If ₿itcoin replaces fiat one day… What will the headline look like? “Bitcoin hits $1,000,000" or “Dollar collapses to 0.000001 BTC”?

@PeterMcCormack Not with logic

How do you explain to the left that the economic model they want makes the rich richer and the poor poorer?

@SimplyBitcoin Bitcoin is dead interesting

BITCOIN AIN'T DEAD

@SimplyBitcoin Does Bitcoin fix Ego? x.com/i/status/20340…

Ego has destroyed more Bitcoin opportunities than market volatility ever will.