Bitcoin is going to zero if this fork activates. A few devs deciding it’s okay to seize people’s money just because they use the same feature as some spammers use isn’t even remotely bitcoin. View quoted note →

TIL in the US banks often share every transaction you make with third party credit reporting services (not the big three, ones dedicated to checking/savings account credit risk). You can view the report under the FCRA, but anyone can access your report (as long as they promise it’s to “provide services to you”).

Why on earth would you use or promote a wallet that lies to its users about how their funds are stored? View quoted note →

Please don’t run 28 over some overblown drama. At least run 29 (or if you’re running Knots please tweak the default configuration to not block Lightning). View quoted note →

It’s always good to be conservative around upgrades (as long as you’re still applying bugfix releases that fix important issues like 29.1). But please, whether you run Core or Knots, at least run 29 and if you’re running knots enable 0-fee transaction relay so you don’t block new 0FC lightning transactions. View quoted note →