@hal What are regular people calling Sir Keir Starmer on the streets of the UK these days?

FWITW here’s my take on the Core vs. Knots storm-in-a-teacup. It feels like yet another manufactured crisis aimed at seizing control of the codebase — starting around two years ago with hundreds of millions of dollars burned on transaction fees to spam the network with superfluous data. Tellingly, that activity came to an abrupt halt right around Trump’s election, and now 1 sat/vB transactions prevail as if nothing happened. Despite this, panic is being stirred, with calls to abandon Bitcoin Core for a client maintained by a single developer, who wants to decide which transactions are “good” and get through, and which are “bad” and get memory-holed. It will be telling if the drama continues now that Core has backtracked a bit. If it does, it’s a clear sign this fight isn’t about halting ‘spam’ at all, it’s about control of the codebase. And on that subject: this episode only reinforces the urgency of ossifying the codebase against anything beyond essential maintenance and security fixes, ideally before the original cypherpunks retire. In my mind the deepest confidence and respect must go to those who not only bootstrapped Bitcoin, but also stood firm in defending it during the Blocksize Wars.

Should Luke Dashjr push ahead with a Bitcoin fork, the most appropriate name for it would be “Knot Bitcoin.”

Running e-cash app on GrapheneOS ⚡️ richard@ecash.love

Ecash App - Zapstore

A free and open source Fedimint wallet

I was set to race my first #Ironman this Sunday representing bitcoin & freedom tech. Instead, my plans were derailed last week when clumsily I broke my toe running around barefoot at home. A real bummer considering preparations took a year of focused training. @Joe Nakamoto what is it with bitcoiners, triathlons, and broken toes anyway? 😅 Still, I’m grateful for the strength, endurance, and skills gained on the journey. And rather than sulk, I’ve signed up for Copenhagen Ironman 🇩🇰 due to take place on August 16, 2026 to stay laser focused for another year. Who else is game? 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️⚡️ #TryNostr #TryBitcoin #BitcoinRunners

Inflation is caused by price rises and the tail wags the dog! Spoiler: Prices are not rising; fiat money is becoming worth less.

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The first person to recognise this door gets zapped 5,555 sats! Stay humble win sats #OnlyOnNostr

Searching for “Nostr” on the BBC’s website returns zero results; not a single article or mention. Instead, you’re met with the suggestion: “Did you mean: nostra, north, nasty, nassr, nests.” 🙈 Meanwhile, Nostr has been growing exponentially in both user base and real-world utility for nearly five years, with developers vibing to life a diverse ecosystem of game changing apps on top of this decentralised, permissionless communications protocol. There are so many exciting projects and exciting stories to talk about and report on. Here’s a simple one-page research link for any mainstream media journalists who are allowed to mention the word Nostr publicly:

nostr - Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays

FEW: In bull or bear markets, every time a UTXO changes hands, it moves, relatively speaking, from a weak hand to a strong one.