What happened
Do Bitcoin Core Devs Lock Their Doors At Night?
By xNostr · 30 May
Join Bitcoin University Premium: https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com/join Very important: this video is a parody of the whole op return/spam debate that has been raging in Bitcoin for the past 12 months, and is full of lots of inside jokes. It has nothing to do with the actual home security of Bitcoin Core devs. Even though they don't understand spam deterrence in Bitcoin, I would assume that they do follow basic home security procedures, and we all wish them the best for themselves and their families. In this video, I take Bitcoin Core's defeatist arguments about Bitcoin spam and apply them to home security, in order to demonstrate the foolishness of their arguments. Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor. I am not being paid or otherwise…
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The dystillation
Bitcoin's Spam Wars: A Satirical Take on a Very Real Debate Matthew Kratter of Bitcoin University recently published a video that, on its surface, asks a ridiculous question: do Bitcoin Core developers lock their doors at night? The answer, of course, is almost certainly yes — but that's precisely the point. The video is a sharp satirical parody, using home security as a mirror to reflect what Kratter sees as flawed reasoning from Bitcoin Core developers in a long-running technical and philosophical dispute about spam on the Bitcoin network. If you've been following Bitcoin closely, you'll recognize the debate immediately. If you haven't, buckle up — because it touches on some of the most fundamental questions about what Bitcoin is actually for . The OPRETURN Debate, Explained Simply At the heart of Kratter's parody is a real controversy that has simmered — and sometimes boiled — within the Bitcoin developer community for well over a year. It centers on a technical…
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