“Old folklore says, this is an old wive’s tale with a lot of truth in it: Whenever you meet a ghost, don't run away. Because the ghost will capture the substance of your fear and materialize itself out of your own substance, and will kill you eventually, because it will take over all your own vitality. So then, whenever confronted with a ghost, walk straight into it, and it will disappear.” — Alan Watts, Face Your Problems Head-On

An idea cannot be killed.

Discouraging plebs from running nodes isn’t the W some Bitcoiners think it is.

The first American Pope, Leo XIV

This is unacceptable.

“Why are you interested in Bitcoin?”

The Op_Return saga isn’t primarily about the technical implications. It’s about Core pushing through a change without network consensus. As a node runner, you can resist this overreach by not updating to the latest version, or by running Knots instead.

Knots > Core

Being an atheist in your teens and 20s is a sign of healthy skepticism. Continuing to be an atheist in your 30s and beyond is a sign of spiritual immaturity.