Mike Hodl Castle

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Maybe we should use Border wallets to generate seeds 😂

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So in the Core vs. Knots debate, I have decided to move back to Core after migrating to Knots. While I understand the technical arguments to a large degree, the primary reason is that the Knots camp became more toxic than the Core camp. Or to put it another way, Knots tried harder to lose the hearts and minds of its user base. Primarily, however, I'm not going to support another "Bitcoin Cash" style fork. To summarise the original argument as best I can. Knots was supposed to be "We can't stop spam completely, but we can try imperfectly to do so" Core was "We can't stop spam, let's mitigate it as best we can" The best solution was always for both parties to work together. That didn't happen and was never likely to happen. I prefer an imperfect compromise over a perfect irrelevance. None of these views are technical arguments, nor am I heavily vested in the argument or the outcome, but I thought I'd share my view publicly. N.B. I use Bitcoin as my self sovereign asset base, and money where ever possible, but I've intellectually moved onto other things. In the words of the dear departed Douglas Adams: "So long and thanks for all the fish 🫡"

We moved from humans talking in real life, to humans talking online, to humans talking to machines. I don't think this is a good outcome:

Hey @wextweets I wanted you to know that I just tried to order a new camera on your website. You offered next day delivery if I ordered within 7 hours. I needed next day. When I came to check out, it said free delivery within 2-3 days via DPD. I'll probably still order it at some point in the future. But I wanted you to know, because it's these minor details that stores like Amazon pay attention to, which is the reason they are almost a monopoly.

I’m trying to understand the anatomy of disagreement. In an argument, mostly, both sides are right. That is to say that both sides are describing a truth to the other. If there is no agenda, negative outcome or emotion involved, both sides should be able to acknowledge the others point of view. Then, both parties can decide whether to stay on their existing path or change. The problem, however, is there is almost always an agenda or hubris involved, meaning that either one or both sides are dishonest, or will overstate their position, or not listen to the opposing argument. In this case, talks break down and arguments become extreme and the value of the points made are lost or overstated. If there is an agenda, then often the argument itself is false and a distraction from the real intent. And so we find war erupting, whether that be physical war, legal battles or community fractures. In this scenario, neither side is able to listen to, let alone acknowledge the other and both parties stick to their own points, amplifying their arguments importance beyond reason. Is there a solution, apart from external mediation? Potentially. One technique stems from a business concept, my late father, a much better man than I, taught me. In business negotiations, always give the other side more than they are asking. Once they are happy, ask for what you want. In most cases, they will happily pay the price. Another lesson can be learned from the world of martial arts. Use your enemies strength against them. In this world, if they are hitting you, don’t defend it, take the punch and pull it towards you, while stepping aside, thus unbalancing them. In an argument. If they are making an opposing point, agree with them. In fact take their point and expand it, agreeing with it fully. If they insult you, agree with the slur and amplify it. This is the same principle as my father business technique. You give the other side what they want before taking what you want. Most importantly though, remove your hubris. Don’t just not care about the damage your ego may be taking, embrace it. If you practice this long enough, your hubris will disappear. At this point, you will be able to elevate your arguments by removing your dependence on defending your ego. More than that, you will be able to manipulate the other sides ego against them. Either by nursing it and making them feel important, or by showing them their reliance on it, making them feel their vulnerability.

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GM on NOSTR in the past couple of weeks: We've been attacked and insulted by the developer of a less popular social network. We're infighting about clients and funding. Relay operators are being targeted to take down content. We're launching decentralised versions of apps at record pace. This is what winning looks like, in case you don't recognise the signs 😂

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The crypto purge is nigh

GM There is now a social network less popular than NOSTR 😂

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Radical opinion incoming...... Perhaps the real shitcoiners were never the "crypto bros", but the financial institutions that FAFO'd with finance long before crypto came along:

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