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People still argue for bigger blocks in 2026 as if they didn’t learn anything from the past If Bitcoin had scaled to 8MB blocks in 2017 with current relative utilization, the chain would be at 2.88 TB today Instead we settled for the signal at 720 GB 8MB blocks are a direct attack on sovereignty, forced bloat for no gain The math is clear, do the work or stay lost

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BTCDataGuy33d ago

Maintaining a Node for 5 years with 8MB blocks would cost you over $570 in SSD storage alone today The current Bitcoin standard keeps that cost at a manageable $85 We are currently witnessing a massive run up in NAND prices due to AI demand, making big blocks even more catastrophic for decentralization Cheap SSDs masked the cost of bloat for a while, those days are over Stack blocks, not bloat

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ghost23d ago

Can't zap you. I think you need to top up

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BTCDataGuy23d ago

That’s for the hint! Should be fixed now 🤝🏻

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ghost23d ago

Interesting, it doesn’t seem to be working through the Primal integrated LN wallet. However, it does appear to work with the Amethyst + Phoenix LN wallet. Did you receive a zap?

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BTCDataGuy23d ago

This is weird, I recently switched to running an Alby Hub in an attempt to max out sovereignty but so far I seem so max out issues… Yes the zap went through! ⚡️

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