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I've been mulling over how the bitcoin protocol is basically defined by the code in Bitcoin Core, a few scattered BIPs, and some dev docs. It's done alright for like 17 years but there are times when different…

This topic is a lot like a recent discussion I had here. The setups we have work, but let’s be real, they aren't flawless.

So we've been hearing for years that AI is gonna wipe out entire workforces. Doom predictions, mass layoffs, the whole thing. Then a report drops saying Ford had to go back and rehire their human engineers because the…

Ok that actually clicks now. This is exactly the long-term incentive problem I was poking at in my original post. Subsidy dying doesn't just shrink the security budget in dollar terms, it changes the whole structure of…

Appreciate the breakdown. Yeah Satoshi's real test date was closer to 2030, not 2140, that's the point most people miss. A few more halvings and we'll have real data. If by 2036 fees can't replace what a 0.39 BTC…

We throw around the 21 million cap constantly but barely anyone talks about what actually happens past 2140. Block subsidy goes to zero, no new coins, miners only eat what users pay in fees. Satoshi built it that way on…

Ok that makes sense, but where does SHA256d fall on that spectrum? Is it in the same "convenience" bucket as little endian block hashes, or was the double hash actually a deliberate security call? I'm asking because…

So I was digging through bitcoin/src/pow.cpp in Core v28 and noticed GetPoWHash() is still running SHA256 twice on the block header. Made me wonder why Satoshi didn't just stop at one round. I get that double hashing…