THE BITTER PILL ABOUT BITCOIN NODES NO ONE WANTS TO SWALLOW
Tonight I sat with hardcore Bitcoin devs, and they dropped a truth bomb on me, worth sharing:
Your node doesn’t mean sh*t if no one cares about your money.
That node you’re running?
Unless it’s tied to real economic activity,
it doesn’t enforce consensus, it just watches.
Consensus follows power. And in Bitcoin, power is where the money flows.
*If miners and businesses don’t run full nodes,
the rules can be rewritten.
*And no, your solo node won’t stop them.
>>That’s the part no one wants to admit.
But before you throw in the towel…
- Even if you don’t move markets, your node still matters.
• Every node adds decentralization
• Every node makes censorship harder
• Every node enforces the rules locally, without trust
• Every node is a tool of education, onboarding, and resistance
Your node may not swing consensus,
but it plants the roots of an unkillable network.
So don’t stop. But don’t settle either.
- We need economic nodes
- We need real-world incentives tied to rule enforcement
- We need value-backed verification, not just virtue signaling
Running a #core or #knots node gives you truth.
But truth without power won’t defend #Bitcoin.
Want to protect the signal?
Make sure money flows through the rules, not around them.
GN #Nostr
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