# Philosophy **URL:** https://delvingbitcoin.org/c/philosophy/5.md [Latest](https://delvingbitcoin.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://delvingbitcoin.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://delvingbitcoin.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Philosophy category](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/about-the-philosophy-category/13)
**Author:** [@admin](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/admin)\ **Replies:** 0
More philosophical discussion about Bitcoin. Why is decentralisation good? Should you prefer to work with anonymous people? When is it okay to use a custodial wallet? --- ## [What is the importance of running a node?](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/what-is-the-importance-of-running-a-node/2079)
**Author:** [@jal](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/jal)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/what-is-the-importance-of-running-a-node/2079 "2026-10-30T10:00:00Z")
People seem to be fighting for the idea that every single person in the world runs a node. I don’t think many people will or will want to. A lot of people on the internet seem to be arguing about node policy. I have n… --- ## [Thoughts on a network policy for quantum-vulnerable UTXOs (long-exposure quantum attacks)](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/thoughts-on-a-network-policy-for-quantum-vulnerable-utxos-long-exposure-quantum-attacks/2111)
**Author:** [@show1225](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/show1225)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/thoughts-on-a-network-policy-for-quantum-vulnerable-utxos-long-exposure-quantum-attacks/2111 "2026-10-30T08:24:28Z")
I’d like to start a discussion on a potential policy framework for handling quantum-vulnerable UTXOs after “Q-day” (the day a practical quantum attack becomes public). It seems we have two primary categories of vulnerab… --- ## [Information hazards and safe redaction](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/information-hazards-and-safe-redaction/3007)
**Author:** [@laissez-faire](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/laissez-faire)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/information-hazards-and-safe-redaction/3007 "2026-10-28T01:57:56Z")
Hi all, and thanks for having me, it’s good to be here. Before I even start I need to list some assumptions. If you agree with the assumptions, then this topic is for you. If you disagree, then please say so. This pos… --- ## [Responsible disclosure and White hacking it's about Caring](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/responsible-disclosure-and-white-hacking-its-about-caring/2910)
**Author:** [@ariard](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/ariard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/responsible-disclosure-and-white-hacking-its-about-caring/2910 "2026-09-23T23:36:16Z")
With all the current hacks, I’m often asked at local meetups what are the ethical guidelines when you have to do responsible disclosures to a vendor, especially when there is real money on the line. To have been in the s… --- ## [A philosophical take on "expiry"](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-philosophical-take-on-expiry/2726)
**Author:** [@josh](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/josh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-philosophical-take-on-expiry/2726 "2026-07-17T02:55:22Z")
TLDR: Expiry is a contradictory state of being. It belongs to no one, for no one can be in a state of expiry. Expiry is defined in terms of a state of not-being, so it belongs outside being, and therefore outside “state… --- ## [Can Fun, Human-Readable Data Drive Mainstream Adoption? OP\_Return revival! Blockonomics new updates referenced](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/can-fun-human-readable-data-drive-mainstream-adoption-op-return-revival-blockonomics-new-updates-referenced/2648)
**Author:** [@planetpluto163](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/planetpluto163)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/can-fun-human-readable-data-drive-mainstream-adoption-op-return-revival-blockonomics-new-updates-referenced/2648 "2026-06-24T22:57:46Z")
Hi everyone, If we want the “common man” to adapt and start playing with blockchain technology, we need to shift the narrative away from abstract price charts and intimidating strings of letters and numbers. To realize … --- ## [GitLab Backups for Bitcoin Core repository](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/gitlab-backups-for-bitcoin-core-repository/624)
**Author:** [@fjahr](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/fjahr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/gitlab-backups-for-bitcoin-core-repository/624 "2026-05-11T11:33:43Z")
(This is a Meta post but for Bitcoin Core, so I wasn’t sure where to put it. Feel free to move it but I think it might also be a good idea to have “Dev Tools” category or something similar.) Last year, I set out to inve… --- ## [Active Sweeping of Vulnerable Outputs after Q-day](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/active-sweeping-of-vulnerable-outputs-after-q-day/2421)
**Author:** [@show1225](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/show1225)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/active-sweeping-of-vulnerable-outputs-after-q-day/2421 "2026-04-16T05:30:40Z")
The debate between protocol-level freezing (with seed phrase or xpriv recovery options) versus strict non-intervention (no confiscation) is heating up. Because this disagreement is rooted in fundamental philosophical dif… --- ## [Bitcoin as Digital Latin: Asymptotic Ossification and the End of Semantic Drift](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-as-digital-latin-asymptotic-ossification-and-the-end-of-semantic-drift/2214)
**Author:** [@brandenwithane](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/brandenwithane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-as-digital-latin-asymptotic-ossification-and-the-end-of-semantic-drift/2214 "2026-02-03T11:18:24Z")
Summary We misunderstand dead languages. We treat them as failures. Civilizations that stalled. Languages that fell out of use. That reading is backwards. In systems meant to endure, death is not decay. Death is stabiliz… --- ## [Bitcoin Embracing MimbleWimble](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-embracing-mimblewimble/2081)
**Author:** [@REDBaron](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/REDBaron)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-embracing-mimblewimble/2081 "2025-12-22T08:58:45Z")
We are at a strategic inflection point. The ongoing Core vs. Knots debate over censorship is not an isolated event; it is a symptom of a fatal cancer growing within Bitcoin. This cancer is the systematic erosion of the v… --- ## [Response to Pieter Wuille's StackExchange Answer Re: Nuking the Opreturn Filter](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/response-to-pieter-wuilles-stackexchange-answer-re-nuking-the-opreturn-filter/1991)
**Author:** [@cguida](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/cguida)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/response-to-pieter-wuilles-stackexchange-answer-re-nuking-the-opreturn-filter/1991 "2025-12-15T12:53:07Z")
(Also posted on twitter: https://x.com/cguida6/status/1968117953871720463) (Also posted on nostr: (Also posted on twitter: ) Several core supporters have pointed me to Pieter ... ) Several core supporters have pointed … --- ## [Solutions for this new centralization INSIDE Bitcoin?](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/solutions-for-this-new-centralization-inside-bitcoin/1907)
**Author:** [@davidtaubmann](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/davidtaubmann)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/solutions-for-this-new-centralization-inside-bitcoin/1907 "2025-10-23T20:00:56Z")
Since institutions got on board, defending Bitcoin is defending centralization in the same ones. After my rejected proposal, what keeps getting around in my mind is this new centralization in Bitcoin, which mimics the c… --- ## [Qubic attack on Monero](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/qubic-attack-on-monero/1920)
**Author:** [@zawy](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/zawy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/qubic-attack-on-monero/1920 "2025-10-21T07:17:29Z")
The Qubic attack on Monero appears to be a costly advertising gimmick to remind us “non-repurposeability” is a requirement for PoW security. Most if not all ASIC-resistant PoWs are vulnerable. ASIC PoWs that are repurpos… --- ## [Addressing community concerns and objections regarding my recent proposal to relax Bitcoin Core's standardness limits on OP\_RETURN outputs](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/addressing-community-concerns-and-objections-regarding-my-recent-proposal-to-relax-bitcoin-cores-standardness-limits-on-op-return-outputs/1697)
**Author:** [@AntoineP](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/AntoineP)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/addressing-community-concerns-and-objections-regarding-my-recent-proposal-to-relax-bitcoin-cores-standardness-limits-on-op-return-outputs/1697 "2025-09-16T09:59:52Z")
Hi everyone. I recently proposed that Bitcoin Core lifts its standardness limits on OP\_RETURN outputs. The reason is that they are not binding anymore (using an input witness to store arbitrary data is 4 times less expe… --- ## [A Comprehensive OP\_RETURN Limits Q&A Resource to Combat Misinformation](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-comprehensive-op-return-limits-q-a-resource-to-combat-misinformation/1689)
**Author:** [@tidwell](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/tidwell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-comprehensive-op-return-limits-q-a-resource-to-combat-misinformation/1689 "2025-09-09T07:51:36Z")
My goal is to share a consolidated list of questions about OP\_RETURN limits that we’ve answered on Stacker News, as the original thread has become unwieldy with over 200 comments. We began compiling this list about a wee… --- ## [Who will run the CoinJoin coordinators?](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/who-will-run-the-coinjoin-coordinators/934)
**Author:** [@kravens](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/kravens)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/who-will-run-the-coinjoin-coordinators/934 "2025-09-05T11:25:31Z")
Recently there has been a regulatory move against non-custodial privacy tools that led to the closing of the coordinator servers of Samourai Wallet (police confiscation of server) and Wasabi Wallet (voluntary shutdown). … --- ## [On the possibility of evil covenants and implications for soft fork proposals](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/on-the-possibility-of-evil-covenants-and-implications-for-soft-fork-proposals/1703)
**Author:** [@light](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/light)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/on-the-possibility-of-evil-covenants-and-implications-for-soft-fork-proposals/1703 "2025-07-29T03:57:32Z")
In his post “Perpetually KYC’d Coins Using Evil Covenants” @RobinLinus sketches out a high level design for a “perpetual KYC contract” using OP\_CTV, OP\_CSFS, OP\_CAT, and OP\_EXPIRE. While the technical discussion around t… --- ## [Behind the OP\_RETURN Drama](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/behind-the-op-return-drama/1650)
**Author:** [@pandacute](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/pandacute)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/behind-the-op-return-drama/1650 "2025-05-24T13:52:55Z")
I think the whole OP\_RETURN debate is missing one important part: a communication link between the developers and the users. The developers are speaking with the developers, the users are speaking with the users, and no … --- ## [Is there a social approach to the quantum problem?](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/is-there-a-social-approach-to-the-quantum-problem/1537)
**Author:** [@josh](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/josh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/is-there-a-social-approach-to-the-quantum-problem/1537 "2025-03-27T05:19:09Z")
I saw this tweet suggesting “quantum” was the greatest threat to Bitcoin, from an investment risk perspective. While Bitcoin generates no cash flows, it is valued like an investment, whether we like it or not. And inves… --- ## [Is it time to increase the blocksize cap?](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/is-it-time-to-increase-the-blocksize-cap/941)
**Author:** [@myles](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/myles)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/is-it-time-to-increase-the-blocksize-cap/941 "2025-03-25T18:54:37Z")
Bitcoin needs to scale in order to achieve the vision of freedom money. Here are some thoughts that just don’t make sense on the current trajectory we are on right now: Lightning channels require at least 2 on-chain t… --- ## [Bitcoin Forking Guide](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-forking-guide/1451)
**Author:** [@ajtowns](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/ajtowns)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-forking-guide/1451 "2025-03-04T21:21:58Z")
I appreciated the perspective the bcap project offered regarding consensus changes within Bitcoin, but one thing I found a bit dissatisfying was that it lacked specific recommendations on how you should do things, whethe… --- ## [Security soft fork deployments arent risky](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/security-soft-fork-deployments-arent-risky/1328)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Stewart\_5](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/Chris_Stewart_5)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/security-soft-fork-deployments-arent-risky/1328 "2024-12-23T14:55:04Z")
I think its useful to think of soft forks in 3 categories Feature soft forks Security soft forks Both Security and Feature Soft Forks Feature soft forks Here are examples of feature soft forks. BIP16 BIP65 BIP66 Wh… --- ## [Modeling (Social) Consensus About (Cryptographic) Consensus Change](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/modeling-social-consensus-about-cryptographic-consensus-change/1136)
**Author:** [@ZmnSCPxj](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/ZmnSCPxj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/modeling-social-consensus-about-cryptographic-consensus-change/1136 "2024-10-11T20:17:08Z")
OR: Bitcoin Has Ossified, Now Go Use Decker-Wattenhofer Every 4 years, Bitcoin has an event called the “halvening”. This causes the transient supply to be halved. Since the price of a good is a function of the transie… --- ## [Deflationary money is a Good Thing](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/deflationary-money-is-a-good-thing/22)
**Author:** [@ajtowns](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/ajtowns)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/deflationary-money-is-a-good-thing/22 "2024-08-23T13:48:46Z")
Redoing/expanding on a tweet thread: If you want a passive investment, there’s really two options: one is you can just keep cash in a mattress; the other is you can buy some real assets and ignore them. There are lots … --- ## [Proposed risk framework for Bitcoin L2s and Sidechains](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/proposed-risk-framework-for-bitcoin-l2s-and-sidechains/933)
**Author:** [@janusz](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/janusz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/proposed-risk-framework-for-bitcoin-l2s-and-sidechains/933 "2024-06-07T17:35:52Z")
Hi everyone, My name is Janusz and I am working on a project called Bitcoin Layers which assesses various implementations of L2s and sidechains. The new wave of sidechain protocols sparked the development of the project… --- ## [Mutual exclusiveness of op\_codes](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/mutual-exclusiveness-of-op-codes/890)
**Author:** [@PierreRochard](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/PierreRochard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/mutual-exclusiveness-of-op-codes/890 "2024-05-21T17:29:13Z")
Doing a very surface-level readthrough of current softfork proposals, a good amount of narrative seems to be “X is better than Y because…” implying a mutually exclusive predicament, that we have to choose one proposal ov… --- ## [On consensus changes in bitcoin 2024](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/on-consensus-changes-in-bitcoin-2024/334)
**Author:** [@reardencode](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/reardencode)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/on-consensus-changes-in-bitcoin-2024/334 "2024-03-23T22:50:11Z")
There has been much conversation on X and elsewhere recently of how, if, and when bitcoin consensus rules should be changed. I will try to briefly summarize some of the viewpoints, open the question of how consensus chan…