I like Michael Saylor but I do not like what he says this time. In that interview, he did not say a meaningful reason he is supporting Bitcoin Knot. But he did not mention Bitcoin Knot, he only indirectly comparing Bitcoin Core to smaller ones like Bitcoin Knot, using big government and small government as an example. That small government become big and make more laws. He was referring to Bitcoin Core developers making more laws that may harm bitcoin.

He also said that segwit is like inflation. Do not get him wrong, he used inflation to just say something that is affecting bitcoin negatively because he thinks segwit only deprive miners from earning more money from bitcoin mining. He did not know or maybe he has forgotten that it was miners that signal for the upgrade to the network and that is beyond the power of Bitcoin Knot developers and other developers. If miners turned against the upgrade, it would not have happened.

About what is happening recently, I do not know what Bitcoin Core developers are doing wrong but some people will just prefer to against any further upgrades. I think Bitcoin Core developers is thinking more about the future of miners and which is not bad.

Yes, you're right. I feel the same way, where I used to be very obsessed with Bitcoin in the sense that I was too obsessed in the negative way. And nowadays I'm no longer like that. But I still have an obsession only for my achievements in Bitcoin. And it will be my goal to accumulate Bitcoin by any means as long as it is still within my control. Obsession actually has two sides,where they are between positive and negative. However we must prefer to be on the positive side to maintain sanity. And perhaps this is what is being discussed here.

I agree, Bitcoin Knots will never surpass Bitcoin Core, it’s highly unlikely. I’m still sticking with Core, and I’m not sure if I’ll update right away to 30.0 when it’s released. I’ll probably stick with 29 for a while.

You can take a loan for something important. But most people take a loan to buy things that they don't really need. They just want to follow the trend and lifestyle but with loan money. But if you want to take a loan from the bank to invest in Bitcoin, you should calculate how much you can pay monthly and how you can cover your expenses.

It is not a problem if you have an income so you can pay the money monthly. But if you don't have a salary or income, you will difficult to pay because you don't know when you can sell your Bitcoin. If you are not sure, it is better not to take a loan because you may confuse what you want to do. No need to take a risk by taking a loan to invest in Bitcoin but you can use your free money constantly using DCA methods.

Do you have proof of this. Institutional investors are buying and holding BTC either through etf's or in their own self custodial wallets. Companies and countries are buying BTC and setting up strategic reserves for the future. I don't know where you got the idea that it is the wealthy that buy BTC to spend it, when they can spend fiat or even usdt.

Take note that majority of people who buy BTC, and this includes institutional investors, do so to make profit from its price volatility. I can even argue that retail investors are more likely to spend some of their BTC's, either in a physical store or online.

Beyond profits, Bitcoin teaches patience, financial sovereignty, and a new perspective on money and technology.

Is it the end of Bitcoin Core?
I believe it won't be the end of Bitcoin Core and you know Bitcoin is a decentralized project from developments, wallet softwares, Bitcoin nodes, hashrate distributions so a tweet from Michael Saylor does not have any power to change this.

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Thinking of a flippening between Bitcoin Knots and Bitcoin Core is like a flippening between Ethereum or Ripple against Bitcoin which has never happened.

Yes, the UAE seems to have become the biggest crypto-supported country lately. If you search, you will find large numbers of crypto platform offices in the UAE, including Binance. Besides that, you can cash out your Bitcoin or crypto there easily, and you can use it to establish your own business. For me, I would move to such countries for business, definitely to settle my own business. For the UAE, it was easy for me to move there and establish my own business there.

Sadly my country bans Bitcoin rather than adapts to it. That's the reason even you can't cash out a big amount of crypto in my country. So moving to a crypto-friendly country will help me to cash out my holdings and start a business there.

This is one of the functions of decentralization you cannot stop anyone, institutions or government from holding Bitcoin, there is no restrictions whatsoever about who buys and sells it. What we should understand is that no institutions can directly control the price of Bitcoin on the long term, their accumulation and dump on the market can only have short term effects but on the long term Bitcoin recovers from any minor manipulations. The soul of Bitcoin volatility is in it's demand and supply, any fundamentals can trigger FUD and FOMO not necessarily because institutions are major holders. Bitcoin as an investment asset needs more holders who are not willing to sell on the short term so it can create scarcity in the market which will be lesser supply and that is how price can continue to increase.

@Hydrogen: That bit about needing to feel good about the outline before diving in? Yeah, I’m with you. If it doesn’t carry a kind of tension or movement already, I end up staring at it like it’s a locked door with no key. It’s wild how sometimes a sketchy note with the right energy pulls you further than a polished plan ever could. And you’re right – there’s a lot out there, but I don’t think it’s too much. The stuff that cuts through still does. Probably because it doesn’t try to be loud – just honest.

@Fretum: That thing you said about academic rhythm sneaking in – oof, I felt that. I catch myself doing it too: suddenly there’s structure, subtext, clean transitions... and the soul of the piece starts fading out. Like you, I’ve been trying to lean into the drift. Let it get messy first. Let it wander. Weirdly, that’s when the voice feels truest. It’s not about rebelling against structure, but about remembering it’s there to serve the story – not the other way around. Thanks for naming that so clearly.