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ElRojoJesus | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +6 
 I remember you selling Taproot like a silver bullet for privacy. instead we got ordinals. How can you with a straight face say there's no risk when you did not predict ordinals and the like. I think there's a good argument against how the data discount Works in segwit. It is crazy to build features, there's clearly no demand for. Virtually anyone that wants to self custody can right now. We'll see what the future holds but why would we put in a solution that most don't want or wouldn't use. Necessity is the mother of ingenuity. Who knows what ideas we will see in the future.
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ODELL | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 > I remember you selling Taproot like a silver bullet for privacy.

FAKE NEWS. I WAS ONE OF THE FEW THAT WAS NOT.
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ElRojoJesus | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I listened every week to Rabbit Hole during that time and I very vividly remember you being super excited about Taproot and about how much privacy was going to bring. Maybe I overstated by saying Silver Bullet. I haven't seen any benefits from Taproot personally and if I could go back in time I would be against it.
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ODELL | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 FEEL FREE TO CLIP IT OUT AND POST IT.

I LOST A MILLION SATS ON MY TAPROOT ACTIVATION BET WITH MARTY LMFAO
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ElRojoJesus | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 What are we arguing here? I overstated by saying you called it a silver bullet. Sorry. 

Am I wrong that you were very excited excited about it and definitely wanted to see Taproot implemented? Am I wrong that you thought it was a positive and would increase Bitcoin privacy, especially around multi-sig and opening lightning channels? 
Am I wrong that there was a very little to any discussion around the potential risks of Tap Root?
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ODELL | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 I THINK YOU MISREMEMBER.

REGARDLESS I AM NOT ADVOCATING ANYTHING HERE. I JUST THINK IMPORTANT TECHNICAL BITCOIN DISCUSSION SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUSIVE TO X AND SINCE JAMES REFUSES TO USE NOSTR I HAD TO BE HIS REPOST BOT.
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ElRojoJesus | 8 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Fair enough, I could be. I'll just blame Marty 🤣. Didn't realize it wasn't your write up until after I commented. Generally a fan, and didn't mean to seem so confrontational. 

I don't think the risks of soft Forks are discussed enough.  Satoshi was conservative for a reason.