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# ![@_DavidSFreeman Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1396982447041036294.png) @_DavidSFreeman David Freeman

David Freeman posts on X about bitcoin, protocol, all the, money the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1396982447041036294/interactions)
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- X Week XXXXXXX +454%
- X Month XXXXXXX +29%
- X Months XXXXXXX +5,911%
- X Year XXXXXXX +2,121%

### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1396982447041036294/posts_active)
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- X Week XXX +590%
- X Month XXX +151%
- X Months XXX +359%
- X Year XXX +163%

### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1396982447041036294/followers)
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- X Week XXXXX +4.20%
- X Month XXXXX +4.70%
- X Months XXXXX +108%
- X Year XXXXX +61%

### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1396982447041036294/influencer_rank)
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### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1396982447041036294/influence)
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**Social category influence**
[cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  #7353 [finance](/list/finance)  XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin) #2759, [protocol](/topic/protocol) #984, [all the](/topic/all-the) 1.59%, [money](/topic/money) 1.59%, [freeman](/topic/freeman) #144, [twitter](/topic/twitter) 0.79%, [has been](/topic/has-been) 0.79%, [adoption](/topic/adoption) 0.79%, [op](/topic/op) 0.79%, [samson](/topic/samson) XXXX%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@adam3us](/creator/undefined) [@giacomozucco](/creator/undefined) [@lukedashjr](/creator/undefined) [@arthur_van_pelt](/creator/undefined) [@satflation](/creator/undefined) [@cguida6](/creator/undefined) [@darosior](/creator/undefined) [@oomahq](/creator/undefined) [@mrhodl](/creator/undefined) [@supermassbtc](/creator/undefined) [@cipherhoodlum](/creator/undefined) [@flaming_hodl](/creator/undefined) [@rleder](/creator/undefined) [@start9labs](/creator/undefined) [@matthill](/creator/undefined) [@coinjoined](/creator/undefined) [@bonddoc17](/creator/undefined) [@baclfoo](/creator/undefined) [@14g23h34](/creator/undefined) [@phyrooo](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin)
### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1396982447041036294/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"@NickSzabo4 @adam3us @colbyserpa @csuwildcat @ocean_mining but nick arbitrary content is always possible with arbitrary scripting capabilities which bitcoin has had since 0.1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978518856898425026) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T17:50Z 1205 followers, 11.5K engagements


"@NickSzabo4 @piter239 @cornokun @Arthur_van_Pelt bitcoin core is not changing bitcoin. the bitcoin protocol is the same and bitcoin's capabilities are the same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978167817217224879) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-14T18:35Z 1197 followers, 1481 engagements


"one has to think if samson CEO of jan3 working on a new bitcoin node implementation has anything to do with nick szabo also an executive at jan3 returning to twitter and making anti-core posts right after samson starts floating such an initiative"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978391318553297028) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T09:23Z 1197 followers, 1897 engagements


"jesus they really are going to fork arent they"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978397500215087128) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T09:48Z 1199 followers, 5386 engagements


"@bitcoin1zation its exactly what he said you just dont understand it let me know what questions you have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978416143837646979) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T11:02Z 1200 followers, XX engagements


"@flaming_hodl im not talking about op return size. im talking about timewarp and other bugs in the bitcoin protocol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978423383449637216) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T11:31Z 1197 followers, XXX engagements


"@flaming_hodl people who believe bitcoin will DIE from innocuous spam may push a contentious fork"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978433288155852908) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T12:10Z 1199 followers, XXX engagements


"@flaming_hodl nearly all the work on bitcoin core is under this 'maintenance' umbrella that fact has been drown out amongst a sea of CSAM tweets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978434177017012728) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T12:13Z 1199 followers, XXX engagements


"@InQuisitive138 thats great and all but the point is your next version of knots will have nearly all the v30 code changes that luke and matt are telling you are from an evil bitcoin core"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978434523873341762) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T12:15Z 1199 followers, XX engagements


"@flaming_hodl @BainterSAT @peterktodd @LukeDashjr im referring to the ('great') consensus cleanup proposal that fixes bitcoin existing protocol these other soft fork proposals are not fixing bitcoins existing protocol they are changing it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978435665932013820) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T12:19Z 1199 followers, XXX engagements


"@flaming_hodl we had a spam attack for X years that filled blocks drove up fees spikes erratically etc. and where is its acceptability and value and adoption since then bitcoin is fine spam is no threat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978449051013046361) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T13:13Z 1197 followers, XX engagements


"@flaming_hodl there isnt a devil that we dont know nothing new is possible with v30 dont let them tell you otherwise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978450067875856450) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T13:17Z 1198 followers, XXX engagements


"@AmethystWizard @start9labs @_MattHill_ 'people just don't want to unnecessarily host child porn on their personal computers' i mean i dont either. but here we are. running bitcoin nodes regardless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978477449064161603) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T15:05Z 1199 followers, XX engagements


"@14g23h34 bitcoin core doesnt want a fork for spam and isnt talking about a fork for spam luke mechanic chris and others on the other hand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978478047708774432) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T15:08Z 1199 followers, XX engagements


"@AmethystWizard @start9labs @_MattHill_ i have no idea how many people actually tried to put CSAM on the blockchain. its quite possible that it is very few people and they have XXX% success rate but the point is its already possible. has already been done. bitcoin core v3 doesnt change whats possible. and we're fine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978479158750552512) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T15:12Z 1200 followers, XX engagements


"break a bitcoin knots node runner's brain with this one question: 'where will nearly all of the new code in next version of knots come from'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978099271577559109) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-14T14:03Z 1201 followers, 5703 engagements


"@constructdisrup @satflation @adam3us @giacomozucco @LukeDashjr such a public statement for each core dev im not aware of 'for each' since many dont even speak much or at all publicly murch said he works in bitcoin to make bitcoin the worlds money in a tweet in the last few weeks pieter wuille posted in his stack exchange answer similar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978154911356305793) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-14T17:44Z 1200 followers, XXX engagements


"ive been engaging with a lot of filter proponents recently. what theyve pointed out and ive come around to it. the worst case with the higher default op return limit that is 4x more expensive and makes blocks smaller and doesnt pollute the UTXO set is. spammers use it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978166856197296368) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-14T18:31Z 1201 followers, 17.7K engagements


"@Brandonwords bitcoin core changed a default value in one policy setting in the code the tweets from knots and bitcoin samson edition are about changing the bitcoin protocol itself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978447156965974170) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T13:05Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements


"@MundokAdam @start9labs @_MattHill_ no thats what they are saying. csam will kill bitcoin. otherwise why would they go to the extreme action of maybe doing a protocol change"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978479530051354907) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T15:14Z 1199 followers, XX engagements


"@MundokAdam @start9labs @_MattHill_ its not gaslighting to post the stated intentions of the people who recently are proposing a protocol change to bitcoin its not gaslighting to point out that their whole motivation stems from thinking bitcoin is weak and that spam is a threat to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978491098663190653) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T16:00Z 1201 followers, XX engagements


"@cguida6 @ProofOfCash @darosior @giacomozucco @phyrooo @garland_key @satflation @adam3us @rleder @LukeDashjr @GrassFedBitcoin @Pledditor @murchandamus can you tell me how my node being relayed a large consensus valid op return is a DoS on my node"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978507462106845436) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T17:05Z 1201 followers, XX engagements


"@Wilsonwilson_2 as long as no one was hoping that these never-change-bitcoin implementations were never going to change bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978518304504332324) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T17:48Z 1199 followers, XX engagements


"guys bitcoin core developers are shouting from the rooftops to upgrade even to XXXX methinks perhaps we should"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978519351532642753) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T17:52Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements


"@kyletorpey @StirlingForge 'The default value of a transaction relay policy setting changing War' - by @BitMEXResearch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978519737261838512) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T17:53Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements


"@StirlingForge @kyletorpey knots leaders at literally working on multiple soft fork ideas to change bitcoin note: soft forks change what bitcoin is via the bitcoin protocol. policy default values changing in one software does not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978524067121496404) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T18:11Z 1199 followers, XX engagements


"@ndeet @cguida6 @giacomozucco @darosior @phyrooo @garland_key @satflation @adam3us @rleder @LukeDashjr @Pledditor @murchandamus it sounds like you're describing an adversary with infinite money to spend forever on bitcoin transaction fees the 2023 spam attack basically went for X years. and we now have lower fees and higher adoption price tech etc than ever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978544240280924298) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T19:31Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements


"@Thecowsmeow1 theres infinite ways to embed data in bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978739120177381789) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T08:25Z 1201 followers, XX engagements


"@bigjeff1430726 enjoy running the 100s of code changes from bitcoin core v30 in your next version of knots"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978739354257199542) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T08:26Z 1201 followers, XX engagements


"@Michael64930226 yes wait you mean the bugs in the existing bitcoin protocol right like satoshi's off by one error in the difficulty adjustment right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978739635330167087) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T08:27Z 1201 followers, XX engagements


"@owei618775 dont believe the propagandists. spam cant kill bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978739807904792710) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T08:28Z 1201 followers, XX engagements


"@bighatclub @tedcarrofficial @w_s_bitcoin im not addressing anyones concern with the default value here im saying the default config value can be changed in v30. and that there are 100s of other changes in there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978740875912962081) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T08:32Z 1201 followers, XX engagements


"@_Hugo_Ramos_ @flaming_hodl most releases of bitcoin core do not have bitcoin protocol changes or soft forks in them new versions of software have software improvements in them as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978743081890353311) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T08:41Z 1201 followers, XX engagements


"@Brandonwords you dont need to 'trust' anything in my reply. they are all verifiable facts. the fact that you choose to reply with this 'trust' 'majority' believe' blabber shows youre not interested in the facts relevant to the incorrect opinion you just spouted that was thoroughly rebutted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978760014882836763) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T09:48Z 1202 followers, XX engagements


"@coryklippsten @Bitcoin @TraceMayer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978763574756475127) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T10:02Z 1202 followers, XXX engagements


"@ndeet @giacomozucco @cguida6 @darosior @phyrooo @garland_key @satflation @adam3us @rleder @LukeDashjr @Pledditor we had X years of this basically bitcoin thriving more than ever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978811922687365499) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T13:15Z 1202 followers, XX engagements


"@oomahq @giacomozucco @coinjoined @start9labs @adam3us @_MattHill_ core devs dont seem to believe much in either of these things "the security budget" "mining needs to be profitable""  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979109523013988510) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T08:57Z 1203 followers, XXX engagements


"@giacomozucco @coinjoined @start9labs @adam3us @_MattHill_ it seems core lost tolerance for luke only recently when he said that bitcoin core needs to DIE. do you have other more credible examples preferably that show core being even more intolerant to even higher level contributors than what happened with hearn/garzik/gavin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979113336278049019) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T09:12Z 1202 followers, XX engagements


"@oomahq @giacomozucco @coinjoined @start9labs @adam3us @_MattHill_ honestly citation still needed here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979114160693653701) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T09:16Z 1202 followers, XXX engagements


"bitcoin core developers looking at the node counts knowing everyone is running their code even during a civil opposing side taking their code nearly wholesale samson's opportunistic clone node implementation will use bitcoin core continues to have the most secure code"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979156817373524172) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T12:05Z 1203 followers, XXX engagements


"@adam3us @Jethroe111 safest is probably wait a few weeks and run bitcoin core v30 with whatever datacarrier setting make you feel good then virtue signal post on twitter about never running it for the likes perhaps thats what george is doing actually"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979159861494444075) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T12:17Z 1203 followers, XX engagements


"@alpacasw @stephanlivera lets be clear here spam has actually driven bitcoin transaction fees DOWN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979162180348961149) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T12:26Z 1200 followers, XX engagements


"@start9labs @_MattHill_ its too bad people are so afraid of spam and believe bitcoin is so weak that they need to change what bitcoin is in order for it to survive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978467975054369188) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T14:28Z 1205 followers, 18.8K engagements


"'KNoTs oNLy uSEs FraGMenTs of CoRE'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979631163036909996) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T19:30Z 1205 followers, XXX engagements


"chat are we all just being misled for months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1977803283000598583) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-13T18:27Z 1205 followers, 30K engagements


"@sndmnystckr enjoy playing with your XX and other atomic numbers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978744320250245353) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T08:46Z 1203 followers, XX engagements


"@MrHodl @oomahq @coinjoined @giacomozucco @start9labs @adam3us @_MattHill_ never attribute to a X letter agency that which is adequately explained by knot brain rot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979154201939685521) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T11:55Z 1203 followers, XX engagements


"every implementation on this list is running almost entirely bitcoin core code near all the new code in knots nodes comes from core but yeah 'fuck off' core"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979145711800258858) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T11:21Z 1205 followers, 8870 engagements


"thinking spam can kill bitcoin is a cuck move"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979296500120224209) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T21:20Z 1205 followers, XXX engagements


"@MajorianBTC 'All it takes is one anonymous malicious miner' always has been"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979501479754125438) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T10:55Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@coryklippsten @darosior cory we are in 2025 not 2015. there is so much tooling around bitcoin that people can use bitcoin however bitcoin can be used. not how core happens to support something"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979642691379142680) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T20:16Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@rleder Ocean is a great pool that anyone can use can all of what i said still be true tho"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979499567868465286) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T10:47Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@oomahq @giacomozucco @soloyopee @adam3us @csuwildcat @coinjoined @start9labs @_MattHill_ is there any evidence of 1) other than their terms of service saying they could do it and everything thinking they should be doing it the amount of formats the content could be in and the number of encoding schemes and the amount of content they would have to check against"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979500826126147698) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T10:52Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@Cipherhoodlum just nearly all of bitcoin core v30 code with a different logo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979501266251252057) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T10:54Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@parman_the If youre pro ossification youd be well at home in Bitcoin core. Most code changes are bugfixes performance documentation build system etcetera"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979653100588966253) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T20:57Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@NickSzabo4 @cguida6 @adam3us @LordNakamotoX @LukeDashjr the threats from arbitrary data in bitcoin due to its arbitrary scripting capabilities are infinite and present since XXX the novel threats to bitcoin as it grows are splitting the bitcoin community fracturing dev resources stifling progress on all fronts perpetual infighting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978404743949992217) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T10:17Z 1204 followers, 14K engagements


"@ralflmuller what do you mean the main bitcoin protocol proposal from core devs lately is the consensus cleanup which just fixes the bugs in the bitcoin protocol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978865685766750560) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-16T16:48Z 1204 followers, XX engagements


"@Jethroe111 right. youll just run bitcoin core v30's code with some tweaks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979158644961751321) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T12:12Z 1204 followers, XXX engagements


"@zamir591582 @MajorianBTC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979501602189791605) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T10:55Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@Cipherhoodlum high fees are an inevitability if bitcoin is going to be successful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979629229521432722) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T19:22Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@Cipherhoodlum great so a heavily used bitcoin chain will have high fees and kill bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979637576551346239) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T19:55Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@simulxxx great so thats the case when min relay default was 1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979639329984311431) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T20:02Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@soloyopee @csuwildcat @giacomozucco @adam3us @oomahq @coinjoined @start9labs @_MattHill_ i think the point is that no such filtering engine exists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979257791857516934) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T18:46Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"core: err on the side of preserving bitcoin's crucial decentralization property knots: perpetual whack a mole against infinite ways to embed data move to a series of soft forks to change bitcoin. all for spam that is no threat to bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978399561170440356) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T09:56Z 1205 followers, 25.1K engagements


"its incredible. luke & mechanic are portraying knots as a 'dont change bitcoin' implementation samson is conjuring a new 'unchangeable' implementation THIS WEEK both are pushing soft fork proposals to change bitcoin while bitcoin core just wants to fix bugs in the protocol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978417964610146688) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T11:09Z 1205 followers, 27.1K engagements


"nah the fork is being discussed cause filters dont work Wow why are you saying filters dont work Because youll need a fork to stop this Im not forking you shitcoin spam apologist *6 months later* We need to fork"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978458964745404758) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T13:52Z 1205 followers, 43K engagements


"@NickSzabo4 @adam3us @colbyserpa @csuwildcat @ocean_mining here is an article about the content already being stored in bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1978520002304127142) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-15T17:55Z 1205 followers, 21.1K engagements


"imagine if ocean just * didnt reinvent stratum v2 due to their accidental misunderstanding of it * focused on being a mining pool and not a bitcoin node implementation * worked with core instead of attacked it * quietly built without histrionics * . wait thats DMND pool"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979111198864949452) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-17T09:04Z 1205 followers, 4682 engagements


"@barackomaba spam cant kill bitcoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979640782513651910) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T20:08Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@Arthur_van_Pelt Everyone wants Bitcoin as money Only some are lying about their softwares dependencies in the process"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979648946428588341) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T20:41Z 1205 followers, XX engagements


"@Shireh0dl Bitcoin is. We all abide by its rules. Unless theres broad consensus to change its protocol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979661487166918956) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T21:30Z 1205 followers, XXX engagements


"@snednode enjoy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_DavidSFreeman/status/1979682992277921960) [@_DavidSFreeman](/creator/x/_DavidSFreeman) 2025-10-18T22:56Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

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Social category influence cryptocurrencies #7353 finance XXXX% social networks XXXX% technology brands XXXX%

Social topic influence bitcoin #2759, protocol #984, all the 1.59%, money 1.59%, freeman #144, twitter 0.79%, has been 0.79%, adoption 0.79%, op 0.79%, samson XXXX%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @adam3us @giacomozucco @lukedashjr @arthur_van_pelt @satflation @cguida6 @darosior @oomahq @mrhodl @supermassbtc @cipherhoodlum @flaming_hodl @rleder @start9labs @matthill @coinjoined @bonddoc17 @baclfoo @14g23h34 @phyrooo

Top assets mentioned Bitcoin (BTC)

Top Social Posts #


Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"@NickSzabo4 @adam3us @colbyserpa @csuwildcat @ocean_mining but nick arbitrary content is always possible with arbitrary scripting capabilities which bitcoin has had since 0.1"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T17:50Z 1205 followers, 11.5K engagements

"@NickSzabo4 @piter239 @cornokun @Arthur_van_Pelt bitcoin core is not changing bitcoin. the bitcoin protocol is the same and bitcoin's capabilities are the same"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-14T18:35Z 1197 followers, 1481 engagements

"one has to think if samson CEO of jan3 working on a new bitcoin node implementation has anything to do with nick szabo also an executive at jan3 returning to twitter and making anti-core posts right after samson starts floating such an initiative"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T09:23Z 1197 followers, 1897 engagements

"jesus they really are going to fork arent they"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T09:48Z 1199 followers, 5386 engagements

"@bitcoin1zation its exactly what he said you just dont understand it let me know what questions you have"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T11:02Z 1200 followers, XX engagements

"@flaming_hodl im not talking about op return size. im talking about timewarp and other bugs in the bitcoin protocol"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T11:31Z 1197 followers, XXX engagements

"@flaming_hodl people who believe bitcoin will DIE from innocuous spam may push a contentious fork"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T12:10Z 1199 followers, XXX engagements

"@flaming_hodl nearly all the work on bitcoin core is under this 'maintenance' umbrella that fact has been drown out amongst a sea of CSAM tweets"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T12:13Z 1199 followers, XXX engagements

"@InQuisitive138 thats great and all but the point is your next version of knots will have nearly all the v30 code changes that luke and matt are telling you are from an evil bitcoin core"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T12:15Z 1199 followers, XX engagements

"@flaming_hodl @BainterSAT @peterktodd @LukeDashjr im referring to the ('great') consensus cleanup proposal that fixes bitcoin existing protocol these other soft fork proposals are not fixing bitcoins existing protocol they are changing it"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T12:19Z 1199 followers, XXX engagements

"@flaming_hodl we had a spam attack for X years that filled blocks drove up fees spikes erratically etc. and where is its acceptability and value and adoption since then bitcoin is fine spam is no threat"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T13:13Z 1197 followers, XX engagements

"@flaming_hodl there isnt a devil that we dont know nothing new is possible with v30 dont let them tell you otherwise"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T13:17Z 1198 followers, XXX engagements

"@AmethystWizard @start9labs @MattHill 'people just don't want to unnecessarily host child porn on their personal computers' i mean i dont either. but here we are. running bitcoin nodes regardless"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T15:05Z 1199 followers, XX engagements

"@14g23h34 bitcoin core doesnt want a fork for spam and isnt talking about a fork for spam luke mechanic chris and others on the other hand"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T15:08Z 1199 followers, XX engagements

"@AmethystWizard @start9labs @MattHill i have no idea how many people actually tried to put CSAM on the blockchain. its quite possible that it is very few people and they have XXX% success rate but the point is its already possible. has already been done. bitcoin core v3 doesnt change whats possible. and we're fine"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T15:12Z 1200 followers, XX engagements

"break a bitcoin knots node runner's brain with this one question: 'where will nearly all of the new code in next version of knots come from'"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-14T14:03Z 1201 followers, 5703 engagements

"@constructdisrup @satflation @adam3us @giacomozucco @LukeDashjr such a public statement for each core dev im not aware of 'for each' since many dont even speak much or at all publicly murch said he works in bitcoin to make bitcoin the worlds money in a tweet in the last few weeks pieter wuille posted in his stack exchange answer similar"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-14T17:44Z 1200 followers, XXX engagements

"ive been engaging with a lot of filter proponents recently. what theyve pointed out and ive come around to it. the worst case with the higher default op return limit that is 4x more expensive and makes blocks smaller and doesnt pollute the UTXO set is. spammers use it"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-14T18:31Z 1201 followers, 17.7K engagements

"@Brandonwords bitcoin core changed a default value in one policy setting in the code the tweets from knots and bitcoin samson edition are about changing the bitcoin protocol itself"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T13:05Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements

"@MundokAdam @start9labs @MattHill no thats what they are saying. csam will kill bitcoin. otherwise why would they go to the extreme action of maybe doing a protocol change"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T15:14Z 1199 followers, XX engagements

"@MundokAdam @start9labs @MattHill its not gaslighting to post the stated intentions of the people who recently are proposing a protocol change to bitcoin its not gaslighting to point out that their whole motivation stems from thinking bitcoin is weak and that spam is a threat to it"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T16:00Z 1201 followers, XX engagements

"@cguida6 @ProofOfCash @darosior @giacomozucco @phyrooo @garland_key @satflation @adam3us @rleder @LukeDashjr @GrassFedBitcoin @Pledditor @murchandamus can you tell me how my node being relayed a large consensus valid op return is a DoS on my node"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T17:05Z 1201 followers, XX engagements

"@Wilsonwilson_2 as long as no one was hoping that these never-change-bitcoin implementations were never going to change bitcoin"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T17:48Z 1199 followers, XX engagements

"guys bitcoin core developers are shouting from the rooftops to upgrade even to XXXX methinks perhaps we should"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T17:52Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements

"@kyletorpey @StirlingForge 'The default value of a transaction relay policy setting changing War' - by @BitMEXResearch"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T17:53Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements

"@StirlingForge @kyletorpey knots leaders at literally working on multiple soft fork ideas to change bitcoin note: soft forks change what bitcoin is via the bitcoin protocol. policy default values changing in one software does not"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T18:11Z 1199 followers, XX engagements

"@ndeet @cguida6 @giacomozucco @darosior @phyrooo @garland_key @satflation @adam3us @rleder @LukeDashjr @Pledditor @murchandamus it sounds like you're describing an adversary with infinite money to spend forever on bitcoin transaction fees the 2023 spam attack basically went for X years. and we now have lower fees and higher adoption price tech etc than ever"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T19:31Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements

"@Thecowsmeow1 theres infinite ways to embed data in bitcoin"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T08:25Z 1201 followers, XX engagements

"@bigjeff1430726 enjoy running the 100s of code changes from bitcoin core v30 in your next version of knots"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T08:26Z 1201 followers, XX engagements

"@Michael64930226 yes wait you mean the bugs in the existing bitcoin protocol right like satoshi's off by one error in the difficulty adjustment right"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T08:27Z 1201 followers, XX engagements

"@owei618775 dont believe the propagandists. spam cant kill bitcoin"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T08:28Z 1201 followers, XX engagements

"@bighatclub @tedcarrofficial @w_s_bitcoin im not addressing anyones concern with the default value here im saying the default config value can be changed in v30. and that there are 100s of other changes in there"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T08:32Z 1201 followers, XX engagements

"@Hugo_Ramos @flaming_hodl most releases of bitcoin core do not have bitcoin protocol changes or soft forks in them new versions of software have software improvements in them as well"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T08:41Z 1201 followers, XX engagements

"@Brandonwords you dont need to 'trust' anything in my reply. they are all verifiable facts. the fact that you choose to reply with this 'trust' 'majority' believe' blabber shows youre not interested in the facts relevant to the incorrect opinion you just spouted that was thoroughly rebutted"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T09:48Z 1202 followers, XX engagements

"@coryklippsten @Bitcoin @TraceMayer"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T10:02Z 1202 followers, XXX engagements

"@ndeet @giacomozucco @cguida6 @darosior @phyrooo @garland_key @satflation @adam3us @rleder @LukeDashjr @Pledditor we had X years of this basically bitcoin thriving more than ever"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T13:15Z 1202 followers, XX engagements

"@oomahq @giacomozucco @coinjoined @start9labs @adam3us @MattHill core devs dont seem to believe much in either of these things "the security budget" "mining needs to be profitable""
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T08:57Z 1203 followers, XXX engagements

"@giacomozucco @coinjoined @start9labs @adam3us @MattHill it seems core lost tolerance for luke only recently when he said that bitcoin core needs to DIE. do you have other more credible examples preferably that show core being even more intolerant to even higher level contributors than what happened with hearn/garzik/gavin"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T09:12Z 1202 followers, XX engagements

"@oomahq @giacomozucco @coinjoined @start9labs @adam3us @MattHill honestly citation still needed here"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T09:16Z 1202 followers, XXX engagements

"bitcoin core developers looking at the node counts knowing everyone is running their code even during a civil opposing side taking their code nearly wholesale samson's opportunistic clone node implementation will use bitcoin core continues to have the most secure code"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T12:05Z 1203 followers, XXX engagements

"@adam3us @Jethroe111 safest is probably wait a few weeks and run bitcoin core v30 with whatever datacarrier setting make you feel good then virtue signal post on twitter about never running it for the likes perhaps thats what george is doing actually"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T12:17Z 1203 followers, XX engagements

"@alpacasw @stephanlivera lets be clear here spam has actually driven bitcoin transaction fees DOWN"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T12:26Z 1200 followers, XX engagements

"@start9labs @MattHill its too bad people are so afraid of spam and believe bitcoin is so weak that they need to change what bitcoin is in order for it to survive"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T14:28Z 1205 followers, 18.8K engagements

"'KNoTs oNLy uSEs FraGMenTs of CoRE'"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T19:30Z 1205 followers, XXX engagements

"chat are we all just being misled for months"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-13T18:27Z 1205 followers, 30K engagements

"@sndmnystckr enjoy playing with your XX and other atomic numbers"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T08:46Z 1203 followers, XX engagements

"@MrHodl @oomahq @coinjoined @giacomozucco @start9labs @adam3us @MattHill never attribute to a X letter agency that which is adequately explained by knot brain rot"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T11:55Z 1203 followers, XX engagements

"every implementation on this list is running almost entirely bitcoin core code near all the new code in knots nodes comes from core but yeah 'fuck off' core"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T11:21Z 1205 followers, 8870 engagements

"thinking spam can kill bitcoin is a cuck move"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T21:20Z 1205 followers, XXX engagements

"@MajorianBTC 'All it takes is one anonymous malicious miner' always has been"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T10:55Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@coryklippsten @darosior cory we are in 2025 not 2015. there is so much tooling around bitcoin that people can use bitcoin however bitcoin can be used. not how core happens to support something"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T20:16Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@rleder Ocean is a great pool that anyone can use can all of what i said still be true tho"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T10:47Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@oomahq @giacomozucco @soloyopee @adam3us @csuwildcat @coinjoined @start9labs @MattHill is there any evidence of 1) other than their terms of service saying they could do it and everything thinking they should be doing it the amount of formats the content could be in and the number of encoding schemes and the amount of content they would have to check against"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T10:52Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@Cipherhoodlum just nearly all of bitcoin core v30 code with a different logo"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T10:54Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@parman_the If youre pro ossification youd be well at home in Bitcoin core. Most code changes are bugfixes performance documentation build system etcetera"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T20:57Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@NickSzabo4 @cguida6 @adam3us @LordNakamotoX @LukeDashjr the threats from arbitrary data in bitcoin due to its arbitrary scripting capabilities are infinite and present since XXX the novel threats to bitcoin as it grows are splitting the bitcoin community fracturing dev resources stifling progress on all fronts perpetual infighting"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T10:17Z 1204 followers, 14K engagements

"@ralflmuller what do you mean the main bitcoin protocol proposal from core devs lately is the consensus cleanup which just fixes the bugs in the bitcoin protocol"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-16T16:48Z 1204 followers, XX engagements

"@Jethroe111 right. youll just run bitcoin core v30's code with some tweaks"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T12:12Z 1204 followers, XXX engagements

"@zamir591582 @MajorianBTC"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T10:55Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@Cipherhoodlum high fees are an inevitability if bitcoin is going to be successful"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T19:22Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@Cipherhoodlum great so a heavily used bitcoin chain will have high fees and kill bitcoin"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T19:55Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@simulxxx great so thats the case when min relay default was 1"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T20:02Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@soloyopee @csuwildcat @giacomozucco @adam3us @oomahq @coinjoined @start9labs @MattHill i think the point is that no such filtering engine exists"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T18:46Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"core: err on the side of preserving bitcoin's crucial decentralization property knots: perpetual whack a mole against infinite ways to embed data move to a series of soft forks to change bitcoin. all for spam that is no threat to bitcoin"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T09:56Z 1205 followers, 25.1K engagements

"its incredible. luke & mechanic are portraying knots as a 'dont change bitcoin' implementation samson is conjuring a new 'unchangeable' implementation THIS WEEK both are pushing soft fork proposals to change bitcoin while bitcoin core just wants to fix bugs in the protocol"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T11:09Z 1205 followers, 27.1K engagements

"nah the fork is being discussed cause filters dont work Wow why are you saying filters dont work Because youll need a fork to stop this Im not forking you shitcoin spam apologist 6 months later We need to fork"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T13:52Z 1205 followers, 43K engagements

"@NickSzabo4 @adam3us @colbyserpa @csuwildcat @ocean_mining here is an article about the content already being stored in bitcoin"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-15T17:55Z 1205 followers, 21.1K engagements

"imagine if ocean just * didnt reinvent stratum v2 due to their accidental misunderstanding of it * focused on being a mining pool and not a bitcoin node implementation * worked with core instead of attacked it * quietly built without histrionics * . wait thats DMND pool"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-17T09:04Z 1205 followers, 4682 engagements

"@barackomaba spam cant kill bitcoin"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T20:08Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@Arthur_van_Pelt Everyone wants Bitcoin as money Only some are lying about their softwares dependencies in the process"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T20:41Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

"@Shireh0dl Bitcoin is. We all abide by its rules. Unless theres broad consensus to change its protocol"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T21:30Z 1205 followers, XXX engagements

"@snednode enjoy"
X Link @_DavidSFreeman 2025-10-18T22:56Z 1205 followers, XX engagements

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