[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @TheBlueMatt Matt Corallo 🟠Matt Corallo 🟠posts on X about bitcoin, decentralized, transaction, trust in the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::256755545/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXXX +203% - X Months XXXXXXX +386% - X Year XXXXXXXXX +11% ### Mentions: X [#](/creator/twitter::256755545/posts_active)  - X Month XX +64% - X Months XX +3.10% - X Year XXX -XX% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::256755545/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.05% - X Month XXXXXX +0.29% - X Months XXXXXX +2.40% - X Year XXXXXX +6% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::256755545/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::256755545/influence) --- **Social category influence** [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) [finance](/list/finance) [stocks](/list/stocks) **Social topic influence** [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin), [decentralized](/topic/decentralized), [transaction](/topic/transaction), [trust in](/topic/trust-in), [cryptocurrency](/topic/cryptocurrency), [a very](/topic/a-very), [hoops](/topic/hoops), [lightning](/topic/lightning), [build a](/topic/build-a), [devs](/topic/devs) **Top assets mentioned** [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::256755545/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "If you only learn one thing about the OP_RETURN drama make it this. From a network perspective the most important risk to Bitcoins longevity is mining centralization by far. Just when were on the cusp of making transaction selection decentralized with Braidpool P2PoolV2 Sv2 and DATUM along comes a desire for strange policy-violating transactions (mostly 4MB inscriptions). If a miner simply taking a full node off the shelf cannot build a competitive block template with no effort these efforts will simply fail. (Where competitive means within something like XXX% remember were comparing to" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1975911776853295192) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-08T13:10Z 77.4K followers, 191.8K engagements "ETF My Keys Daddy I honestly think this should be required watching for bitcoin devs building today. Also helpful for everyone to understand where things are going. Even if it doesnt change any of the decisions you make for your products we have a collective responsibility to understand and be honest about what were building towards" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979222488371597587) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-17T16:26Z 77.4K followers, 11.1K engagements "@cguida6 I have no problem with liquid I do have a problem with people talking up how a system with custodians is "self-custody"" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979503645067755583) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-18T11:03Z 77.4K followers, XXX engagements "Says the guy who is building a wallet that puts total trust in an anonymous federation and the lies about it to his users calling it self-custody" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979243880483819777) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-17T17:51Z 77.3K followers, 24.1K engagements "How is it that @netflix s in-AppleTV app account link instructions are wrong You have to actually talk to support on the phone to get the right link (netflix/atv) and the one displayed (netflix/appletv) shows a generic (and broken) account management page" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979332068258779547) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-17T23:41Z 77.3K followers, 2258 engagements "Ark + LN's trust model is only "come online every N months to roll over so the LSP doesn't sweep your funds". Its not perfect but during the N months there is no counterparty trust at all. As for your top-level comment hybrid solutions like graduated wallets allow users to not get (materially) rugged when regulators come knocking which I think is an important feature. If regulators don't come knocking (because graduated wallets avoid storing a ton of funds in a custodial system) then great they compete on UX with the custodial platform If they do then it prevents a huge rug. In terms of Ark +" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979504685565587607) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-18T11:07Z 77.3K followers, 2089 engagements "I dont think we disagree fundamentally but with meaningful decentralization of the platforms in use requiring that entire exit to L1 is much less a concern and the cost amortization holds. Worth pointing out cause some morons are gonna respond this isnt specific to bitcoin every cryptocurrency with any meaningful use and any meaningful decentralization has the same problem. Its really quite fundamental" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979541989424271860) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-18T13:36Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements "I don't buy this in the slightest. Yes the UX bar is set by custodial/trusted platforms (I mentioned that in the talk) but suggesting the response to that should be "well every bitcoiner is just gonna use custodial/trusted platforms except for a very select few" is absurd. Yes there's a few bitcoiners who are willing to jump through UX hoops to use something actually self-custodial but its almost none. Increasingly bitcoiners want to actually *use* bitcoin and its starting to be the case that there isn't even an option to pay on chain - its lightning or "sorry you don't have bitcoin or at" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979599264394440951) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-18T17:23Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements "Sure I agree mining centralization is also a major concern in Bitcoin but not everyone can afford a Lightning channel (as I mention above on-chain isnt even always an option anymore to use Bitcoin these days it has to be Lightning). Shoving our collective heads in the sand isnt a solution" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979604819037057055) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-18T17:45Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements "I dont agree at all that we have to resort to trust to have a good UX. I get why people think that (self-custodial LN even two years ago was terrible) but its very possible to do. Look at Phoenix the UX is pretty good the biggest issue is just high fees but if more devs were willing to compete (mostly willing to operate an LSP) folks could experiment with different fee models to build a competitive UX (eg sell Bitcoin and use that to subsidize the LSP)" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979661725063692444) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-18T21:31Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements "@oomahq @Yashraj__ @btcplusplus River had an estimate a year or two ago but LN has grown incredibly fast since" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979661987564109990) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-18T21:32Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements "@oomahq @Yashraj__ @btcplusplus Cause it might not have been clear the 10-30% figure is transaction count not volume but in terms of how people use bitcoin Id argue that matters more" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979681549064036653) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-18T22:50Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements "IMO there are two big issues in bitcoin to solve: 1) mining decentralization it sounds like we agree on this. Its a big issue but luckily there are some devs working on it and making some progress. 2) wallet decentralization + privacy. You mention privacy explicitly but if all wallets are trustodial/custodial we can't make progress here - the trusted entity is going to eventually break privacy to comply with regulatory demands. Yes maybe we can "win" later but the trend has been in the wrong direction nearly constantly for the last several years and I don't see a lot of devs paying attention" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1979905609622601786) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-19T13:40Z 77.4K followers, 2675 engagements "Grantees are free to do whatever they want in their own projects. I strongly recommend spending the time on bolt XX not just because it gives us blinded paths but also because theyre reusable a readout important feature bitcoiners miss from the on-chain UX. LDK has a lot of freestanding utilities that you can use to support BOLT XX without a ton of implementation work happy to discuss more if youre interested" [X Link](https://x.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1980225674607824897) [@TheBlueMatt](/creator/x/TheBlueMatt) 2025-10-20T10:52Z 77.4K followers, XX engagements
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@TheBlueMatt Matt Corallo ðŸŸ
Matt Corallo 🟠posts on X about bitcoin, decentralized, transaction, trust in the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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- X Month XXXXXXX +203%
- X Months XXXXXXX +386%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX +11%
Mentions: X #
- X Month XX +64%
- X Months XX +3.10%
- X Year XXX -XX%
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Social category influence cryptocurrencies finance stocks
Social topic influence bitcoin, decentralized, transaction, trust in, cryptocurrency, a very, hoops, lightning, build a, devs
Top assets mentioned Bitcoin (BTC)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"If you only learn one thing about the OP_RETURN drama make it this. From a network perspective the most important risk to Bitcoins longevity is mining centralization by far. Just when were on the cusp of making transaction selection decentralized with Braidpool P2PoolV2 Sv2 and DATUM along comes a desire for strange policy-violating transactions (mostly 4MB inscriptions). If a miner simply taking a full node off the shelf cannot build a competitive block template with no effort these efforts will simply fail. (Where competitive means within something like XXX% remember were comparing to"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-08T13:10Z 77.4K followers, 191.8K engagements
"ETF My Keys Daddy I honestly think this should be required watching for bitcoin devs building today. Also helpful for everyone to understand where things are going. Even if it doesnt change any of the decisions you make for your products we have a collective responsibility to understand and be honest about what were building towards"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-17T16:26Z 77.4K followers, 11.1K engagements
"@cguida6 I have no problem with liquid I do have a problem with people talking up how a system with custodians is "self-custody""
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-18T11:03Z 77.4K followers, XXX engagements
"Says the guy who is building a wallet that puts total trust in an anonymous federation and the lies about it to his users calling it self-custody"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-17T17:51Z 77.3K followers, 24.1K engagements
"How is it that @netflix s in-AppleTV app account link instructions are wrong You have to actually talk to support on the phone to get the right link (netflix/atv) and the one displayed (netflix/appletv) shows a generic (and broken) account management page"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-17T23:41Z 77.3K followers, 2258 engagements
"Ark + LN's trust model is only "come online every N months to roll over so the LSP doesn't sweep your funds". Its not perfect but during the N months there is no counterparty trust at all. As for your top-level comment hybrid solutions like graduated wallets allow users to not get (materially) rugged when regulators come knocking which I think is an important feature. If regulators don't come knocking (because graduated wallets avoid storing a ton of funds in a custodial system) then great they compete on UX with the custodial platform If they do then it prevents a huge rug. In terms of Ark +"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-18T11:07Z 77.3K followers, 2089 engagements
"I dont think we disagree fundamentally but with meaningful decentralization of the platforms in use requiring that entire exit to L1 is much less a concern and the cost amortization holds. Worth pointing out cause some morons are gonna respond this isnt specific to bitcoin every cryptocurrency with any meaningful use and any meaningful decentralization has the same problem. Its really quite fundamental"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-18T13:36Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements
"I don't buy this in the slightest. Yes the UX bar is set by custodial/trusted platforms (I mentioned that in the talk) but suggesting the response to that should be "well every bitcoiner is just gonna use custodial/trusted platforms except for a very select few" is absurd. Yes there's a few bitcoiners who are willing to jump through UX hoops to use something actually self-custodial but its almost none. Increasingly bitcoiners want to actually use bitcoin and its starting to be the case that there isn't even an option to pay on chain - its lightning or "sorry you don't have bitcoin or at"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-18T17:23Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Sure I agree mining centralization is also a major concern in Bitcoin but not everyone can afford a Lightning channel (as I mention above on-chain isnt even always an option anymore to use Bitcoin these days it has to be Lightning). Shoving our collective heads in the sand isnt a solution"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-18T17:45Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements
"I dont agree at all that we have to resort to trust to have a good UX. I get why people think that (self-custodial LN even two years ago was terrible) but its very possible to do. Look at Phoenix the UX is pretty good the biggest issue is just high fees but if more devs were willing to compete (mostly willing to operate an LSP) folks could experiment with different fee models to build a competitive UX (eg sell Bitcoin and use that to subsidize the LSP)"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-18T21:31Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@oomahq @Yashraj__ @btcplusplus River had an estimate a year or two ago but LN has grown incredibly fast since"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-18T21:32Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@oomahq @Yashraj__ @btcplusplus Cause it might not have been clear the 10-30% figure is transaction count not volume but in terms of how people use bitcoin Id argue that matters more"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-18T22:50Z 77.3K followers, XXX engagements
"IMO there are two big issues in bitcoin to solve: 1) mining decentralization it sounds like we agree on this. Its a big issue but luckily there are some devs working on it and making some progress. 2) wallet decentralization + privacy. You mention privacy explicitly but if all wallets are trustodial/custodial we can't make progress here - the trusted entity is going to eventually break privacy to comply with regulatory demands. Yes maybe we can "win" later but the trend has been in the wrong direction nearly constantly for the last several years and I don't see a lot of devs paying attention"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-19T13:40Z 77.4K followers, 2675 engagements
"Grantees are free to do whatever they want in their own projects. I strongly recommend spending the time on bolt XX not just because it gives us blinded paths but also because theyre reusable a readout important feature bitcoiners miss from the on-chain UX. LDK has a lot of freestanding utilities that you can use to support BOLT XX without a ton of implementation work happy to discuss more if youre interested"
X Link @TheBlueMatt 2025-10-20T10:52Z 77.4K followers, XX engagements