Bitcoin Core Is Under Attack! | July 2025 Update

Yo, what's up Strategists! In this video, I go over the recent OP_RETURN changes in the #Bitcoin Core software, why I think they happened, and what you can do to defend against them.

Is Bitcoin Core Under Attack?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BujRNFzA2Hk

How to run Knots:

Knots Run-through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BujRNFzA2Hk

- (Easy) Directly: https://bitcoinknots.org/
- (Easy) Umbrel: https://umbrel.com/
- (Easy) Start9: https://start9.com/
- (Intermediate) Run on Linux server: https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/releases/tag/v28.1.knots20250305
- (Advanced) Compile & run from source: https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/

Sources:

[0]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32406
[1]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32406/files#diff-192d2c9fcde15851707d110c46980c9d33b7f2a0648f03c74419b80ec6b76d72
[2]: https://x.com/LukeDashjr/status/1933270794521764260
[3]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28408
[4]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28217
[5]: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5539943.msg65331405#msg65331405
[6]: https://x.com/Excellion/status/1919484628601131218
[7]: https://x.com/saifedean/status/1923850566574407953
[8]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBoc3y6uRiU
[9]: https://coin.dance/nodes

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:37 Fist, What's Bitcoin Core and What's a Node?
02:35 What Happened With Core?
06:55 Bitcoin Mentality Isn't Crypto Mentality
08:11 What Can I Do to Fight Bitcoin Spam?
11:24 In Short (Summary)

Thanks!