According to @shishirpai, Lithos operates as a mining pool where miners submit lower-difficulty shares to the pool, and when a solution meets network difficulty the pool submits the block to the chain and distributes rewards to contributing miners. Source: @shishirpai on X https://twitter.com/shishirpai/status/1992645376084680876 According to @shishirpai, miners may run nodes but those nodes typically do not submit blocks, so only block-producing entities meaningfully influence the network and transaction inclusion. Source: @shishirpai on X https://twitter.com/shishirpai/status/1992645376084680876 According to @shishirpai, for market participants evaluating decentralization and potential censorship exposure, the practical focus should be on who actually submits blocks at the pool level rather than the number of connected miner nodes. Source: @shishirpai on X https://twitter.com/shishirpai/status/1992645376084680876 According to @shishirpai, there is uncertainty about whether Lithos deviates from this standard pool model and details should be confirmed with project representatives. Source: @shishirpai on X https://twitter.com/shishirpai/status/1992645376084680876

According to the author, the dilution of cypherpunk values in cryptocurrency could negatively affect market sentiment and trading volumes for BTC and ETH, citing Coinbase's political sponsorships and FTX's corruption as examples that may heighten regulatory scrutiny and investor caution.

According to Eric Balchunas, the term 'Suitcoiners' refers to ETF, government, and institutional buyers of Bitcoin. Some market participants express concerns that these Suitcoiners could potentially threaten Bitcoin's decentralized structure if they were to act in collusion. However, Balchunas argues that similar concentration fears were raised in traditional stock voting systems without materializing into significant structural changes. For traders, this highlights that while institutional inflows may increase Bitcoin's price stability and liquidity, concerns over centralization remain largely theoretical at this stage (source: Eric Balchunas, Twitter, May 2, 2025).