“Every change to bitcoin is an attack on Bitcoin.”
This misses the most elegant aspect of bitcoin’s ability to align self interest with common interest.
Bitcoin’s design elegance is though consensus of the longest chain, guided by incentives, nothing more.
The consensus ossifies that which better serves the individual interests of the many and can adapt in the same way.
if someone wants to double the supply cap to 42M and propose that change in the protocol, that cuts against the interest of holder. so 21M is immutable in practice, even though it’s completely possible to do so.
if blown out OP return serves you, run 30
if it doesn’t, don’t
if you want arbitrary data 0 or infinite, advocate for why it serves a persons interest.
do whatever serves your interests
Participate in the process of consensus
i take actions tbs serve my interests, and regardless of how that consensus aligns with my interests, i don’t give a fuck because i care about being on the longest chain. that’s my ultimate interest in bitcoin.
I hate a lot of things the protocol allows as valid.
I also hate that the protocol doesn’t give me10% of every transaction.
satoshi consensus is good at sorting through self interest to find alignment with common interest.
so participate and let the chips fall where they may, listen to the first free market every.
hylomorphic / Neal
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2026-02-22 16:18:42 UTC
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