{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub17ty4mumkv43w8wtt0xsz2jypck0gvw0j8xrcg6tpea25z2nh7meqf4qgyd","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub17ty4mumkv43w8wtt0xsz2jypck0gvw0j8xrcg6tpea25z2nh7meqf4qgyd","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2015-07-22\n📝 Original message:Hi Pieter,\n\nI think a core area of disagreement is this:\n\n\u003e Bitcoin Core is not running the Bitcoin economy, and its developers have\n\u003e no authority to set its rules.\n\u003e\nIn fact Bitcoin Core is running the Bitcoin economy, and its developers do\nhave the authority to set its rules. This is enforced by the reality of\n~100% market share and limited github commit access.\n\nYou may not like this situation, but it is what it is. By refusing to make\na release with different rules, people who disagree are faced with only two\noptions:\n\n1. Swallow it even if they hate it\n2. Fork the project and fork the block chain with it (XT)\n\nThere are no alternatives. People who object to (2) are inherently\nsuggesting (1) is the only acceptable path, which not surprisingly, makes a\nlot of people very angry.\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20150722/36316a52/attachment.html\u003e"}