{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1rv5ajnhgrc0wq3ulrk6tcjkgsaq8h4rs5rtsvrnklz4j0lw40egqphc5wt","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1rv5ajnhgrc0wq3ulrk6tcjkgsaq8h4rs5rtsvrnklz4j0lw40egqphc5wt","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2015-06-18\n📝 Original message:\u003e2) Changes to the consensus rules: As others have said, this isn't \nanyone's decision for anyone else.  It's up to each individual user as \nto what code they run and what rules they enforce.  So then why is \neveryone so up in arms about what Mike and Gavin are proposing if \neveryone is free to decide for themselves?\n\nBecause the notion that people are free to decide for themselves is just \na rough approximation of the real world situation.  If your software \ndoes not agree with merchants and exchanges you can't pay your bills and \nif Bitcoin splits the exchange rate could plummet and damage the \necosystem.   People are free to decide within the constraints of the \nBitcoin system.\n\nRuss"}