{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1kf0ppcjaguxekg24yx6smgxlu73qn0k8lm0t2wrqc0scpl7u3sgsmf3f58","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1kf0ppcjaguxekg24yx6smgxlu73qn0k8lm0t2wrqc0scpl7u3sgsmf3f58","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2015-07-22\n📝 Original message:I wouldn't go quite that far.  The reality is somewhere in the middle, as\nBryan Cheng noted in this thread:\n\nQuoting BC,\n\u003e Upgrading to a version of Bitcoin Core that is incompatible with your\nideals is in no way a forced choice, as you have stated in your email;\nforks, alternative clients, or staying on an older version are all valid\nchoices. If the majority of the network chooses not to endorse a specific\nchange, then the majority of the network will continue to operate just fine\nwithout it, and properly structured consensus rules will pull the minority\nalong as well.\n\nThe developers *propose* a new version, by publishing a new release.  The\nindividual network nodes choose to accept or reject that.\n\nSo I respectfully disagree with \"core devs don't control the network\" and\n\"core devs control the network\" both.\n\nThere are checks-and-balances that make the system work.  Consensus is most\nstrongly measured by user actions after software release.  If the\ndevelopers fail to reflect user consensus, the network will let us know.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Mike Hearn via bitcoin-dev \u003c\nbitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\u003e wrote:\n\n\u003e Hi Pieter,\n\u003e\n\u003e I think a core area of disagreement is this:\n\u003e\n\u003e\u003e Bitcoin Core is not running the Bitcoin economy, and its developers have\n\u003e\u003e no authority to set its rules.\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e In fact Bitcoin Core is running the Bitcoin economy, and its developers do\n\u003e have the authority to set its rules. This is enforced by the reality of\n\u003e ~100% market share and limited github commit access.\n\u003e\n\u003e You may not like this situation, but it is what it is. By refusing to make\n\u003e a release with different rules, people who disagree are faced with only two\n\u003e options:\n\u003e\n\u003e 1. Swallow it even if they hate it\n\u003e 2. Fork the project and fork the block chain with it (XT)\n\u003e\n\u003e There are no alternatives. People who object to (2) are inherently\n\u003e suggesting (1) is the only acceptable path, which not surprisingly, makes a\n\u003e lot of people very angry.\n\u003e\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e bitcoin-dev mailing list\n\u003e bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\n\u003e https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev\n\u003e\n\u003e\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20150722/f4c37787/attachment-0001.html\u003e"}