Bitcoin is human desire for truth. Manifest in a unique sw/ hw system that binds the physical world (energy) with the political world of humans (money) via numbers (cryptography). Once discovered now, no going back. It's too simplistic to say 'bitcoin is code'. BitcoinCore and its contributors are a convenience, not the essence.
Bitcoin is code. The people who maintain and add features to the code can be interfered with. Users always have a choice not to run newer implementations of the code but that also requires users understanding Bitcoin well. Understanding has decreased since the last big challenge to the code base in 2017 with the introduction, by evangelistic 'orange pilling' of many shallow, influencer led Bitcoiners. The struggle to keep Bitcoin 'true' is an ongoing one, and also the layers built on top of it. I see nostr:nprofile1qqs9336p4f3sctdrtft2wlqaq5upjz9azpgylhfd3dplwf005mfrr9spzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj7spz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kueg6g89xw and the nostr:nprofile1qqs0rxy6jmt44guxkny8z4pkym9mxckqxfytygxuntjn6l80hj409sgpzfmhxue69uhky6t5wd6xzcmt9eshquqpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ucpzamhxue69uhkxcfwdaexzmn8v4cxjmrv9ejx2asult5ph as highly suspect players in the world of Bitcoin developer funding.
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