I disagree partially. The bitcoin protocol does not need to change to continue to function. The software only needs to implement the protocol, and yes software typically needs to support changes to associated libraries, operating systems and hardware. There also is no need to keep bitcoin limited to one implementation as long as its compatible with the underlying protocol. The only need to change the protocol comes when there is widespread demand to scale differently than presently it is capable such as taproot. If there is a "breaking.change" to the protocol, this is a fork and is evident by the behavior of the markets and the network.
“If someone wants to change #Bitcoin in a way that is detrimental to even a minority of the Bitcoin users, they're probably going to be unsuccessful because there's going to be vehement pushback… software doesn't really break. If you had a piece of perfect software, would continue to work forever if it were kept in the same environment. The problem is in computers that the entire environment keeps changing around the software that has been written. this is sort of the maintenance work where I think it would just be a death sentence to stop making changes to the software, because we don't live on an island, don't live isolated and can keep the whole world staying the same forever.” - nostr:npub1j5mp526z5fkz9wkrk6mt5nzu43xndyrwkr8mnqngdqwytgcpc5vqcnsd5c on nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8
https://v.nostr.build/TqOElqlApdF2KAVJ.mp4 nostr:note1wgpuzcr2gs8tnng9ts7sf7pyv5dtdpgvm7tjjryxkw7ysdlts6qqv7967r
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