The thing about the stability of systems, is it has absolutely nothing to do with ossification and everything to do with adaptability. People misunderstand this to their peril. In all domains: politics, economics, and yes: bitcoin.
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Can it generate the same output despite environmental changes? This is not the same as adaptability; this is adaptability constrained by consistency in output. The ultimate adaptability outcome for Bitcoin is fiat. Thatβs not useful, so you implicitly disregard it. The ultimate adaptability in the universe is entropy. That doesnβt mean we view life as good if it immediately conforms with this outcome. I donβt think ossification vs adaptability is a useful frame in general. Principles vs pragmatism is a better framing of what I think you are trying to get at.
Agree. When stability and adaptability are both desired in a system you are basically just back to describing tradeoffs.