one advantage of smaller communities is that consensus isn't as difficult to establish.
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But that comes with a long list of disadvantages; lack of discourse , fewer eyes on the code etc ,but I am sure you are well aware of this.
everything is tradeoffs
if a project prematurely ossifies
but without the features it needs to protect its value proposition,
it's over.
then we can only fork it and start over.
I agree that ossification is a challenge, but I don’t see how it can be entirely avoided. Projects that evolve indefinitely without clear goalposts risk losing users trust. People value predictability. Privacy should be default, stable, and easy to use, not something that requires constant relearning every year.
yeah
there aren't any clear answers are there?
there's room for conversation about governance here also...
its naive to think open source projects don't have de facto governance structures. the greater community pretending its taboo only prevents those "goalposts" you talk about.
it increases unclarity about what function the project serves.
i think this is a problem with both Bitcoin and Monero
but Monero can still kinda get away with it because its so much smaller.
on Bitcoin it just means nothing can change, ie premature ossification.
Be water, my friend. - Bruce Lee
this was my favorite one of those
Bruce Lee’s philosophy and discipline have always resonated with me. 🥋