i prefer to not have daddy core tell me what i can and can’t do. luke is not ruling bitcoin by giving node runners more options. have fun fear mongering. free knots marketing
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I mean if that change ever went through and it was that important to you, you could maintain a single reverted patch on top core instead of 1300+ changes. Seems safer… but depends on your tolerance for running unreviewed code
here is a link so you can review yourself: https://bitcoinknots.org/files/28.x/28.1.knots20250305/bitcoin-28.1.knots20250305.desc.html
but please keep me safe daddy tell me what to do daddy
I wonder if a code review contract could be baked into the protocol for protocol changes. For example, with every halving, a doubling of reviews by previous committers is required. Eventually it results in it being near impossible to make changes to the software and the network ossifies as the bulk of committers die off.
I guess that would add a perverse incentive to frantically get new people to contribute just for the sake of keeping open the possibility of contributions. So nevermind.
There is nothing sacred about code review but I guess it's what we've got.