No Bitcoin dev should get a PR merged until they have become a historian to the extent that they understand the fate of empires that broke their money and the human psychology that fed the demise. They need to understand that they are the stewards of the best opportunity humanity has ever had for hard money that can survive across generations. This is not to be taken lightly. They need to think in terms of centuries. It’s longer your little software project that you get to fiddle with. It’s been adopted by people for their families and for future generations.

Now, if they mess it up, which is easier than they think, they’re no better than the kings, emperors, and senates that took down their empires from within by undermining the money of the people. This is ours to lose at this point. We should see this as an attack, and they will come in all forms. Maybe this one is not orchestrated, and maybe it’s not with malice. But those with long vision and low time preference need to call it what it is.