About to record working title āDemystifying and Understanding Bitcoin Core Developmentā with some awesome guests.
Do you guys have any questions that would help you understand whatās going on, how its done, FUD, etcā¦?
Discussion
Current FUD from MSM about how āsmall number of devs can just change the codeā and presumably they think weāll all upgradeā¦ but would be good to have a solid discussion on why thatās not the case, and what core devs can do easily via whatās very hard for them to do without consensus
Second thisāthe campaign from Ripple and Greenpeace, echoed by OpEd writers, about six people to āchange the codeā and make Bitcoin PoS, or do anything else, is obnoxious FUD. But dispelling that in simple terms would be very helpful.
Please debunk the FUD about a centralisation of contributors, and also discuss if, to what degree, there is any risk around the limitations/risks of future contributions. Ta mate
I still donāt entirely get derivation path. Why canāt the same seed words be useable on any wallet?
I would cover some of aspects of the Blockchain Wars as the history of development is useless without understanding what anchors it.
Id love to hear a bit about what like a day or a week in the trenches working on bitcoin core is like day in day out. Does the job feel isolating and alone or is it the opposite where there is lots of people willing to help when you find issues?
How does the general direction of development go is it just based on what the developers feel like or what they see online or just what requests seem the most popular
Iād also be interested if the thing weāve ādiscoveredā about segwit and taproot after the fact (inscriptionsā¦) have changed attitudes against ācool but very complicated so few understandā changes in core
IMO it should continuously get harder and harder to change core, to the point that only changes that avoid catastrophic badness can get in (I mean Consensus, Standardness, not QT UI fixes)
In what degree can it be used as an attack vector? How antifragile is the Bitcoin protocol now?
Aside from C++, are there any prerequisite skills/knowledge a dev should have before attemtping to contribute?
They can probably speak on this FUD?
1. MSM FUD about centralization
2. Speak about how plebs can best follow / participate / contribute (esp. for people with different levels of technical ability)
What are some of the goals a Bitcoin developer has on Daily, monthly and yearly basis?
How complex is bitcoin core development compared to other types of software development?
What are the biggest accomplishments of Devs?
Does the Bitcoin protocol need constant development?
Would Bitcoin keep working without developers constantly working on it?
Who owns the Bitcoin Core github repo?
It suppose there are different forks, for example bitcoin cash, bitcoin gold, even you can fork it and run by yourself .
Yes sure you can fork it, but I'm talking about who owns the main repo: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
What areas require more contributions the most?
How are decisions about the code base structure and beat practices made?
Please ask how someone gets commit access to the Core repo and what would be required to commit some malicious code. Additionally talking about how nodes donāt have to update, updates arenāt pushed, etc. would be helpful.
Clarify "maintenance" for normies.
It sounds like people are constantly working on what's on your node if you don't know.
Not a question: It would be nice to get perspective on Anon vs public contributors to Bitcoin Core.
Also, not sure who your guests are but make sure to shill Bitcoin PR Review club. Itās a great way to get familiar with Bitcoin Core workflows.