Nostr Web Client

No strings attached grants are ungoverned, no?

Or do they tell developers what to do?

Ok true. I guess my point is that they're not funding shitcoin projects. If a developer suddenly turns to shitcoining after receiving a grant then that sucks. But they're usually given grants after applying for a specific reason.

And i think telling devs exactly what you want them to do can be equally terrible. Might as well make them employees.

At the end of the day, very few consensus changes are merged to bitcoin and simply funding research or development is not a guarantee that bitcoin will be changed. And if it is changed then you still need node runners to run the software containing the changes.

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DRE 1y ago

No one is arguing that. He seems to be talking more broadly about what can happen in the future if all these corporations started funding devs. What if Coinbase started funding devs or Binance? Who is to say they will have the same standards and integrity as OpenSats? I think his point is that it’s best to be cautious about having too many engineers on the software side. His view is more or less to do just enough.

He is also not claiming to be a source of authority on this topic, which is why he doesn’t talk about it publicly. He has an opinion that he shares in private. Idk why ppl are so bothered by his private views on things.

sudocarlos 1y ago

Coinbase and Binance have already figured out they can make more $ with shitcoins, but everyone who wants to fund whichever devs to do whatever thing, should. The problem as nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx has stated is that he pressured or threatened companies like Ark to NOT fund devs, like Bitwise and VanEck are doing. He didn't simply give his opinion.

DRE 1y ago

And he didn’t provide any evidence. Where is the evidence he threatened or pressured ARK or anyone else? I’ll wait

It’s just hearsay. Don’t trust, Verify?

Listen to the 20 min that came before and the 20 min that came after that snippet. When he explained himself ya know

sudocarlos 1y ago

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sudocarlos 1y ago

You can believe what you want, people always will, regardless of any "evidence" provided.

This is nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m confirming the following note when nostr:npub1jpvsahpy0vgq7gu8nfqjkeskce0gwjk8jpss590xkvjh5xxe4epsruqgsz responded to a different note from nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx . nostr:note1dpq30xxntz4ahmj56204rpnxna73nhkz5v7anl20r6jkry4jehnqws8tmm

sudocarlos 1y ago

Lol just realized this is a continuation from the same thread

DRE 1y ago

Yeah michael shared his opinion with cathie woods and many other people I’m sure

Jack’s comment is not a smoking gun for the allegation that Saylor threatened ARK or anyone else of the supported devs

DRE 1y ago

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RealJohnDoe 1y ago

Better yet, only run software that stays true to the #Bitcoin ideals..🧡😊

Maintenance: Yes

Development: Not so much

Do you really think you know better about how Bitcoin should operate then it's creator.

"He who does not know, he does not know. Is indeed a fool." -Confucius

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" -mama

RealJohnDoe 1y ago

I would even go further. Why should a #noderunner verify the blocks of miners that support spam and garbage transactions.

It's not in our interest to do so. It causes blockchain bloat and unnecessary expense for virtuous nodes and #Bitcoin loyalist. We should sanction those miners and stop verifying their blocks.

Like I said. "If a block gets mind in the forest, and there's no one there to verify it. Does it make any money"..💀🧡😊

BitcoinStu 1y ago

that would require a hard fork. A hard fork to undo taproot and segwit? Not going to happen.