Along with Steve Lee of Spiral and Ren of Electrical Capital, I co-authored a paper on Bitcoin consensus and the analysis of risks around protocol upgrades from a technical & economic perspective:
https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap
Here's the v1.0 PDF version:
https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap/blob/main/bcap_v1.0.pdf
It explores what consensus is, how Bitcoin has historically upgraded its consensus over time including through contentious periods, and what some of the future paths and associated risks there are for potential changes in the future.
The paper doesn't take a stance for or against any given consensus change, but rather analyzes the field for how changes are made (which partially evolves over time as the network grows, i.e. 2024 is different than 2017 is different than 2009), and what some of the specific risks are for contentious changes from a blended economic and technical perspective.
For example, we analyze scenarios around bounty claims, which is a risk that can manifest when the majority of miners adopt a change but only a minority of economic nodes have:
https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap?tab=readme-ov-file#how-might-this-occur-with-a-soft-fork
And in a world of sovereign holders, corporate treasurer holders, ETF holders, and so forth, some of that could play out differently today or in the future compared to how it might have played out in the past. And so we provide a framework to help analyze those scenarios and risks.
For the v1.0 version, we had the paper reviewed by major exchanges, ETFs, corporate treasurers, developers, miners, legal experts, philosophy professors, etc to make it as accurate and helpful as an educational resource across domains.
However, we consider our initial version to only be the start. We're releasing the paper to the public domain, and inviting people to contribute to it or even help maintain it on Github.
It's a living document, in other words. We're not the authorities on this; we just did a lot of research and review on the topic as a starting point. If there's something you think could be clarified, or something you disagree with, then we invite your contribution! And a big thank you to the initial people that reviewed it and provided feedback for the initial v1.0 version!
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Don't forget to send Fiatjaf a GM to show your gratitude 😂
BITCOIN, TRUMP, FREEDOM & THE AMERICAN IDEA
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⚡️Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/episode/TO4YqCAm0k2zTdLIi7xl
⚡️YouTube: https://youtu.be/0Jy2QFRmhP4
⚡️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rCjFeTCdXwgrX6jylj5jH
⚡️Everywhere else: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/podcast
⚡️SHOW NOTES: https://open.substack.com/pub/walkeramerica/p/american-hodl-x-erik-cason-bitcoin
“Look, you dumb motherfuckers, you could have just doubled your fucking wealth over the last year, had you just shut the fuck up and been like, ‘maybe I'm poor and working at a dead end job that I fucking hate because I don't understand how money actually works. And maybe these Bitcoin guys who have made some money and some self-independence for themselves, maybe they have a point.’”
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#Bitcoin is a limited resource. It is limited to 21M bitcoins.
Land on Earth is a limited resource too, it is limited to 149M sq Km.
When you purchase bitcoin, it is like purchasing land on a new digital Earth that you can enjoy without moving.
If you achieve to have 1 BTC, it is like owning 7.1 sq Km of land.
How many sq Km of land do you own?

#Bitcoin is a limited resource. It is limited to 21M bitcoins.
Land on Earth is a limited resource too, it is limited to 149M sq Km.
When you purchase bitcoin, it is like purchasing land on a new digital Earth that you can enjoy without moving.
If you achieve to have 1 BTC, it is like owning 7.1 sq Km of land.
How many sq Km of land do you own?
₿e ₿rave.
₿e your own ₿ank.
Opt out the $ystem.
Take the orange pill.
Join us.
#Bitcoin
#Bitcoin has reached recently the ATH in 113 currencies https://video.nostr.build/d7862a26d5034708bca18f0401807b7a70e964c27c02b50ada93c330da30da6a.mp4
Trick or Zap !!!
#HappyHalloween
#Bitcoin is the most perfect money so far.
But it is a planetary coin. It 'only' works planet by planet.
If we ever populate Mars, there is no way to keep the same blockchain working in the #Earth and in #Mars, because of the delays in communications.
Therefore, #interplanetary or #intergalactic #blockchains are yet to be resolved. Maybe using interlocking particles..., who knows.
That is a huge problem that makes it necessary to have different blockchains in different planets, and makes it necessary to have some form of gateways to exchange value between planets.
If your grandson want to transport 1 #BTC to Mars, how can he do that?
Another challenge for money!
Beautiful statue of Satoshi Nakamoto ❤️
Estamos trabajando en una solución para todos.
No será fácil conseguirlo, pero será.
Luego, el mercado dirá.
Europeans: #Bitcoin is bad because it makes latecomers poorer, ban it!
Americans: Everyone gets #Bitcoin at the price they deserve, all in!

#MicroStrategy is levaraged #Bitcoin

What if your blockchain is the air?
GM! Good morning!
I think is time to update the bitcoin exchanges reserves and miners reserves.
What do you see?
Are you taking action?
Any thoughts about this?
#bitcoin #btc #inevitable #scarcity



