Bitcoin is a decentralized system, which means it is not maintained or governed by any single entity or organization. However, its development and evolution are handled by an open-source community.

The codebase for Bitcoin is stored on GitHub and can be accessed and contributed to by anyone. The most important changes or updates to the system (like protocol modifications) are usually proposed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs), and must gain consensus from the majority of the network’s participants to be implemented.

The current reference implementation for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Core, is maintained by a group of voluntary developers. It’s important to note that while these developers can propose changes, they don’t have the power to unilaterally change the rules of the system – such changes must achieve consensus among the network’s participants.

Serious question: While Bitcoin is decentralized, a small group of developers primarily contribute to Bitcoin Core, the reference client. If this group were to become compromised, it could pose risks, at least in the short term, to Bitcoin’s integrity. Even though such rogue changes could ultimately be rejected by the network participants, it could lead to chaos, loss of trust, and market turmoil. How are we supposed to help protect Bitcoin Core developers and Network Participants?

Influencer culture has taught a generation of a children that the ultimate sign of success is social media engagement. Engagement at all cost.

Pretty fucking sad. Do not think nostr fixes this.

If saving would be punished, and reckless spending would be rewarded, what would society look like?

...which was the headline of the print version of The Times which is GB only.

Exhibit B for why Satoshi is probably British.

(Exhibit A is Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks) nostr:note190vpzcrxep6kttn4g84nsac79q2pcs9m995w88ytf8076h558wasae5yq2

people living in the red countries already understand why nostr is needed

It's funny how the affinity scammers inevitably point to carnivory when they want to attack Bitcoin Maximalists.

The Bitcoiner position is so strong that they feel the need to attack an adjacent belief that they haven't examined at all.

When your opponents use straw men and non-sequiturs, you've won.

#Books that I heard were great…

#grownostr #bookstr

It frustrates me to see people complain because the Bitcoin isn't being adopted fast enough. Guys, the money is 14 years old. It's not going to take over the world in 6 months. This is a decades long process.

And no, it's not going to be suddenly adopted because your local coffee shop starts accepting it. We've been down that road. That's not how Bitcoin becomes the dominant thing. People that get Bitcoin and stay in it are the ones that understand Bitcoin is better money. The virtue signalers that sell right away are not helping the cause. They're just using you to sell you their junk that you don't need.

Trust the incentives. It's going to happen. But if you act like a high time preference brat, then you're going to do something stupid and rash. Bear markets are when holders are made and if you don't make the cut this time, this fiat attitude is probably why.