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Best point.

I upgraded secondary ssd in my pc some years ago.

Used the spare one for my node.

2years later got a biger one for half in $, 1/4 in ₿

Most people think Bitcoin governance is decentralized. It’s not.

Here's the uncomfortable truth:

You don’t need 51% of miners to change Bitcoin.

You just need 5 Core maintainers and a network of node operators who click “update” without reading.

That’s not decentralization.

That’s blind trust in a gatekeeping elite.

Here is how.

Bitcoin's 51% hashpower rule protects against double-spends, not protocol changes.

Changing the rules requires consensus. but in practice, consensus often follows the code, not the other way around.

When Core maintainers approve a change, it propagates silently.

Most node operators don’t audit code.

They trust.

They comply.

Exampl: #OPRETURN

Core removed the 80-byte limit with almost no discussion.

Thousands of nodes implemented it automatically.

Most had no idea what changed.

That quiet change triggered a silent revolt:

#Knots node usage surged 137% as informed operators rejected Core’s move.

But let’s be real:

That’s a small, technical elite.

Most #node runners are flying blind.

This creates a hidden centralization vector:

#Core devs don’t just write code. they decide which changes even get considered.

If they don’t approve it, it doesn’t reach the network.

They control what’s ‘acceptable’ and that shapes Bitcoin’s future more than most realize.

They decide which changes are “reasonable.”

And that shapes Bitcoin’s future. far more than people admit.

This isn’t about malice.

It’s about structure.

Complexity creates dependence.

And dependence creates power.

#Bitcoin’ s biggest centralization risk isn’t hashpower.

It’s the silent authority of trusted code maintainers (of the most dominated node sotwares out there) and the myth that decentralization protects us from that.

"-SIlent authority of trust-" was always the biggest problem of democracy

That's how it's supposed to be.

You can't turn fiat into dust, if you don't force it's weak points.

Rebranded banks have the same issue as banks.

This was funny to me since day 1.

At the same time...if it was not for eth mining I might not be here today 🤔.

Rember I read that long before being interested in bitcoin, finance and markets... One of the best book on human behavior.

✌ best answer.

the difference my be the fact that i didn't engage on twitter so my account was ok and no check engaged, while in reddit, some roports might have been the trigger.

I didn't care about making another account. The platform is something completely different from what Aaron Swartz left behind. I will just use it when i need something without account. ( better this way, less time lost on bullshit platforms, just take what you need when you need and go away.)

Time will make the rest. 🙌

Never had problem on x , always working fine ,

reddit is more problematic (even deactivated my account with no email reminder of why or anything, just log in and..nothing. login into the void, account just disappeared from their serves after 10+ years) funny they still have .onion 🤣, and using it whiteout account runs even better with no problem of loadings 😂