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0 pointsplankers7y ago0 comments

You seem to be confusing the moderation of non-technical forums with the process of achieving consensus between experts on highly technical issues. My apologies if this isn't the case.

The bitcoin forks you name have experts working on their development, true. But these developers represent a small fraction of the number of contributors to the bitcoin core client. As the number of people increases, so too does the difficulty of coming to consensus on the direction of development.

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lozenge7y ago· 1 in thread

You only need a couple of developers to fork, and they aren't necessarily motivated by those highly technical issues. After that, by moderating forums you can bring the users, which brings the valuation.

SlowRobotAhead7y ago

Right. I feel like anyone that believes the “truly decentralized” aspect of Bitcoin is being intentionally obtuse.

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