Bitcoin's Future Depends on a Handful of Mysterious Coders

[janandonly]

Should read (2023).

Also, those "mysterious coders" mean nothing if the users don't run their code.

It was the users who used a User Activated Soft Fork (UASF) in 2017 to push through the SegWit update. [1]

The bitcoin network is open and decentralized, and there are several clients and several versions of those clients. [2][3]

[1] see https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-independence-day...

[2] See the right bottom under "top node versions": https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/

[3] the most popular alternative client is Knots. See also: https://bitcoin.org/en/wallets/desktop/windows/bitcoinknots/

[hggh]

> Also, those "mysterious coders" mean nothing if the users don't run their code.

Over 98% of nodes run Bitcoin Core right now [0]

> It was the users who used a User Activated Soft Fork (UASF) in 2017 to push through the SegWit update.

SegWit was a Miner Activated Soft Fork (MASF) [1]

[0]: https://coin.dance/nodes/share/gif [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegWit

[kylebenzle]

> It was the users who used a User Activated Soft Fork (UASF) in 2017...

Wow! What a wrong and truly dumb perspective to have. Only mining nodes do anything, it's in the white paper. Amazing how so many years later people are still spewing these stupid lies!

[wslh]

https://archive.is/rWm2s

[cozzyd]

I hear Jia Tan is available if an experienced maintainer is needed.

[oglop]

“The public’s perception of this depends on a handful of mysterious writers”

There, just as dumb and uninformed.

[mistrial9]

Know Your Customer coming to Github commits "soon" ?