to explore the role of developers in game theory, the challenges of changing Bitcoin, the impact of prediction markets on consensus & much much more on episode 21:
Bitcoin isn’t social consensus.
That trope needs to end.
Bitcoin is a rule.
You can chose not to abide by it but you cannot change or bend it.
You can only opt into a different system or comply to its laws.
Yes, it was convoluted, hope to do a follow up. I think more conversations about are important. And no, most don’t agree with eachother on any of the definitions.
Ppl can change Bitcoin, it has changed many times.