1/ Bitcoin development suffers from the "free-rider problem".
A bunch of people got really upset with @naval for pointing this out recently. I think he's articulating a reasonable characterization of a problem we collectively face in accelerating future Bitcoin development.
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4/ Bitcoin development, while continuing to make actual progress, is underprovisioned relative to the benefits people receive from it. Many players in the ecosystem including HODLers and miners benefit from the work that developers do in making Bitcoin better.
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5/ HODLers and miners each contribute varying amounts of value to the network, but we remain with an underprovision of developer time on Bitcoin's codebase because of this developer incentive alignment problem (a.k.a. the "free-rider problem")
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6/ It's so acute that many people who might have the talent and energy to contribute to Bitcoin development have chosen to 1) launch ICOs or 2) not work on crypto because there is no reasonable way to economically align their contributions with direct economic remuneration.
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7/ There are other reasons people can and do work on Bitcoin development anyway. Examples include ideology, interestingness, challenge, personal brand/network, being at the forefront of a massively transformative technology, etc.
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8/ But we don't compensate Bitcoin developers with direct economic reward for the work they do. It should not surprise us that talented entrepreneurs, engineers, (as well as untalented hucksters) might be attracted to working on projects where they do gain direct economic reward.
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9/ Follow the incentives. We are all free-riding on the work of Bitcoin developers today, despite the fact that we may contribute value in various ways (HODLing, mining, storytelling/educating/sharing to name a few).https://twitter.com/dksf/status/1018518858833920000 …
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Appreciate your points, David and don't want to get into a semantic battle but I do think HODLers are paying by way of risking their capital and that by doing so they make the project significant enough that developers care enough to want to work on it.
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I also think the caliber of developer who is attracted to work on something because of its global significance is going to be higher than a developer that is simply attracted by a quick and direct payoff.
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Yup, I believe in missionaries over mercenaries for development, too! I've seen the pattern too many times to think there's really something different this time.
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Devs enhance code, holders enhance monetary aspect. It isn't always about money.. and, nothing wrong with devs choosing ICO over VCs.
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লোড হতে বেশ কিছুক্ষণ সময় নিচ্ছে।
টুইটার তার ক্ষমতার বাইরে চলে গেছে বা কোনো সাময়িক সমস্যার সম্মুখীন হয়েছে আবার চেষ্টা করুন বা আরও তথ্যের জন্য টুইটারের স্থিতি দেখুন।





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