13/ Some trivial looking things such as block size parameters or max number of peer connections, can have huge ramifications for the network.
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14/ Another example: Vitalik trying to bring Turing-completeness to Bitcoin in the early days. That *sounds like* it’s something useful- how bad can it be right? Wrong. Not only “world decentralized computer” is a dubious vision, it’s a total distraction.
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15/ It then naturally follows that the most qualified devs we want to work on Bitcoin, are likely *already in it*. Their ideological conviction draws them to the project, not the promise of wealth.
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16/ TL;DR: Shortage of Bitcoin developers is not a problem you can simply throw money at or add in-protocol incentives for (I described how that’s impossible: https://twitter.com/hugohanoi/status/985073633419673600 …). It requires ideological conviction & only a tiny tiny number of people are qualified.
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17/ In late-stage Bitcoin, specifically post-hyperbitcoinization, the benefit of HODLing (to the network, not the individual) will decrease as Bitcoin becomes mainstream. The mere size of the mature market (say 10 trillion) will make any individual act of HODLing insignificant.
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18/ Conviction is most useful when you hold a contrarian view. Conviction is not a big deal when most people already believe in it.
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19/ HODLers in late-stage, post-hyperbitcoinization, are then merely hoarders of a scare & *non-productive* asset. Hoarders also tend to work less & produce less than others, since they believe that their hoarded assets always increase in value.
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20/ IMO the term “free riding”, then, might apply. Late-stage Bitcoin HODLers free ride not off protocol development, but society at large.
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21/ If everyone hoards & starts working less, we might end up with a situation where total production output & total number of things available to buy decrease. In which case, not only you will need to pay more for each product, the economy will stagnate as well.
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22/ Hoarding without working is free riding. You are free riding off efforts of others to push society forward. The interesting question then, is at the macro level, is there a level of free riding where it becomes unhealthy? But that is a topic for another day.
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23/ *Tweets 19-22 were unclear. Clarifications here:https://twitter.com/hugohanoi/status/1021866669281406976 …
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