It's amazing to me that those who worry about centralization seem to have zero concern with one reference client. >50% of commits are 2 cos.
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Replying to @ErikVoorhees @seweso and
The worst that development centralization can do is protocol stagnation. Devs can't force users to run changes they don't want.
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Replying to @hugohanoi @ErikVoorhees and
Which means keeping existing consensus rules if devs' interests start to deviate from users's. That is a good thing.
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Replying to @hugohanoi @ErikVoorhees and
Transparent OSS process mitigates the problem of development centralization. It's hard to hide intent in code.
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Replying to @hugohanoi @ErikVoorhees and
So dev centralization worst case is protocol stagnation: network intact. Miner centralization worst case, otoh, reduces network security.
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Replying to @hugohanoi @ErikVoorhees and
You call protocol stagnation and killing off Bitcoin as a payment system before secure alternatives are ready as network being intact? ....
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Replying to @seweso @ErikVoorhees and
Protocol stagnation won't kill Bitcoin. Stability promotes a healthy ecosystem. No clear consensus in changes == keeping current consensus.
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Replying to @hugohanoi @seweso and
Theres no such thing as "protocol stagnation". Stable protocols built the web we know today. Whoever says "protocol stagnation" is very dumb
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Replying to @Beautyon_ @seweso and
On the contrary, one can argue many problems with the Internet are due to the protocol being fixed and lacking in many aspects.
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Replying to @hugohanoi @Beautyon_ and
One example is the insane complexity & convolution of the web development stack.
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Another example is TCP/IP didn't consider trust at the protocol layer. Resulted in a less secure, more vulnerable Internet.
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Replying to @hugohanoi @Beautyon_ and
So yes a fixed protocol gives you stability but don't kid yourself that it's the best we've got ;)
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