> Core/blockstream's position is not consistent and logical. Please don't conflate Bitcoin Core and Blockstream. > Should users be able to make decisions? Sho

> Core/blockstream's position is not consistent and logical. Please don't conflate Bitcoin Core and Blockstream. > Should users be able to make decisions? Should core developers be able to over-ride those decisions? Bitcoin is a system with majority decision making. Bitcoin is not a majority-rule system. The only point in which a majority rule applies is a tie-breaking strategy for resolving valid ledger branching. And that vote doesn't enfranchise users! Bitcoin is a system that explicitly rejects majority rule. It replaces user determination with fixed, inflexible machine arbitration. It is from this fact that Bitcoin is not a democracy that it derives all of its user-protecting properties like irrevocable payments and inflationary protections. > Making Side-chains the major cornerstone of the Bitcoin ecosystem will turn out to be a mistake. Side-chains don't make much sense if you understand incentives and risk. The same applies to Lightning which will equally be a failure. You are welcome to your own opinions. Thankfully your permission is not required to new, innovative use of scripting features that were built into bitcoin from day 1.