How does the antics of some developers influence the credibility of a system they are one of many contributors to? You can claim that Bitcoin is going down the

How does the antics of some developers influence the credibility of a system they are one of many contributors to? You can claim that Bitcoin is going down the toilet all you like, but by all metrics relevant to its purpose (namely value and popularity) it's doing extremely well. Perhaps your mistake is that you only notice when something that could be construed as negative happens around Bitcoin. Such things are usually more entertaining than the relatively mundane improvements and victories that occur on a regular basis.