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Humans decide the technical future of every project. The difference is which specific humans, how many, how they are selected, how they are incentivized etc.
by thebean11 5y ago
Humans decide the technical future of every project. The difference is which specific humans, how many, how they are selected, how they are incentivized etc.
- etaioinshrdlu 5y agoI disagree with this - bitcoin is advertised as mathematically unbreakable (which it currently practically is, on a technical level, due to the cryptography) - but this level of bulletproof security is promoted as extended to all properties of the blockchain - which isn't, on a technical level, true.
- thebean11 5y agoI disagree that's how it's promoted. You could make this argument about any piece of software (change the code to make it insecure, now look at the security hole!). If someone were to do this with Bitcoin, users can decide whether to use the old chain or the new chain. Unlike a centralized service, no individual (or even group of people) can prevent you from using the version of the network you and your peers want to participate in.