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> Bitcoin has a single popular client. False.

• DennisP 4y ago
  > Although there are many different implementations, the original implementation, Bitcoin Core, is by far the most popular, and it is used as the reference implementation https://river.com/learn/what-is-bitcoin-core/ https://river.com/learn/what-is-bitcoin-core/ Since it is the reference implementation, other clients have to follow its lead. And that's the lead of a fairly small group: > Over the years, the code has had more than 800 contributors. However, only seven people serve the role of “maintainers” nowadays. https://bitcoinist.com/who-funds-bitcoin-core-developers-here-are-the-facts/ https://bitcoinist.com/who-funds-bitcoin-core-developers-her...
• yokem55 4y ago
  Bitcoin-core is currently about 97% of bitcoin nodes. Geth is about 80% of ethereum execution layer nodes. But the bigger difference is cultural - alternative clients are a core part of ethereum's development culture and is actively supported and nurtured. This is complete with social campaigns to get folks to switch away from majority clients to prevent situations where a bug in one client could cause big issues in the network. The same kind of environment is not present in bitcoin land.
  • kinakomochidayo 4y ago
    Exactly this. There was a recent community push for consensus layer clients to be more decentralized, which seemed to have worked. Next is the execution layer clients to have better % in use.
• kinakomochidayo 4y ago
  It's true. Bitcoin Core is the most used, so development is basically centralized. https://coin.dance/nodes https://coin.dance/nodes