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This does interest me about Bitcoin - who controls the default client? If you can persuade the majority to adopt a new version, you can change the rules by whic
by grey-area 13y ago
This does interest me about Bitcoin - who controls the default client? If you can persuade the majority to adopt a new version, you can change the rules by which the currency operates. If it is more widely used, this would become a real issue, because individually users do not have much power over the direction of it.
- VMG 13y agoThe default client is just an open-source project on https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin Everybody can start using their own fork of the currency, but it's in your interest to use the same version as everybody else. You basically have to convince both miners and major stakeholders that a change to the code is good, otherwise you risk a network split, the valuation crashes and your investment is gone