Gregory, that was only Hearn. In-fact Gavin said that he thinks that scenario is far-fetched (I am paraphrasing I can not remember the exact words). Gavin also said that he thinks Bitcoin will be successful either way.


As an aside, I wonder if there is a need for a PR person or liason for core development. Somebody who has decent technical knowledge but can devote most of their time to informing community of what is going on with development and its direction.

(yes all the information is already there in mailing lists, github etc. but it needs to be in easily digestible format, in locations where people will read it)


Many in the Bitcoin ecosystem have no knowledge about the direction of Bitcoin development. Thats actually a problem when talking about such a big economy. There is a gap between developers and eco-system. People need a long term vision to know where we stand and where we going. To many the changes come as total surprise, seemingly from up above.

People dont like surprises (in this context).