If Bitcoin Classic wins then Gavin is going to be the "benevolent dictator" (which I think has always been his desire).
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Yeah... That's why the first thing he did after Satoshi's disappeared was to grant access to the code to 4 other devs and that's why he voluntarily stepped down as lead developer and passed the role to Wladimir in 2014. What a power-hungry maniac indeed.
its open sauce bottle
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