Bitcoin is sent soaring in the yet uncharted territory and amid its success various forks pop up and mellow and the fertile grounds of promptly-spinning ecosystem cant help but favor it. There is one conceptual failure inveterate to open source software, its that it can be copied and reproduced without effing permission, that is, freely. It was a morbid mistake to make bitcoin open source.
Bitcoin wouldn't be worth $59k each if it wasn't open source. "Don't trust, verify." is one of the most important fundamental points about Bitcoin. That can't be accomplished if it's not open source. And yes, having it open source enables other developers like us to develop it to a different direction but make no mistake, we respect the original Bitcoin as it is a fine replacement for gold and a good way to store wealth without having it inflated away. It lacks in speed, scalability, privacy, and uses too much electricity. Those points Bitcoin 2 improves.