civilisation, society, community
there has been a bitcoin community buzzworded about for years now
governance
bitcoin is governed not by code. but humans willing to run the code.
yes the code is the lawbook. but the lawbook only works by the will of people using it.
and the lawbook does change due to humans.
bitcoin is not a self growing AI. its just code rules wrote and edited by developers.
even in the last 4 years there have been 2 major defining changes. one of which is implementing in november
humans ultimately govern it.
yes the chances of all humans turning off their node and miner at the same time is now super low that its not even a consideration. but its still based on the human will of some to continue even when others may give up
take the hashrate
some miners shut down due to orders to stop as they lived in cheap but fossil fuel regions. this left more people elsewhere to get more of the reward share. so they sold more. causing a price drop below cost effect of people in expensive electric regions to shut down
170exahash down to 85exa hash in 1 month.. all due to human decisions/actions
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anyway.
yes crypto-blockchain (or common world decentralised finance, decentralised ledger tech, etc) can be used to create more diplomatic, democratic, laws.
but bitcoin is about finance and just the first eye opening experience to what could be possible
many things being made on other networks inspired by bitcoins first concept
voting systems
criminal record systems
credit report/ user trust score systems
smart home autoshopper methods
product/goods/supply tracking
manufacturer part ordering/registering
birth, death, marriage, land, health registration/recording
employee rewards/customer loyalty points
but these blockchain systems cannot solve all of lifes data issues
and all rely on people deciding to collectively agree to keep their software running
bitcoin is not at a point were there is enough mas of people that have a sustainable electric supply and unhindered internet access where there is no recurring payment to just let it run forever without human involvement