Consensus (and open-source) related post:


I notice a small but crucial step missed out.  Devs can create and release code.  There's no 'automatic update' in any Bitcoin client I've ever used.  Ergo, upgrades can only occur if people freely choose to run that code.

So no, devs can't upgrade the network.  Only those securing the chain can do that.

Also, regardless of how you choose to interpret consensus, the only counter proposal you've ever expressed is that devs shouldn't be allowed to code things you don't approve of.  That's not something anyone can enforce, even if anyone did happen to agree with you that it was the correct course of action.  Which leads me on to the next point:



As we've already established, they can't upgrade the network unilaterally.  But beyond that, yes.  I will state it clearly and with emphasis because it's empirically true:  

Any developer can create any code they want.  No one can stop that in an open-source source environment.  

You might take issue with that statement, but can you provide any evidence to the contrary?

Further, I feel it's one of the most vitally important features of crypto and I'm baffled as to why anyone would want the opposite.