but i atleast know it happened and blockdata bips and quotes from the devs back up my version of events
Yes, you have proven the existence of BIP148. It exists. It doesn't change what actually happened, though. SegWit was activated via BIP91 bit 4 flag. That is the correct interpretation of events. That's what happened. History has recorded it thus. Any other "
version of events" regarding how SegWit activated is either a baseless opinion or a historically inaccurate version of events.
even if you didnt run the software doesnt mean it didnt happen
BIP91 bit 4 flag did happen.
Doomad: "changes to the protocol only happened in my opinion
BIP91 bit 4 flag activation of SegWit is not an "opinion". It is a proven fact.
mindset
Use whatever mindset you like. Enough of the users securing the blockchain ran the code which activated SegWit via BIP91 bit 4 flag. Mindsets don't change that reality.
Mindsets also don't change the reality that any developer can create any code they want and any user can run any code they want. Once a user is running code, the consensus mechanism will then match them up with all of the other users who are running code with compatible consensus rules. Those users form a network and build a blockchain together. That's the reality of the situation.
As such, I would present the argument that it's more constructive to discuss reality instead of mindsets.