Quote from: DooMAD on Today at 12:58:13 PM

Quote from: mpoletiek on August 08, 2024, 04:23:38 PM

This might be an ill-informed question, but I came across this recently and was wondering how we feel about BTC upgrades/improvements?

It feels like BTC is now chasing fiat gains over building a global p2p economy, hoping that lightning network or some other L2 solves the scaling problems for non-custodial transactions.

https://blog.plan99.net/the-resolution-of-the-bitcoin-experiment-dabb30201f7

Mike Hearn was always slightly "out of kilter" in terms of their views about how Bitcoin should work. Some of it didn't really fit with the underlying ethos. I'd take anything said in that blog with a healthy amount of skepticism. It's their vision that failed (and rightly so).

And it's simple-minded speculators who are chasing fiat gains. Just because they're loud and numerous, doesn't mean they're representive of the community as a whole.

I think this is the issue... How hard is it for the core devs to come together and agree on a BIP that defines the purpose of bitcoin.

Bitcoin is either digital gold or it's here to replace fiat. The narrative seems to bounce between the two and while I think it's solved digital gold, the people who wanted to replace fiat are left wanting. Meanwhile the culture seems to have literally forced them out to go build their own solutions.