There is always something to learn in this sessions 🎉, hearing different perspectives of how community, developers and node runners contribute to the ecosystem, especially with the long debate of the block size limit.
📚 Another Readers’ Friday Book Club in the books!
Chapter 18 of Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson took us through the blocksize wars, the Hong Kong and New York Agreements, and the tensions surrounding Bitcoin’s development and scaling.
Some key takeaways from our discussion:
→ Who shapes Bitcoin’s future? The role of developers, miners, businesses, and the wider community in protocol decisions.
→ The importance of multiple implementations: Why having different teams working on Bitcoin software matters for decentralisation and resilience.
→ Scaling comes with trade-offs: How decisions about block sizes, SegWit, and second-layer solutions reflect different priorities for Bitcoin.
→ Open discussion matters: Bitcoin’s history is worth examining critically, questioning assumptions, and considering different perspectives.
A big thank you to everyone who joined, shared their thoughts, challenged ideas, and contributed to the conversation.🧡
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