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 The kernel is literally fucked with all the time. I reboot my machines every month to apply kernel updates. 
 Update the kernel to do what? Update security? 
Bitcoin core is already as secure and working as it should 
Fucking around with it to make it 1% faster or better will inevitably fuck it up royally.
Fork it or build on top of it 
 Yes. And yes, that's how it works. People fork and decide if they want to run that version on not. This is going to happen again soon when the clown shoes, I mean wizards, propose their fork. You decide to run it or you don't. I know what I'm going to do. 
 You just made my argument to ossify core 
 That's fine. You run your version that can be exploited and you risk your funds being stolen. I'll run the version that has those patched. 
 I am not against updating SHA 256, I am against devs fucking around with it with everything else thinking I am here to fix bitcoin 
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 You just proved my point again. You don’t need to tinker with the base over and over again, only update when it is absolutely necessary not just because you can 
One line of bad code can wipe out $1T of value in an instant 
 You keep flip flopping. You want changes and then you don't want changes. Which is iy? You either want ossification or you don't. It sounds like you don't since you keep mentioning scenarios where you'd want changes. 
 If the security is obsolete and presents an existential threat, then yes we need to change the algorithm 
Other than that, leave it alone and build on top of it 
 Do you think I'm arguing and advocating for major changes? No. That's very far from my point and I'm sorry if you misunderstood it. Security and maintenance changes must happen for Bitcoin to succeed. It must always be active developed. Over time, development will slow down. This is how all software projects work. 
 Then we are in agreement 😁👍🏻 
 So you are for changes then. Good that we agree. 
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 Ah… I’m guessing ossification means something other than open source software-ification… 
 Set in stone, don't change it, ever. 
 Ah yeah. Maybe major feature changes, sure. But you can’t stop updating and working on it