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kidwarp | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Did you write the code you use to run Bitcoin?
Did you write the code the miners use?
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vake | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 You don’t need to write code, you choose to run code.
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kidwarp | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yeah the code the devs make
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vake | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 You choose which devs code you want to run. You can also write your own code to run.
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kidwarp | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 And the majority of node runners choose which software?… core right?
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El presidente Eloy Musketti | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 But if old nodes are not able to understand new ones you get a fork. And nobody can force noders to upgrade.
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kidwarp | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It’s not like we haven’t forked before…
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vake | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 So go convince people. Put a concrete proposal with a specific PR out there instead of whining.
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kidwarp | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Not whining just pointing out the obvious that most over look.
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El presidente Eloy Musketti | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes. But we are more lindy now. Try convincing long, longer, longest term and future hodlers.
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kidwarp | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I’m probably one of the longest term hodlrs that openly admits it… so I get that…
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RealJohnDoe | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Wrong! #Bitcoin runs by a consensus of The Virtuous Full Nodes and Bitcoin Loyalists. Not! by majority rule. Or the size of your special interest bank account..👍🧡😊