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2025-06-09 12:33:53
Bitcoin Core: joint statement sparks debate within the community
https://atlas21.com/bitcoin-core-joint-statement-sparks-debate-within-the-community/
The stance taken by 31 Bitcoin Core developers divides the community over non-monetary transactions and use cases.
“This is not endorsing or condoning non-financial data usage, but accepting that as a censorship-resistant system, Bitcoin can and will be used for use cases not everyone agrees on.”
Community reactions:
Bitcoin Core devs have been changing the network gradually to enable spam and now seem focused on also removing barriers for spammers. It’s disingenuous to just say “it is what it is now, too bad.”
This statement itself is also inappropriate. Feels like an NYA from Core devs. https://t.co/ACIqyvK12f
— Samson Mow (@Excellion) June 7, 2025
Ahuh, the same but fundamentally different.
NYA was a group saying we have 82% hashpower and will activate a hard fork with 80% signaling.
Core Devs are a group saying we can't force anyone to run code they don't like, here is our thinking on relay policy & network health.
— Jameson Lopp (@lopp) June 7, 2025
NACK
The goals of transaction relay listed are basically all wrong. Predicting what will be mined is a centralizing goal. Expecting spam to be mined is defeatism. Helping spam propagate is harmful.
This OPED contradicts itself, presenting out of band relay as both negative and…
— Luke Dashjr (@LukeDashjr) June 7, 2025
The statement concludes:
“While we recognize that this view isn’t held universally by all users and developers, it is our sincere belief that it is in the best interest of Bitcoin and its users, and we hope our users agree.”
https://stacker.news/items/1001451