I simply sat down and watched this debate between Jimmy Track and Jameson Lopp on Bitcoin ossification. I don’t even know the place to start out so far as the absurdity and damaged “logic” in each argument Jimmy made on this debate. So I gained’t attempt, I’ll deal with one particular line of argumentation he made.
“Cash shouldn’t change, it ought to be predictable.”
He particularly spoke alongside these traces with regard to “letting issues mature” on this area from a technical standpoint, and implicitly stating that upgrades to Bitcoin “pulls the rug out from below” present builders constructing issues.
Does Jimmy not perceive how Bitcoin upgrades work? We’ve got been utilizing softforks for over a decade particularly to deal with the priority of backwards compatibility. i.e. having the ability to say with 100% certainty that every thing that has been constructed so far will proceed functioning in precisely the identical manner. All upgrades to Bitcoin are opt-in, every thing that existed prior will work simply nice and nothing must be modified to assist new performance if a developer or person doesn’t need to.
There may be zero technical foundation to Jimmy’s statements or arguments alongside these traces by any means. New performance enabling the development of latest protocols or instruments does nothing by any means to inhibit the continued functioning of pre-existing methods.
So what’s he saying? To me it basically feels like an argument for financial protectionism. There may be zero menace, threat, or downside created for pre-existing methods after an improve apart from the likelihood that superior methods may very well be constructed after an improve and customers would select to make use of these as an alternative. That’s the solely coherent argument to be drawn out of these statements.
So are we severely on the level the place “pro-ossificationists” are arguing for protectionist choice making for present investments in present layers and methods?
Look ahead to your self and determine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUO10-HcdvY
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