I've just listened to @Guy Swann reading @Jameson Lopp : 'Who controls Bitcoin core'. It's another great piece, which cleared up some nagging doubts for me. I liked Guy's take on the 'Trust effect'. Perhaps a decentralized social network like Nostr is a necessary component of Bitcoin, in order to enable node operators who are not core developers to smell trouble coming and act accordingly.

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Read_728 - Who Controls Bitcoin Core [Jameson Lopp]

Podcast Episode · Bitcoin Audible · 05/06/2023 · 1h 5m

Bitcoin is the tires on a car, where the car is the entirety  of human experience.

The best 25,000 sats I ever spent.

Node running and Nostr are a match made in heaven.

Happy to discuss any suggested improvements with current and prospective channel partners or OG node runners.

Hello world.  The Bank for Internodal Settlements aims to provide liquidity to enable the health and growth of the lightning network. The intention is to maintain lowish fees and balanced nodes with steady growth in node liquidity. Incoming nodes will never be closed.