Peter hasn't said jack shit about this stuff for a year as far as I know, but I remember you talking with him before, and that mentality, of "Everyone else is stupid and therefore I ought to be able to unilaterally overrule them on everything (even though I have imperfect knowledge myself)" - that **arrogance** is part of the whole Core ethos nowadays. Core are lying. There's no consistency in their arguments. Mull it over and you'll see what I mean. I also urge you to listen to Mechanic's arguments because, unlike some, he articulates and entertains both sides of the argument and readily gives reasons to back up every single thing. Something anti-BIP-110 people have not sufficiently done through this whole debate.

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The beauty of Bitcoin is **no one** can “unilaterally overrule” anything. Unless, of course, you only have one developer pushing code… I’ve listened to mechanic. He speaks very well.
I'm in complete agreement that no one can unilaterally overrule anything in Bitcoin. If one developer or one special interest group gained a monopoly over the whole thing, that would not be Bitcoin. We don't have that problem with Core or Knots. They are open source, in an inescapably free market. The migration of market share from Core to Knots proves the lack of monopoly. What happens when you believe you do have monopoly power over Bitcoin is you FAFO. That is what is happening to Big Bitcoin. It's as simple as that.