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2206 sats \ 7 replies \ @Scoresby 18h \ on: Bitcoin Core Now Want To Freeze Satoshi Coins In Pretext Of Quantum Computing bitcoin
This is referring to Lopp's proposal, it's pretty duplicitous to say "Bitcoin Core wants to" do it, IMO.
These are the five authors listed on the proposal:
Jameson Lopp [Casa] Christian Papathanasiou Quantum Bitcoin Ian Smith CTO at Quantum EVM Joe Ross VP of Product at Quantum Bitcoin Steve Vaile Head of Global Consulting at Quantum Security Defense Pierre-Luc Dallaire-Demers also at Quantum EVM
These are not Core developers.
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233 sats \ 5 replies \ @tombennet 16h
It's classic engagement farming. There's a lot of anti-Core sentiment floating around, and it's easy bait to frame challenging topics as "Core wants to…" even when the authors aren’t Core devs.
  • "Now core devs want to freeze coins" - the villains strike again!
  • "Pretext of quantum computing" - obviously a smokescreen for their real agenda: destroying Bitcoin, presumably.
  • "Want to freeze Satoshi coins" - because that’s the endgame. Simple good vs evil, us vs them.
A more honest headline would be "Developers propose freezing unprotected coins as part of long-term quantum resilience strategy", but I doubt that would get as many clicks.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @piecoverBTC OP 14h
Reposting an article on what Core is doing is not "engagement farming". Labelling people "anti-core" is not an address to the core issue here, it says it right in the proposal "Funds will be frozen if not upgraded " I am not exaggerating https://github.com/jlopp/bips/blob/quantum_migration/bip-post-quantum-migration.mediawiki This is totalitarianism stuff. Satoshi coins should be able to stay untouched for the next 1000 years if they wish we don't need core devs to freeze them.
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160 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 14h
Well, but calling this proposal "what Core is doing" is wrong.
None of these people are involved with Core to a level that could construe their proposal as a "Bitcoin Core" proposal.
Your title really gets this wrong.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @piecoverBTC OP 13h
Jameson Lopp is one of the most influencial core devs, he is the author.
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130 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 12h
I didn't manually go through the repo, but plugging it into chat this is the result:
It appears that Jameson Lopp (GitHub user jlopp) has not had any direct code commits merged into the official Bitcoin Core repository (bitcoin/bitcoin).
His GitHub profile shows no contributions listed under the bitcoin/bitcoin project. Instead, his work includes forks like statoshi and his own projects such as the Bitcoin Core Config Generator
The only links between jlopp and bitcoin/bitcoin are in issues—like commenting on or reporting bugs—but not in merged pull requests or commits .
Just because he is a popular voice in Bitcoin doesn't mean he speaks for or influences Bitcoin Core. Calling Lopp "one of the most influential core devs" is way offbase.
None of the current Bitcoin Core maintainers were listed as authors on the proposal you reference. Most of the authors actually have backgrounds in Ethereum.
Bitcoin Core != Bitcoin
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 11h
dude you are linking to a BIP, anybody can make a BIP, a BIP has nothing to do with Core
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 17h
Good catch! What was really gonna stick in my head was Bitcoin core devs!
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