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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby OP 10h \ parent \ on: Consensus rules are enough for Bitcoin to succeed or Bitcoin fails bitcoin
I agree, but it seems to me that the social layer plays a role in determining what consensus rules a coin will follow. Once you accept the coins, the social layer has played its part and consensus is all there is.
If we decide we want different consensus rules, that means we want a different coin. We can fork, and in that case we actually end up with two sets of coins and we choose to sell one or the other (or we keep both, in which case we are saying we value both sets of consensus rules).
The social layer definitely plays a role, but it seems to me that role is in determining what the consensus rules are.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 1h
plays a role in determining what consensus rules a coin will follow
Which softfork restricted freedom on the consensus layer? The only restriction I remember is the early hard forks satoshi did on script and on block size (basically what GSR is trying to restore.)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 10h
Yeah, the social layer should determine (slowly and conservatively) changes to the consensus layer. Once the consensus rules are agreed upon, bitcoin needs to be able to operate and fulfill its purpose without social input, except for the next rare change to consensus rules.
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