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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @inverselarp 4 Sep 2023 \ parent \ on: Sunday Survey: BIP300 soft fork scenario bitcoin
Did Bitcoin need Taproot? Did it need SegWit?
So that's your argument ? It needed those so it must need DC ?
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Nope, you are using this “purity” argument and i am showing you that you are using different standards for recent changes so you have no historical precedence.
When it comes to importance DC proponents see that as change that could actually reduce number of future updates so it is leaning more of your conservative approach to upgrade policy.
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Every change has come with unforeseen consequences, leading many to become more and more conservative. Past changes have increased conservatism in Bitcoin.
I also did not say whether Bitcoin needed Taproot/SegWit or not. You are saying it did, not me.
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I am just asking. I think it is great those made it through. Certainly it helped LN a lot.
Problem i see is that you approach Bitcoin as something that was given by god and people will therefor automatically adopt it. No, people will adopt something that supports their usecases and it is up to us (people involved in the process) to steer it toward values of decentralization, scarcity, …
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