0 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 22 Apr freebie \ parent \ on: Will Decentralized Legal Representation Become A Thing For Core Developers? bitcoin
I don't think I have any special insight since I am a lawyer, but my imagination started to run a bit since I'm taking my CLE classes now, and put my law hat back on temporarily. I assume many in bitcoin have thought these things through already. Some examples: what if the block size wars were going on now? What if BlackRock throws it's weight behind a controversial BIP? I know it didn't happen in 2017, but one of these disputes could wind up in a courtroom.
I know bitcoin is decentralized, with no CEO, as we all love to say, but core developers are individual targets, and now these ETFs are potential plaintiffs.
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243 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 22 Apr
The visibility of Core devs to the world seems like a massive massive security hole, for them, and for btc in general; hosting the project on Github seems the same.
Obviously the project could be hosted someplace else, but think how much time required to coordinate it all, in a leaderless, decentralized group. Things that in an actual company would be no big deal become giant challenges; and in the intervening chaos, who knows what could happen?
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 22 Apr
Exactly right. It would be an incredibly difficult undertaking, but it might be necessary.
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