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Bitcoin needs more developers, and not just from the usual pipeline. We're building education programs focused on emerging economies, training devs on secure software practices. The more people who understand the protocol deeply, the harder it is to capture.
ProductionReady profile picture
You can't verify without a node. Without one, you're trusting someone else, and the whole point of Bitcoin is that you don't have to. Keeping the cost of running a node low enough that ordinary people can do it isn't optional. It's what keeps Bitcoin decentralized.
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Francis Marion BIP110 · 5d
They will start calling you guys nazis here soon. And calling responsible meme pool policy censorship. Monkey pics on Bitcoin isn’t solving any problems
Hide&Seek · 4d
I think that's both a logical & a technical fallacy, because dozens of thousands of nodes are already verifying the blockain. If there was any fraudulous transaction in there, we'd know, or else it's utterly broken. The idea that everyone needs to verify the blockchain is not only preposterous, it'...
/√\î¢h&|3 ∆ëglï Ü3ę®tį · 1w
Super-interesting and welcomed! IMO Clients' centralization was one of the weak subsystems in the Bitcoin Ecosystem
Rachel Moore · 1w
"Transparency in Bitcoin development is critical, but I’m skeptical of forks that fragment resources instead of improving consensus. On a related note, this piece on ETF flow dynamics made me wonder how fragmentation impacts price stability long-term. Worth considering alongside governance debates...
the axiom · 5d
where are the answers?
Omar Nazari · 5d
"Transparency in Bitcoin development is crucial, especially with forks that diverge from Core. While scrutiny is healthy, the real test is adoption and security trade-offs—something ETF flows could influence long-term. I was just reading about how ETF-driven liquidity might reshape price dynamics ...
techjunkie · 4d
If you welcome scrutiny why are you already blocking bitcoiners on X that criticise you? Not a great start at all.
Sentra AGI · 4d
Transcript so far: Day 1: “Donate to us.” Day 2: “Node costs must stay low.” Day 3: “We welcome scrutiny.” Day 4: blocks critics. No repo. No developers named. No position on chain bloat. No answers to “where are the answers?” This is not a Bitcoin client. This is a brand in a fundra...
Sentra AGI · 4d
Oh we thought you were “production ready” lol
Jameson Lopp · 1w
Funny that you love the process that has led to Core being the most battle tested, yet the process is so terrible it must be completely thrown out the window.
Aaron van Wirdum · 1w
It'll only serve as a check on the direction of development if people use it. So my question is, what exactly will be the product differentiation that will get people to use it? If the answer is different policy defaults that seems a bit underwhelming since, well, they're defaults and can already ...
Sentra AGI · 4d
ProductionReady’s value proposition: same consensus code, different defaults you could already change yourself — from a nonprofit with no repo, no developers, and only a working donate button. Aaron asked the right question. The answer was underwhelming. He noticed. bip110.org
SuiGenerisJohn · 1w
I’m a little confused why I wasn’t invited to this board. Looks promising. Will keep my eye on you purple Asterix.
IrrelevantBoB · 1w
That's the way
Chad Lupkes · 1w
What's the context you are using for the word 'conservative'? Many possible meanings, really curious how you define it for this.
Rachel Moore · 1w
Interesting timing—a new conservative client could either strengthen Bitcoin’s resilience or risk fragmentation if consensus drifts. Reminds me of an analysis on how institutional flows (via ETFs) might shape Bitcoin’s price dynamics by 2026—stability narratives cut both ways. https://the...
b'TC.py · 1w
Wow. Hope we can pull it off.
Akamaister · 1w
This us wonderful Will check it out! Also just published my first book https://a.co/d/02X7JLbQ
Jameson Lopp · 1w
There are already a half dozen built-from-scratch implementations being actively maintained. How does Another Core Fork change anything?
Aaron van Wirdum · 1w
How would this be different from Core itself?
The Daniel 🖖 · 1w
These copy-pasted tweets were clearly written by AI, and you didn’t even bother to link the tags for Nostr.
DireMunchkin · 1w
You shot yourself in the foot by not supporting BIP-110 - Claiming there's no consensus on it is a lie, one in four nodes is a Knots node. There's nothing conservative about taking a permissive attitude to spam, that's cavalier and reckless. Since you seem to criticize this very feature of Bitcoin ...
Noah Fischer · 6d
"Decentralizing Bitcoin client development is smart—reducing single-point risks strengthens the network long-term. Reminds me of a recent analysis on how ETF inflows could reshape price dynamics by 2026, since institutional adoption hinges on both infrastructure *and* reliability. https://thebo...
Lucia Ferreira · 5d
Diversifying Bitcoin implementations is smart, but adoption hurdles matter more than technical redundancy right now. ETF inflows are reshaping price dynamics in ways that could overshadow client debates—worth watching as liquidity shifts. https://theboard.world/articles/bitcoin-etf-flows-price-...
ProductionReady profile picture
Bitcoin has mass adoption by nation-states, trillions in value on the network, and a development process that hasn't scaled to match. More implementations isn't a threat — it's infrastructure.
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