HanShan on Nostr: i mean that like it or not there is a de facto "#Bitcoin project". there are people ...

i mean that like it or not there is a de facto "#Bitcoin project".
there are people with greater influence and people of lesser influence over the direction of Bitcoin development and thought.

and that project either makes decisions or does nothing
and the mechanisms for deciding exist.
they're just not recognized and take place in the dark.

anybody who's been involved in governance knows consensus doesnt work with 100 people
let alone 100k.
attempts at pure communism always result in the emergence of power structures.

we have ours too.
we just pretend we dont.