provoost on Nostr: My first impression of Bitcoin Core, during the blocksize wars, was also that of ...
My first impression of Bitcoin Core, during the blocksize wars, was also that of arrogance. It's an unfortunate side-effect of people losing patience when having to re-explain something a hundred times. Time they're not spending on writing code, and energy they're losing to remain motivated to write code.
The project is run by volunteers who do not have time, and should not waste time, for maintaining useless functionality. Having people in the project that are (somewhat) comfortable in delivering such bad news is extremely important. I've been on the receiving end of that too internally.
You do not want Bitcoin Core to be a please-everyone kind of project. That's a recipe for unmaintainable code and really bad bugs down the line.
The project is run by volunteers who do not have time, and should not waste time, for maintaining useless functionality. Having people in the project that are (somewhat) comfortable in delivering such bad news is extremely important. I've been on the receiving end of that too internally.
You do not want Bitcoin Core to be a please-everyone kind of project. That's a recipe for unmaintainable code and really bad bugs down the line.
quoting nevent1q…na9kNot sure you guys realize how arrogant, snobbish and elitist this comes across.
"Shut up and dribble you plebs! The Pros will handle this. This is Devs-only business!"
You *will* the support of the user base, if such important changes are just pushed through by a handful of ppl - while other changes (which you may not like) are filibustered for yearz.
And snarly sentiment a la "Good luck with your fork" just confirms this. Disappointing.