atxmj on Nostr: So look into it or ask questions. I've also spent countless hours looking into ...
So look into it or ask questions.
I've also spent countless hours looking into potential alternatives only to be disappointed. Nano is the first of which that hasn't been the case.
And it took me about 2 years of skepticism before fully understanding it, but I always have and always will keep an open mind to other potential improvements.
I've been a backend software engineer for 15 years and studied economics for about a decade, and Nano just makes sense on all fronts.
I frequently hear this argument from non-technical Bitcoin maxis that Bitcoin will simply "absorb" ("subsume thru soft forks") advancements from other projects, and it's flat out incorrect for many reasons.
Firstly, it's technically infeasible. In order to achieve what they've achieved, networks like Nano have fundamentally and radically different system architectures and processes to that of Bitcoin's legacy blockchain and Nakamoto Consensus. It simply isn't possible for Bitcoin to adopt what Nano has created.
Even if it was possible (it's really, really not), the Bitcoin community has proven time and time again that it has no interest in allowing fundamental changes to Bitcoin. It would never pass social consensus.
I'm not saying you should go buy Nano or stop supporting Bitcoin. I'm just saying you should also be asking questions about Nano or any other projects that are potentially better solutions.
Help evangelize them as well.
I've also spent countless hours looking into potential alternatives only to be disappointed. Nano is the first of which that hasn't been the case.
And it took me about 2 years of skepticism before fully understanding it, but I always have and always will keep an open mind to other potential improvements.
I've been a backend software engineer for 15 years and studied economics for about a decade, and Nano just makes sense on all fronts.
I frequently hear this argument from non-technical Bitcoin maxis that Bitcoin will simply "absorb" ("subsume thru soft forks") advancements from other projects, and it's flat out incorrect for many reasons.
Firstly, it's technically infeasible. In order to achieve what they've achieved, networks like Nano have fundamentally and radically different system architectures and processes to that of Bitcoin's legacy blockchain and Nakamoto Consensus. It simply isn't possible for Bitcoin to adopt what Nano has created.
Even if it was possible (it's really, really not), the Bitcoin community has proven time and time again that it has no interest in allowing fundamental changes to Bitcoin. It would never pass social consensus.
I'm not saying you should go buy Nano or stop supporting Bitcoin. I'm just saying you should also be asking questions about Nano or any other projects that are potentially better solutions.
Help evangelize them as well.