BitcoinRunners on Nostr: 737 max engineers also argued their efficiency improvements were technically solid, ...

737 max engineers also argued their efficiency improvements were technically solid, well-vetted, and backward compatible. We all know what happened after years of development, testing and certification.

Why risk adding new features and efficiency tweaks to the base layer when you can build on it?

For example: Silent Payments and Chaumian ecash projects are going to drastically improve Bitcoin’s reach and privacy without modifying and risking the base layer.