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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @leaf 2h \ parent \ on: Undeprecate datacarrier PR rationale - @schmidty bitcoin
People just download blindly with zero discernment because the repo is trusted.
They trust that others are looking at the code, and you get that with one main repo.
It's unrealistic to expect most people to start doing code review and verifying the code for themselves.
but it's changed more like a fledgling javascript framework
As I understand it, PRs are often in review for months or even years, if thet get merged at all. That's hardly like the javascript community.
Regardless, if there were multiple code forks, I'd expect that to reduce code security/reliability, not increase it. The eyeballs would be split between repos and there would be more chance of a bug or questionable change getting through.
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17 sats \ 1 reply \ @leaf 2h
I can see your point about isolating impact, but I think what we'd ideally like is no issues. Even isolated issues would damage people's trust in bitcoin, especially if they lost money.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 1h
Time will tell if the issues and trust damage we fear has already occurred and is just festering... this is only a conversation because trust has already somewhat degraded.
There was a market overhang from the bcash war, we may be in another.
The compromises made because of Core politics are likely to get worse not better #1232861
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25 sats \ 1 reply \ @justin_shocknet 2h
That's what I just said, people don't look at what they're downloading, they're trusting a false legacy. That's bad.
People that don't want to discern what they're downloading would then be less likely to download changes they don't need. That's good.
Core has multiple major versions per year, that's worse than many js frameworks.
The prescription isn't multiple forks, that just may be an outcome, the actual prescription is to prevent a politburo from impersonating Bitcoin.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @leaf 2h
People that don't want to discern what they're downloading would then be less likely to download changes they don't need. That's good.
I'd say a loss in trust in bitcoin due to issues will be a bigger factor, even if those issues were isolated.
Core has multiple major versions per year, that's worse than many js frameworks.
That's not a metric I'd judge a project's coding practices by. I think something like the number of bugs and their severity would be better.
the actual prescription is to prevent a politburo from impersonating Bitcoin
I doubt that would happen. They might fool the gullible, but few else, imo. Certainly not big miners or businesses who would have a lot to lose if bitcoin failed.
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