Dear developers who work on Bitcoin.
No.
Thank you, with Love.
But No.
This is the default frame of Bitcoin node runners. And it should be.
The burden of proof is on you to make clear your case for your proposed feature. If that feature requires a change in consensus rules, you have good faith work to do.
If you do not make clear the specific benefits of your feature,
If you do not make clear the specific cost(s) of your feature,
If you whine about covert social contracts being violated,
If you make bad arguments,
If you engage in trolling,
If you engage in bad faith,
If you conflate, if you gaslight, if you lie,
If you play dumb to avoid the truth,
If you misrepresent opposing arguments,
If you gloss over the true cost of your feature,
If you hide the true purpose of your feature,
If you compromise Bitcoin,
Then you have earned that “No.”
Nothing more, nothing less. Just a simple No.
The default answer was already No, but now you’ve earned it by satisfying any one of the above conditions.
We appreciate you, we love you for maintaining this walled garden of freedom and hope.
But we will not submit what Bitcoin needs to your wants.
Thank you for enduring. We know it’s not easy, but you can handle this.
So act in good faith, Be worthy of a Yes... Few Are.
To the Bitcoin Miners. There is zero appetite for any kind of softfork at this time. Let alone a Miner Activated Soft Fork. Indeed the sentiment for a Miner Activated Softfork is extremely negative in principle at this time, given recent events surrounding taproot activation and related consequences.
If you want to fuck around with a Miner Activated Softfork at this time, you will find out, in more ways then one.
To the Bitcoin Community at large, Run a Node. Learn what that means and it’s implications for you and the Bitcoin network at large.
No one is in control of the Bitcoin Network. But node runners can have a say.
Be one.
Have a say.
Exercise your logos. Run Bitcoin.