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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 22 Apr freebie \ parent \ on: Will Decentralized Legal Representation Become A Thing For Core Developers? bitcoin
I don't think I have any special insight since I am a lawyer, but my imagination started to run a bit since I'm taking my CLE classes now, and put my law hat back on temporarily.
I assume many in bitcoin have thought these things through already. Some examples: what if the block size wars were going on now? What if BlackRock throws it's weight behind a controversial BIP? I know it didn't happen in 2017, but one of these disputes could wind up in a courtroom.
I know bitcoin is decentralized, with no CEO, as we all love to say, but core developers are individual targets, and now these ETFs are potential plaintiffs.
The visibility of Core devs to the world seems like a massive massive security hole, for them, and for btc in general; hosting the project on Github seems the same.
Obviously the project could be hosted someplace else, but think how much time required to coordinate it all, in a leaderless, decentralized group. Things that in an actual company would be no big deal become giant challenges; and in the intervening chaos, who knows what could happen?
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Exactly right. It would be an incredibly difficult undertaking, but it might be necessary.
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