Why Bitcoin’s Ossification Will Eventually Be Necessary
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” is a classic phrase often repeated, and it naturally applies itself to money that protects our wealth.Ossification is a word thrown around very frequently in Bitcoin. “The protocol will ossify.” “Ossification is good.” “Bitcoin doesn't need to change, ossify it now.” Bitcoiners are a skeptical group of people, and as such they are naturally skeptical about change. There's a very good reason for that: the blocksize war was effectively a combination of certain developers (thankfully gone now) and influential figures attempting to strong-arm and coerce....
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