If Bitcoin is reliant on volunteer devs who aren’t incentivized beyond their own altruism doesn’t this mean Bitcoin as a network relies on trust?
Trust that altruistic individuals will dedicate an appropriate enough of their energy to keep it working?
Mr. Meadow /
npub1z3…nw2jv
2024-04-30 22:53:38
in reply to nevent1q…8ts5
Author Public Key
npub1z3avrrs936yhjcjaq5z9f0jqmsvmgax6m52x90el43xj3mcu5xaqwnw2jvPublished at
2024-04-30 22:53:38Event JSON
{
"id": "28814a87b5cb5caf533f697aa1b3189eddbf97ade81f9dee0d174b79e9411b3d",
"pubkey": "147ac18e058e8979625d050454be40dc19b474dadd1462bf3fac4d28ef1ca1ba",
"created_at": 1714517618,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"e7d7eb7532fa90ff31e00baf8f1d9bccb2be5c6c11fe82c0396524b8d35a79bd",
"wss://relay.primal.net",
"reply"
],
[
"p",
"c4eabae1be3cf657bc1855ee05e69de9f059cb7a059227168b80b89761cbc4e0"
],
[
"e",
"e7d7eb7532fa90ff31e00baf8f1d9bccb2be5c6c11fe82c0396524b8d35a79bd",
"wss://relay.primal.net",
"root"
]
],
"content": "If Bitcoin is reliant on volunteer devs who aren’t incentivized beyond their own altruism doesn’t this mean Bitcoin as a network relies on trust?\n\nTrust that altruistic individuals will dedicate an appropriate enough of their energy to keep it working?",
"sig": "8d801fd2f351e861929b2729abc73f59b8fb97736b76a39adb74bfcac88691cd70fcbc282210312a8502f3f409f983a6a36a59d6956aa4ade8d4dd42cfef2dce"
}