Greg Maxwell is an ideal villain for Bitcoin, he knows enough on the topic to challenge Satoshis design choices and implement a modern alternative. The knowledge market surrounding Bitcoin is not fully developed. It's hard to imagine a time in the future when there would be such a one sided exploitation of it, than the one occuring via Blockstream/Core/Segwit-Lovers-Anonymous. Development reaching the masses will be a critical juncture for Bitcoin going forward and it needs to be handled well. Giving performance effecting parameters to the miners is the only way forward if bitcoin is going to be truly decentralized in all respects, it's a great insight and the next logical step for Bitcoin to grow.



We need a marketplace for developers to list their patches or versions. Ethereums corporate funding is helping them reach developers. However, Bitcoin's governance model cannot afford that luxury, and must make up the slack with it's opportunity for massive scale.





I wonder why Gavin left the project as he did, once this is all over I'd love to hear his recounting of the decision.