And what are the practical implications of their supposed "moral responsibility"? How do you want to sanction them if you think they neglect it?
Bitcoin is the epitome of individual responsibility. You can't go crying to some stranger on the internet who wrote code that you chose to run. You can't complain that you're not being communicated to in a way you prefer – getting information is your own responsibility. The mailing list is there, Delving is there, the GitHub project is open, and if you don't have time for all that, a bunch of busy contributors set aside time to produce a weekly newsletter to summarize everything for you, and if you don't even have time for that, they make a podcast version of the newsletter.
If you just don't want to try to understand the technical aspects, your opinions on technical aspects don't weigh particularly much. I'm sorry that's harsh, but bitcoin doesn't let us ignore harsh realities.
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No, but you can tell them what software you want to run, and centralisation should be targeted everywhere with bitcoin, so we should complain of not being communicated to by the node software monopoly holder. Breaking down centralisation accumulation is how bitcoin survives/thrives
I don't want to "sanction" them in anyway, I am simply asking that the rational for decisions and the discussion is more open to everyone.
What does it mean when core says the "decision was mostly unanimous"? How many people were in favour and how many against? is this too much to ask to know? This is not about crying on the internet when ppl do somehting one does not agree with, this is about "can I know how and the reasons why you took this decision? and what paramenters were considered?". Because from watching core/knots debate on btc++ and reading everywhere core ppl are saying "this is strictly technical and has nothing to do with objective and morals". Am I allowed to say that as a node runner I have a problem with this, and would like decisions to be taken not only from a technical viewpoint but also from an objectivbe point? Can I say what I think when I contribute time and money (node) to the network?
I do spend lots of time looking for information on the matter, and I am exactly speaking up because I don't see a real discussion taking place. So all of a sudden all the "knots ppl" have gone retarded at the same time on the same issue? Don't you think that maybe there is something important that needs to be better discussed here? and why do you assume I don't agree with this because I don't understand the technical aspect?
