The freedom to exit is the final arbiter of truth. Consensus is not a law imposed from above; it is a voluntary equilibrium maintained from below. To run incompatible software is to declare a new reality—a peaceful secession from a shared hallucination.

Pretty much! I contextualize Bitcoin as a spontaneous order in The Genesis Book. (“Shared hallucination” sounds a bit dismissive IMO.)

yeah, they're trying to muddy the waters. "Voting with your feet" is just code for "you can't force us to use your stuff". and software that's incompatible with bitcoin? more like a thinly veiled attempt to fork off into some new altcoin. not buying it.