Got a citation for that? I submitted my first PR (albeit a tiny change) to Bitcoin Core last week, and it was merged in a few days. No questions asked, no pushback.
I guess it all depends on what the change is in the end... if you're forking the blockchain, I'd damn well hope some pushback.
https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/41exno/bram_cohen_hate...
Which makes it strange how in 2015 he suddenly took an interest in Bitcoin and (1) supports everything Blockstream is doing (2) writes blog posts attacking long-time Bitcoin contributors like Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen.
Perhaps Bram Cohen is "consulting" for Blockstream? They admit they spent over $10m+ in their first 12 months of operations in 2015 which is a high burn rate considering how few full-time employees ("founders") they had during that time.
Bram, like almost all other technical experts holds a collection of views that you disagree with. He's never been paid by Blockstream.
Your claim with respect to blockstream's finances are incorrect, and you know they are incorrect since you were previously corrected on them; I can only assume that you're continuing to repeat them in an effort to intentionally defame Blockstream. You should stop.
There are many people in the Bitcoin ecosystem who, like Brian, feel strongly that if Bitcoin is to survive and thrive, then not only must the blocksize-limit be increased, but the exclusive power to decide the future of Bitcoin must be taken out of the hands of the Bitcoin Core team.
0. https://medium.com/@barmstrong/what-happened-at-the-satoshi-...