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Re:What did Bitcoin Core contributors ever do for us? by icebraining on Sunday July 23, 2017 @03:22PM (#14833910)
It's not, though; the developers can write the code, but they can't force people to upgrade.
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Re:What did Bitcoin Core contributors ever do for us? by wmf on Sunday July 23, 2017 @04:09PM (#14834129)
They can withhold features that people want by refusing to code them, which is what one of the controversies is about.
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Re:What did Bitcoin Core contributors ever do for us? by vertex-four on Sunday July 23, 2017 @04:52PM (#14834323)
But other people can code them, and people as a whole can choose what software they want to run?
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Re:What did Bitcoin Core contributors ever do for us? by twblalock on Sunday July 23, 2017 @04:24PM (#14834206)
If some large exchanges upgrade, and some don't, the consequences are similar to those of a code fork. Suddenly the currency becomes split into two different currencies.
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