Bitcoiners are “not in a position” to place mandat

Bitcoiners are “not in a position” to place mandates

The letter argued that Bitcoin 

“Being free to run any software is the network’s primary safeguard against coercion,” it added.

While many Bitcoiners supported the update with an “ACK” comment, others objected.

JAN3 CEO Samson Mow criticized the tone of the letter on the same day. He said, “It’s disingenuous to just say “it is what it is now, too bad.”“Bitcoin Core devs have been changing the network gradually to enable spam and now seem focused on also removing barriers for spammers,” Mow said. “This statement itself is also inappropriate,” he added.

On May 8, Bitcoin Core developers decided to remove a long-standing limit on transaction data in a network upgrade to allow for larger data segments, which some Bitcoiners saw as opening the door to non-financial use cases.

However, Casa founder Jameson Lopp defended the letter. Lopp said, “Core Devs are a group saying we can’t force anyone to run code they don’t like; here is our thinking on relay policy and network health.”