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Nobody said it would be easy to work on the most important open source project humanity has ever undertaken.

Core Devs are implementing the same changes that created the bitcoin cash fork(the Bitcoin cash blockchain is full of child porn and malware we already know what's going to happen)

Just some thoughts... not hate. - deal with legal threats What are they doing that could land them in court? Actions always have consequences. A shit poster online saying they're going to take you to court online isn't a threat (If they're even real and not bots). When the paperwork shows up then it's a "threat". Maybe they should consider that they could be on the wrong side of the law/issue. - deal with threats from social media brigades run by 2023-era "bitcoin maxi" influencers. Again what threats? I only sasee the odd over the top person, most people just don't want non-monetary stuff. Sorry to hear if people or bots are sending threatening messages, it's bullshit. I hope you don't consider the people who understand a lot of topics, including incentives and technical details and are willing to put their thoughts out there, noise. Seems that core devs aren't really listening to some of the deeper arguments. I see a lot of pro-core devs/people saying its a bunch of noise, but then they don't even counter the points given. Just because someone is new to bitcoin doesn't mean they don't understand or haven't done their homework. - soul crushing and time consuming rebasing and code review What? You choose what's worth doing. How does this not apply to any other project, especially project that is voluntary? There is always grunt work to be done, but you do it because it's worthwhile. - have deep knowledge of complex cryptographic protocols, engineering and economics Devs didn't need to have this before? I would hope understanding the project deeply would be a requirement when you're making decisions for it, especially when they can have large consequences for a monetary network of people's savings. Many of the core devs think people commenting on these issues need to be super enlightened, so why wouldn't the core devs need this too? We all have things to learn, that's why we use others to give feedback. I can understand being new and helping out with minor fixes and features, but when it comes to policy and far reaching changes, you'd better know your stuff and trying to figure out how it's going to effect things in the future. We have an incredible pool of talent, so use it.

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Core Devs started this latest fiasco by “let them eat cake”.

Sounds like a really good time to go anon

They dug their own grave on v30. Antagonizing the other side for voicing concerns doesn't help your case. You come off like an emotional child in these replies.

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With the xz utils / jia tan exploit pressure was put on the maintainer until they got their person in charge.

Yes very sad that you gays have pushed it this far. Core devs have done severe damag3 to their owm safety.

Wait until we start validating child porn…then things get REALLY legally troubling…or has that been the Trojan horse all along.

I have nothing against core developers but they failed at reacting to the topic in such a bad way that this is what happened.

defending the network is here an assumption

"who would want to work on bitcoin at this point?" me "what's the point?" there is no point. i do it to spite my enemies.

Nobody forced them to work and they are all paid money for it.

Solution set: Cancel Core V30 and retire. The threat is more than legal at this point.

I hate this victim mentality like core contributors are paupers. Why work on it? If they're smart, the average Core dev has tens of millions in bitcoin at this point. They should protect their biggest asset. And regardless of how you feel about this particular filters issue, they made numerous unforced errors with the way they rolled out and communicated the change. I hate to say it but this is why corporations use project managers and product people. Insulate engineers from public facing comments. Putting your foot your mouth can wreck a project - even FOSS.

Then go home. I run knots anyway

Tbh this sounds like an epic responsibility description. Odyssey for devs with cojones only.

Playing the victim card is pathetic. The expectation that core devs can do whatever they want without any negative response from node runners shows how inconsequential you think Bitcoin is. This isn't your average, sleepy foss project with a few hundred users who all completely trust the devs. This is the most important foss project in history and the behavior of core recently has been unbelievably irresponsible. I don't condone the worst behavior, but sadly this will always be present on the internet. So either accept that reality or work on something else. And maybe try listening to your users instead of insulting them.

Cry harder, don’t work on core then, fork it into some personal project no one uses and do whatever you want.

If reviewing code for #bitcoin is "soul-crushing" to you, that's probably a clear signal that you should step aside. stick to nostr apps or whatever actually gives you a sense of meaning. Perhaps also it is soul crushing for you because you and the Core devs are deliberately violating established and necessary principles of mempool filters to protect our beloved timechain, against the clear wishes of our community. Maybe listen to that feeling inside and change course. You make it sound like having deep knowledge is a burden. If it's not for you, please step aside and follow your purpose whatever it is

I wish all well, I felt terrible sorry to hear that core dev get legal threats ! Thats not fair , after all the hard work and contributions to the development and end up like this . You right . If things not getting better , who wants to Work at BTC project at this point ?

Pushing contentious changes causes more contention.

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Lmao bitcoin != core poor opensource developer "team"