Other comments in the first thread laughing at how clueless /u/maaku7 is about economics, fiat and Bitcoin:
"I'm pationate about Bitcoin. I have zero passion for majority-vote to change the rules system. We have one of those already -- it's called fiat." - maaku7
https://np.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/418y5p/im_pationate_about_bitcoin_i_have_zero_passion/
Which fiat currency is up for majoritarian vote exactly? Bizarre point of view.
Yeah I don't remember ever getting a vote in how the Federal Reserve handles the Dollar or the economy.
– [deleted]
This "core Dev" has no idea what he is talking about.
So much happier Gavin is about be take the helm again.
– /u/twfry
Dear /u/maaku7,
Somebody wise once said:
As a decentralized system it is the bitcoin using public who will decide how bitcoin grows.
If that statement is wrong in some way, do you mind correcting it for us? If I believe that statement is correct isn't it only natural I consider you hostile and take appropriate actions?
(The author of the quote is Gregory Maxwell)
Wow. I think /u/maaku7 needs to do a bit of studying.
This would be fine if he were just some random person on Reddit - but a so-called Bitcoin "dev"?!?
Doesn't understand Satoshi's white paper. (Has he ever heard of Nakamoto Consensus?)
Doesn't understand fiat. (Has he ever heard of the FOMC??)
Really disturbing.
– /u/ydtm
Can't spell either
The problem with many Bitcoin Core devs is that they know nothing about game theory and economy.
If fiat money was controlled by the people it might not even be so bad. The problem with fiat is it is controlled by a central cabaal who put their own interests above the interests of the people. I think this quote by maaku7 illustrates the type of ignorance in a lot of developers minds in this debate.
FIAT currency is certainly not democratic/majotarian.
Edit: Core dev... theymos.. they are getting kinda scary, they seems to embrace totalitarian view a bit too much.
– /u/Ant-n
Fiat money is an oligarch tool to rob all the others.
It's pretty troubling for a Bitcoin developer to not really understand the principles and philosophy of the Bitcoin network. Has maaku7 even read Satoshi's whitepaper? Those comments make it sound like he hasn't.
Core running Core as a dictatorship is fine. All implementations logically have to be so. The fact that we have let them run Bitcoin as a dictatorship is our fault alone. We always held the power of the fork, and now we are using it.
/u/maaku7 is an irrelevant imbecile whose prestige has fallen like a rock