An open reply to Amir Taaki

All the good minds and cryptographers have left Bitcoin. What remains is an empty echo chamber.

Truth is these problems start with lack of vision and long-term roadmap, not with the processes themselves.

And the Bitcoin Core monopoly created this situation; one coin, one client, one vision. And the inevitable infighting for ultimate power.

Amir,

I read your missive and I couldn't agree more. You've nailed it exactly.

But Bitcoin is alive and well and waiting for you. It's called Bitcoin Cash and it was created to preserve the values of the original Bitcoin project when we saw Bitcoin proceeding down the path you just described.

Here you will find the Bitcoin project continuing apace towards an aggressive long term vision. We have good talent working on privacy and scaling, we have uncensored forums, we have multiple client implementations, and we have a set of shared common visions. Most of the most toxic personalities have left or been driven out of our community. No group is perfect but I think you'll find that the BCH community has addressed the issues you just described and is stronger for it.

Really if we want to go down this route, there should be a long period of self reflection about where the problems began rather than patching some process and moving on.

Amir, the problems began when a group took control of Bitcoin development and the Bitcoin user community.

There isn't any going back for BTC. Fortunately, there's no need to "save" BTC when a functional Bitcoin project is sitting right here in front of you in the form of BCH.

Bitcoin was faced with a choice of upgrades in 2017. Looking back, wasn't BCH the upgrade you really wanted? So upgrade. We're here waiting for you.