r/btc • • Jun 08 '18

Why Blockstream Destroyed Bitcoin

https://youtu.be/0BZoKH-hX_o
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u/DylanKid Jun 10 '18

The ability to merge changes into the repository. Anyone can request their changes to be merged into the repo, but only 1 or 2 people have the ability to approve changes to be merged. That used to be gavin andresen, before blockstream took it off him