African Bitcoiners on Nostr: 📚 Readers’ Friday Book Club! Tonight, we’re diving into Chapter 13: ...
📚 Readers’ Friday Book Club!
Tonight, we’re diving into Chapter 13: “Blocking the Stream” from Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver and Steve Patterson.
This chapter explores one of Bitcoin’s most contentious questions: who funds Bitcoin development, and how can funding influence the direction of an open-source project?
We’ll discuss the Bitcoin Foundation, Blockstream, developer incentives, governance, and the broader question of how Bitcoin can remain resistant to capture.
đź•• 6:00 PM UTC
đź’¬ Discord:
https://discord.gg/mWt628TA4kCome with your questions. ⚡📖
Published at
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