The existence of BSV is irrelevant to the question of whether BTC Core has engaged in passing off. The fact remains that they have altered Bitcoin and are presenting an altered product as if it were still the same.
The marketplace, both of ideas and products, depends on clarity, on the honest representation of what is being offered. Anything less is fraud, intellectual dishonesty, and a betrayal of the very principles Bitcoin was built upon.
Rand’s defense of intellectual property was not just about material ownership, it was about protecting the product of the mind from being stolen, diluted, or distorted. What BTC Core has done is to distort Bitcoin to the point where it no longer reflects the values or structure upon which it was built. To suggest that the existence of BSV justifies this distortion is to misunderstand the very nature of integrity itself.
To be clear, the argument is not about whether BSV is the original Bitcoin—it is.
The point here is that BTC Core cannot hide behind the assertion that alternative systems exist as a defense.
The existence of other options does not absolve them from the inherent failures and contradictions within their approach. They cannot deflect accountability by pointing to the multiplicity of choices when their system deviates fundamentally from the original principles and design.
It is an incredibly weak argument to suggest that merely having alternatives excuses them from defending the integrity or efficacy of what they present as Bitcoin.
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S. Tominaga AKA CSW
Oct 20, 2024
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1847987515204219158.html
https://t.me/S_Tominaga/1586
The marketplace, both of ideas and products, depends on clarity, on the honest representation of what is being offered. Anything less is fraud, intellectual dishonesty, and a betrayal of the very principles Bitcoin was built upon.
Rand’s defense of intellectual property was not just about material ownership, it was about protecting the product of the mind from being stolen, diluted, or distorted. What BTC Core has done is to distort Bitcoin to the point where it no longer reflects the values or structure upon which it was built. To suggest that the existence of BSV justifies this distortion is to misunderstand the very nature of integrity itself.
To be clear, the argument is not about whether BSV is the original Bitcoin—it is.
The point here is that BTC Core cannot hide behind the assertion that alternative systems exist as a defense.
The existence of other options does not absolve them from the inherent failures and contradictions within their approach. They cannot deflect accountability by pointing to the multiplicity of choices when their system deviates fundamentally from the original principles and design.
It is an incredibly weak argument to suggest that merely having alternatives excuses them from defending the integrity or efficacy of what they present as Bitcoin.
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S. Tominaga AKA CSW
Oct 20, 2024
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1847987515204219158.html
https://t.me/S_Tominaga/1586
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