i have gotten pretty frank with my comments on things i deeply care about. i don't intend to hurt feelings (and sorry where i have); i passionately want important things and genuine people to succeed.

a little color below on why i'm so harsh on Merkle 👇

those who have followed me awhile know I have a history of criticizing Merkle (especially the perverse incentives @dwr.eth and @v have with their own capital invested into @neynar et al.) i still want their ostensible goal to be achieved, but i disagree that the degree of decentralization is "sufficient". we need to keep an eye on them 

if Satoshi had done it their way, Bitcoin probably wouldn't have succeeded 🤷‍♂️ 

trust, but verify.

Agreed. Would be cool to see at least one rogue, fully open source client.

doesn't matter if the protocol is fundamentally flawed

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what’s the flaw? i always thought lack of protocol incentive for node operators was a flaw

yes. and the fact that the plan for protocol fees is still "trust me, bro" 🐺