Bitcoin Ossification Debate with Vijay Boyapati and Reardencode SLP583

The bitcoin ‘ossification’ debate continues with a discussion on the key considerations. What makes Bitcoin special? What improvements are necessary to retain sufficient decentralisation, if any? 
Vijay Boyapati and Brandon Black (aka reardencode) rejoin me for a special episode to discuss: 

What makes Bitcoin special? 

Defining ‘ossification’

How many users is ‘enough’? 

Unknown unknowns

Addressing centralising MEV concerns

Soft forks and hard forks

Economic nodes and who holds the power

Where to from here


Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(01:54) - What makes Bitcoin Special? ft. Vijay
(09:37) - Verifiability & decentralisation of Bitcoin ft. Brandon
(14:31) - When do we stop ‘changing’ bitcoin?
(15:17) - Revisiting the blocksize wars & importance of self sovereignty
(20:45) - Libertarian principles of Bitcoin
(23:48) - ‘Sufficiently decentralised’ Bitcoin
(26:42) - Defining ‘Ossification’ of Bitcoin
(30:56) - Sponsors
(34:11) - Economic interests in upgrading Bitcoin nodes
(43:40) - Bitcoin is a Trojan horse
(47:15) - Can we rule out ‘Unknown unknowns'?
(50:49) - Concerns over centralising MEV
(1:00:17) - Whose chain is it anyway?
(1:05:14) - Resisting soft forks and hard forks
(1:16:49) - Closing Thoughts
Links:

X: @real_vijay

Bullish Case for Bitcoin: Swan.com/bullish

X: @reardencode


Prior episodes:

Rusty - Great Script Restoration

Brandon Black - Are Covenants necessary for Bitcoin

TXHASH Steven Roose

Matt Corallo and Steve Lee Great Consensus Cleanup


Sponsors:

Swan.com (code LIVERA)

CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Mempool.space


Stephan Livera links:

Follow me on X: @stephanlivera

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