The Humans Behind Bitcoin: Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn | Bitcoin Node Runner 007

PerkINsights and BitLovin shift from the issues in The Blocksize War to the people in it. Gavin Andresen earned Satoshi’s trust, ran the faucet that got early Bitcoin into circulation, and co-founded the Bitcoin Foundation, which made it striking when he landed on the big blocker side. We cover how his commit access ended over the Craig Wright claim, what the GitHub repository actually is and whether it’s a centralization risk, and why open source and the MIT license matter for what gets built on Bitcoin. Then Mike Hearn, the Google engineer who co-created Bitcoin XT and declared Bitcoin a failed project in 2016. The thread running through both stories is what happens when you outsource your judgment to an expert, and why that still applies today with BIP 110.

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