> Out of the 6 maintainers with commit access on GitHub, only a single developer is associated with Blockstream.
Please don't be so naive.
Greg Maxwell gave up his commit access for "optics" - to make BlockStream look better.
Meanwhile, Wladimir van der Laan, the project maintainer, says he won't accept any code contributions which are "controversial". That is, he wants 100% consensus for larger blocks. Yet he blindly accepts anything from Blockstream employees such as RBF and segregated witness fee discounts which are controversial.
Also, Blockstream burnt through $10m+ in 12 months, how much of that went into paying consultants and "supporters" such as Peter Todd, Luke-Jr, and even Bram Cohen who laughed at Bitcoin until suddenly in 2015 he loved everything Blockstream was doing?
Finally, investors? Investors will say and do anything if it helps them make money!
Please don't be so naive.
Greg Maxwell gave up his commit access for "optics" - to make BlockStream look better.
Meanwhile, Wladimir van der Laan, the project maintainer, says he won't accept any code contributions which are "controversial". That is, he wants 100% consensus for larger blocks. Yet he blindly accepts anything from Blockstream employees such as RBF and segregated witness fee discounts which are controversial.
Also, Blockstream burnt through $10m+ in 12 months, how much of that went into paying consultants and "supporters" such as Peter Todd, Luke-Jr, and even Bram Cohen who laughed at Bitcoin until suddenly in 2015 he loved everything Blockstream was doing?
Finally, investors? Investors will say and do anything if it helps them make money!