{"repo":"bitcoin-cap/bcap","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap","clone":"git clone https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap.git","description":"Repo for Analyzing Bitcoin Consensus: Risks in Protocol Upgrades","language":"HTML","stars":195,"topics":["bitcoin","bitcoin-consensus"],"license":"CC0-1.0","category":"blockchain-web3","readme_excerpt":"Analyzing Bitcoin Consensus: Risks in Protocol Upgrades Original Authors (V1): Ren Crypto Fish, Steve Lee, Lyn Alden Thank you to the following people who reviewed drafts of the initial project, providing valuable feedback to improve the quality of the project: Mat Balez, Jay Beddict, Jeff Booth, Joe Carlasare, Hong Fang, David Harding, Avichal Garg, Gwart, Chaitanya Jain, Shirish Jajodia, Hong Kim, David King, Jameson Lopp, Shehzan Maredia, Sanjay Mavinkurve, Murch, Matt Odell, John Pfeffer, Reardencode, Bradley Rettler, Rijndael, Pierre Rochard, AJ Towns, 0xkrane, jesmros Table of contents - Introduction - What is Bitcoin Consensus - Technical Aspects of Consensus - How are changes activated - Soft Forks vs Hard Forks - Historical Activation Mechanisms - What maintains Bitcoin Consensus - State of Mind - Stakeholders - Economic Nodes - Investors - Media Influencers - Miners - Protocol Developers - Users and Application Developers - Consensus Game Theory - How is Consensus Change attained - Stakeholder powers during a consensus change - How to measure Consensus - Future Scenarios and Considerations - Consensus changes with alternative clients - What is a chain split - Recommendations - Proposals Maturing Toward Possible Consensus - Key Questions for Stakeholders - Determining Consensus - Appendix Introduction This paper provides an analysis of bitcoin’s consensus mechanism, focusing on the roles of various stakeholders, their powers, and the incentives that guide their actio","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/bitcoin-cap","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/bitcoin-cap/bcap/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}