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2025-09-01 15:59:20 UTC

franzap on Nostr: Why is bitcoin based on a reference implementation instead of an interface with a ...

Why is bitcoin based on a reference implementation instead of an interface with a strong test suite for consensus rules?

Always heard multiple implementations could lead to bugs causing a hard fork.

Is it really so? Given bitcoin's importance, why can't we find a solution to this problem?

Bitcoin Core can and probably will be captured.

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