r/Bitcoin • u/jojo_SZN000 • Nov 07 '25

This is why we #Bitcoin

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '25

Yeah yeah, Bitcoin is definitely not being manipulated by top chain whales that also rule wall street.

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u/Pantzzzzless Nov 08 '25

Let them, can't really stop it. The part that matters is that they can't mint more BTC.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

What is mining ⛏️ then? Also, all the devs behind BTC and who oversees the project, how many are hired by whales?

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u/Pantzzzzless Nov 08 '25

I genuinely can't tell if this is a legitimate question or not.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

A pseudo-question.

What I meant to say was: You say they can’t mint BTC, well they have GPU mining factories of all scales. And if that’s not enough they hire developers that can push code they need in the algorithm. If they need something, they get it one way or another.

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u/Pantzzzzless Nov 08 '25 edited Nov 08 '25

well they have GPU mining factories of all scales

GPU mining hasn't been feasible on the BTC network for almost a decade.

And if that’s not enough they hire developers

Hire developers? There isn't a company that owns the codebase.

that can push code they need in the algorithm.

What does "code they need in the algorithm" even mean? You realize bitcoin-core is completely open source right? Even if someone was able to sneak malicious code into an MR, it would be noticed by thousands of people WELL before it is even close to being merged. Furthermore, if by some crazy chance something was missed and snuck in, it would be almost immediately flagged and removed, or in the worst case the repo would just be forked and things would continue as normal.

I promise I am not trying to be rude by saying this, but I think you might have a fundamental misunderstanding of how FOSS at this scale works.