why do Blockstream devs constantly complain about what can go wrong in Bitcoin? instead of what go can right? why do they seem to be pessimists instead of optimists?
it's b/c they don't understand money. most notably Sound Money which derives from Bitcoin's long term fixed supply. the incentives that go along with it are powerful and hard to understand. the world has only known fiat printing and bailouts for the last 4 decades. with Bitcoin, we have finally have the perfect liquid intangible money which cannot be devalued or seized. the Blockstream devs don't get this and how it incentivizes actors to do the right thing.
how many times have you ever heard them talk about the SOV function of Bitcoin? or Bitcoin as a digital gold equivalent? answer: never. these are the monetary principles i and many others haved talked about for years and, imo, have been central to Bitcoin's success. these guys are as bad as the Wall St guys who say that Bitcoin is only about the blockchain, not the bitcoin monetary unit. no wonder they think they can split off the unit from it's blockchain security. i'd bet that none of them has ever owned gold or silver. since they've never talked about it, don't let them claim otherwise now.
there is a reason my gold thread hit 1.5M views and had 35K replies before it got shutdown over on BCT by theymos and BadBear for talking about XT. there is an intense interest from ordinary citizens worldwide in Bitcoin's fixed monetary properties which has the potential to fix all of the world's financial problems. the only dissenters are gvts, banks, large corporations and guys like core dev who benefit from crony capitalism and who are frantically trying to develop their own blockchain products.
on the one hand, you can't blame the core devs given today's fiat currency mess. that's all they know. so it's understandable that they view Bitcoin merely as an ordinary monetary system with a fancy new tech. a blockchain upon which to build gateway hubs or sidechains for ordinary tx's and speculation. they only view Bitcoin as a platform whose main value unit can be siphoned off for more important things than money. otoh, they being core devs of the most promising of monies, should know better.
Bitcoin as Sound Money would serve it's greatest potential and ultimate purpose. the fact that all these ppl and institutions are attempting to subvert Bitcoin, the currency, is the greatest compliment they can give. don't let them do it.