Bitcoin maximalism was built around the idea that Bitcoin would eventually replace all money.
But if Bitcoin cannot scale to billions of users, that framework has to change.
Maybe Bitcoin does not need to win everything. Maybe it needs to remain the best at what it actually
Soft forks are often presented as a safe way to add features to Bitcoin because older nodes can continue operating.
But technical compatibility does not solve the governance problem. A relatively small group of developers and miners can still create significant consensus changes