The Battle For P2SH: The Untold History Of The First Bitcoin War

Join Pete Rizzo and Aaron Van Wirdum as they tell the untold story of the first Bitcoin War!

Free and open-source projects are most often led by founders, who in turn must align efforts with contributors on whom their work depends. Still, where disputes of direction arise, they are imbued with a natural authority to act as decision-makers for their creations.

Bitcoin, early on, was no exception. For the first two years of its existence, Nakamoto played the role of lead developer and benevolent dictator. As Bitcoin’s undisputed leader, he enacted as many as eight protocol changes without much resembling a wider discourse[1]. That is, until he gradually stepped away from the project.

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