I don't care about core devs, I care about results of core devs and Bitcoin's result is a consistent history of good code and good work made by core devs to reject stupid decisions.
In comparison, all forks have failed miserably.

Earlier, I have had a much more positive view about Altcoins but when reviewing opinions of computer scientists, coders and developers, it looks like Ethereum can’t compete against Bitcoin at all.


In an earlier topic I’ve already listed important characteristics why Bitcoin is an advanced and safe coin:


1. Bitcoin is well reviewed

When Bitcoin was invented, it was set up to be a big security. Hacks should be impossible and get prevented by good code. Bitcoin attracted and still has a very large community of really educated developers.
Bitcoin has a very reliable coder community, where flaws will be detected early before implementation and no risks are being taken. Many much smaller coins have a very flawed code review process.
A large and educated coder community reviewing code during testing times is an important advantage for Bitcoin.

And luckily, it saves us from possible hacks, when hackers are prevented from detecting flaws faster because all flaws are removed before implementation.
We have seen so many hacks, where a flawed code was exploited and people lost money, like for Altcoin cross chain bridges recently or when Terra Luna failed.
Still, people are buying coins from unreliable coders like Tron from Justin Sun or even weaker DeFi coins like Acala Stablecoin from Polkadot’s supplier Web 3.
Unfortunately, some people will only learn after a loss.

Some coins are very centralized and have a single point of failure like Solana, when it was down several times or devs have much power like in Binance Coin or Tron.
And DeFi coins can easily print some more coins / tokens into existence.
Bitcoin is having a big advantage here.



2. Bitcoin has PoW

It is big controversy for a long time, if a coin makes PoW or PoS, like it was for Ethereum [ETH]. Not for Bitcoin because Bitcoin developers have decided PoW is best because of security. From what Experts have said so far, PoW is very hard or almost impossible to compromise instead of PoS, where more attack vectors can be found. Like Corona, we should trust mayority of experts who have education and experience in an issue. Satoshi implemented PoW not PoS because Satoshi knew. He was very experienced and called it right.
PoS can be abused by rich stakers and makes a project centralized in many ways like premined coins and devs can create much influence by staking a large amount of PoS coins. PoW is not having such issues.




3. Security is Bitcoin’s priority

As for a safe cryptocurrency, security standards are very important. First point, we need security standards and Satoshi implemented it right himself, when he developed Bitcoin. Early Bitcoin developers added more security standards. Second point is after some time, to NOT remove such security standards. First point and especially second point are relevant to many Altcoins, which is a big issue for Altcoins.
Many Altcoins don’t offer anymore to create private and public keys to prove ownership of funds and access it. It is very concerning and seems mind blowing to many experienced coders.
For example, when creating a Solana wallet or similar new Altcoins. Altcoin developers are not focussing on security.
Or even MEW is bitching around more and more every time going away by implementing insecure patches. We need to have our private key offline.
Many Altcoins are leaving people vulnerable which is very concerning.
Bitcoin is better like Electrum for example. Its design is not so nice but Electrum is good tech and recommended by many experts.

Bitcoin is still having very high security standards today because of Bitcoin does not want to build a hype coin, Bitcoin wants to build a safe coin.
It is our duty to select a safe coin instead of an unsafe hype coin.

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But now, a direct comparison to Ethereum should be drawn because it’s also always an opportunity when someone has bought Ethereum (or a different Altcoin) and he wants to have arguments for or against each coin in direct comparison.
In such cases, it is all about an accurate research and argument and also for education for us to really know a fact about fundamental differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum to get a direct comparison.
Maybe experienced members can elaborate a list of valid arguments, especially for such points, when comparing Bitcoin’s and Ethereum’s fundamentals:
- developers of Ethereum have too much power
- nodes and miners in Bitcoin vs. nodes and miners in Ethereum
- Ethereum code changes can be done much easier compared to Bitcoin
- Ethereum history vs. Bitcoin history (which coin is more stablished)
 + more points of importance


When someone is asking me or I need to explain and compare fundamental differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum, I would be happy to give a good explanation, why Ethereum can’t compete against Bitcoin.
I’ll be happy to see your answers, read and review it.  

Taproot is active now for a while and for Bitcoin's progress, it seems to be a decent step after native SegWit, where bech32 addresses were introduced.

I'm not a coder and it’s hard to understand to read texts from coders but getting informed about Taproot and doing research about it is a good idea in my opinion.
We just need a good text, good source or knowledgeable person to give insight and what I'm trying to ask here is: if it's possible for a knowledgeable person, preferably coder, to give insights about Taproot in a normal way (not for coders):

I already know a Taproot address looks like

bc1pxxxxxxxxx

and it is also cheaper for transactions.


But here it is, where it's starting to get difficult.

What is important to know about Taproot?
Implications / goals of Taproot?
How does Taproot compare to bech32 (cheap fees?)
Risks / limits of Taproot?

Educated sources explaining it (not from a coding perspective) but in a normal way, easy to understand if we are not coders, is what I’m looking forward to.

Happy to read your answers. 

You are right. It is really a big fact how all Altcoins have never achieved to surpass Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is still number one despite so many new Altcoins launched, despite so much money spent to develop and to promote a "better" coin.

It is a big proof how good Bitcoin's developers, how good Bitcoin's technology and fundamentals really are.

In Bitcointalk's latest Mixer ban, Altcoinstalks made an appearance because many Mixer campaigns will be on Altcointalks now.
I'm not active on Altcoinstalks currently because many topics are much more interesting on Bitcointalk but checking out Altcoinstalks now might result in better discussions on Altcoinstalks, when more members are active:

Hello

Is your BitcoinTalk Notification BOT also getting active, when a post, where I'm mentioned or quoted, gets edited? Will it cause a notification?

Congrats for unlocking your achievements!
Yesterday, I saw someone else, who has 100 days, too.
It's really big milestone.

Maybe you can bring an update, when it is 200 days for you.

Probably some people are more active, some people are less active. Like every day 1 hour or 2 hours. Or only 1 hour every 2 days.

Wow, I did not know, happy to have your answer. I will lock my topic now. 

Just in case, what would happen, if Satoshi Nakamoto's account would wake up?
It's really hard to imagine, he could be active again but it's always possible to happen, so what would happen in your opinion? It's a question for really interesting ideas.

Congrats on your achievement, OP!

Wow, looks like you are a very young member and when we are still young, we can learn a lot, when we dedicate our time for it.
If it is in our free time or from a professionel side, we can always expand our knowledge.
And as you have said, always ask a question to gain more knowledge!

Hello, bro
I know, yes. Satoshi was active on Bitcointalk and he announced Bitcoin here.
Even early development was done here, it is really impressive and I agree to you.

Satoshi Nakamoto is a really unique point for Bitcointalk.

Here is a different post from me:

@Active Members of Bitcointalk: Why have you created an Account here?
Description : Why did we chose Bitcointalk
Category : General post
Section : Meta

No interview with theymos available? Or will theymos not reply because of privacy?

Yes, it won't happen but CEX has soo many downsides as well. Why trade one downside against 10 more downsides because CEX has lots of downsides?
We should try to improve our knowlefge how to avoid transaction fee fail, not trust CEX instead.

It is a big question to me, why people still fall for such scam.
Telegram scam is a huge dumb scam and I can't believe how dumb some people are, really!
Mabye 95% of PM on Telegram are scam and it's always similar scam tactics.
It's always where we have to send funds. WE have to send.

How is such dumb scam tactics still profitable for Telegram scammers? 

Important point, it is also about trust of a bounty manager.
How many projects has he done or how many funds had he held.

You are right.
It is a gamble but we have many opportunities to increase our profit chances. Like you say, only join trusted manager's bounty and have a look at terms and also project legitimacy.

It is always a question if we can be tracked by simply clicking a link, or malware from a picture from a chat, like Telegram. For some chat, it is hard to know what attempt each scammer is trying.

Can a coder explain maybe?
How safe is it to download a picture, video, click link, when a stranger writes it to us in a normal chat?
In, for example, Telegram?

Bounty manager can also define to put all campaigns funds into a trusted Bitcointalk escrow service, where all funds will be kept safe from untrusted people or even hack.
He can prove it publicly by involving an escrow service and participants can see ii in Bitcoin's Blockchain publicly.
Bounty mananger can't cheat, funds will be safu.

Congrats, bro!
Your achievement is very inspiring!


Your written words are a good story for encouragement for every low ranked member on Bitcointalk.
It might look like a very long way to go but when we start it, we are getting closer step by step!

Keep walking!

What's a Bitcointalk mentor?
I would say: Satoshi Nakamoto is Bitcointalk mentor because he made Bitcoin and Bitcointalk happen.
Of course, we could call him mentor.
Big pity, he's not active anymore.