Blockchain is very famous now because many voluntary developers helped to code programs around it very early. Bitcoin's infrastructure is well established and we can select from a wide range of very secure programs like Bitcoin Core, Electrum, Wasabi Wallet or Mycelium.
Many new features have been launched from Bitcoin's code itself, like Segwit or Taproot.
Not limited to Bitcoin, Open Source coders have contributed a lot, like Firefox Browser, DuckDuck Go search engine, Tor Browser or even Linux.
Honest developers are always big contributors, especially for Bitcoin’s success but not limited to it.
Why Open Source programs?Programs coded as Open Source code are programs, where every coder can review it independently and look into it. Often, it is hosted on GitHub, a famous programmer website.
Open Source code is important for many reasons:
- Malicious code can be identified from experienced programmers– if it's closed, nobody will know about it
- Potential security risks can be identified quickly
Open source code programs should always be our selection of choice. Open Source code programs are very reliable, if reviewed from multiple programmers and established for a long time. Of course, we still should do our own research because Open Source code is no guarantee.
We need to support honest developers programming Open Source programsWe can also vote our support: decide for better, Open Source programs from honest developers. By doing so, we can make such programs more popular and more established by giving recommendations for such programs and advise against big corporate products:
Support Electrum instead of Blockchain.com wallet
Support Firefox Browser instead of Google Chrome Browser
Support DuckDuck Go search engine instead of Google search
Support Gimp drawing tool instead of Photoshop
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We have so many options to support honest developers by deciding for their Open Source programs and against big, corporate products.
It is important for us to keep supporting honest developers and Open Source code.