22.2 Financing Bitcoin Software without Patents || Jeremy Rubin
Wasabi Wallet
Jeremy Rubin argues that capitalist incentives for Bitcoin development are healthy, but developers who patent innovations and lock in profit become problematic middlemen. His example: Bitcoin delayed Schnorr adoption to avoid patent fee dependencies. The tension: capitalism should incentivize usage, not create rent-extraction from Bitcoin's operation. He contrasts this with work-for-hire developme

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