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Op-Ed: The Potentially Fatal Flaw of Open-Source Blockchain Protocols
Erik Kuebler
Bitcoin Magazine
If society truly becomes open-source, the only factors that will keep protocols defensible in the long term are an exceptionally talented team, a loyal community and significant network effect.