Why Luke Dashjr Is A #Bitcoin Legend
Jack Dorsey calls him Bitcoin's "Guardian Angel"
BTC developer since $0.30
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1/ Luke discovered #Bitcoin in 2010.
He was at New Year's Eve Party on an IRC chatroom.
The price was just $0.30 ‼️
2/ Since 2011, Luke has been an official BIP Editor.
He volunteers his time to vet proposed changes to #Bitcoin, or Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs).
This is a MAJOR part of technical consensus 👏
3/ Later in 2011, Luke started one of the 1st-ever mining pools.
Called Eligius, it allowed miners to "pool" their hashpower to better monetize their efforts.
He helped others mine OVER 300,000 $BTC ‼️
4/ During Bitcoin's first big soft fork in 2012, Luke proposed BIP 17, a standard for multi-sig wallets.
The proposal was contested by Bitcoin's "lead developer," who asked him to leave the project. Luke refused.
Today, BIP 17 is widely seen as a superior solution 👏
5/ In 2013, Luke came to #Bitcoin's defense again.
He was one of the first to detect an accidental hard fork caused by a developer change.
If unchecked, it could have split the network in two ‼️
6/ Amid the Block Size wars, Luke again came to #Bitcoin's aid.
When all progress was blocked, Luke figured out how to implement SegWit as a soft fork block size increase.
It's a key reason the network can process 4MB blocks today 👏
7/ By 2016, Luke was one of the top #Bitcoin developers in the world.
He had over 1,000 commits, or approved changes to the protocol.
Almost as many as Satoshi Nakamoto 🤯
8/ In 2017, Bitcoin was in a full-blown civil war.
Luke was one of the only #Bitcoin core developers to support the UASF movement that enacted SegWit.
The UASF proved ONCE AND FOR ALL that users, not businesses or miners, drive consensus 🏆
9/ Today, Luke develops #Bitcoin Knots.
It's one of the few alternative software implementations for Bitcoin.
The ability to write alternative implementations is a key feature of the network. It keeps Bitcoin decentralized 👏
10/ In 2023, Luke launched a new mining pool called Ocean.
It raised $7 million from investors like Jack Dorsey.
Ocean decentralizes mining by paying miners from the protocol directly, and letting miners NOT POOLS vet transactions 👏
11/ Luke continues to advocate against centralization.
Here he is speaking out against larger blocks in 2019.
It's one of the best explanations of how they can harm the #Bitcoin network 💖
12/ Despite raising a family of 10 KIDS, Luke continues to volunteer his time to #Bitcoin.
He's continued to do this – even when companies wouldn't support his work.
He did persevered for years 👏
13/ By many metrics, Luke continues to be one of the top #Bitcoin developers.
Here's a list of the top BIP authors by volume.
Luke is ranked #2 in the world 👏
14/ Today, Luke continues to fight to keep #Bitcoin decentralized.
He remains one of the project's key independent voices
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