These principles are intended to reflect the community, not any one author. Disagreement, criticism, alternative wording, and personal perspectives are welcome.
Use an Issue to:
- Challenge or discuss an existing Principle
- Propose a new Principle
- Explain something you believe Bitcoin must preserve
- Share your perspective on why Bitcoin matters
- Raise philosophical, economic, or technical concerns
Please begin with an Issue so the idea can be discussed before changing the document.
Use a Pull Request when you have specific wording you would like incorporated into the document.
Please explain what you are changing and why
We are not looking for unanimous agreement on every sentence.
We are trying to identify a set of unifying Principles with community consensus, explain why they matter, and preserve that reasoning for the future.