Core&#x2F;blockstream&#x27;s position is not consistent and logical. Should users be able to make decisions? Should core developers be able to over-ride those decisions? Bitcoin is a system with majority decision making. Making Side-chains the major cornerstone of the Bitcoin ecosystem will turn out to be a mistake. Side-chains don&#x27;t make much sense if you understand incentives and risk. The same applies to Lightning which will equally be a failure. Unfortunately in the Bitcoin core dev bubble there isn&#x27;t much actual discussion of these things. Talking about FUD, when Core&#x2F;Blockstream has very massive leverage I find misleading. There are better ways to handle governance in OSS and cryptocurrency then founding a private enterprise.