{"id":709316,"date":"2026-01-25T23:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opportunists-pushing-protocol-changes-are-btcs-biggest-threat-saylor\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T23:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:25:55","slug":"opportunists-pushing-protocol-changes-are-btcs-biggest-threat-saylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opportunists-pushing-protocol-changes-are-btcs-biggest-threat-saylor\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Opportunists&#039; pushing protocol changes are BTC&#039;s biggest threat: Saylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMTIvMDE5YWZmOTctOTNhYS03YTA1LTg1NGQtZjVmNmVmNTQ5OGNm.jpg\" alt=\"'Opportunists' pushing protocol changes are BTC's biggest threat: Saylor\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>Major changes to the Bitcoin protocol should be well-thought-out and rare, Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor previously said.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest threat to the Bitcoin network is \u201cambitious opportunists\u201d who want to push through protocol changes, according to Michael Saylor, the co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC)  treasury company Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Saylor\u2019s comments sparked a debate online. Bitcoin maximalist Justin Bechler <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/1914ad\/status\/2015148074646315432\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> the comments were directed toward software developers pushing for non-monetary use cases on Bitcoin, such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and onchain images in blocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe greatest risk to Bitcoin is quantum,\u201d investor Fred Krueger <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dotkrueger\/status\/2015294865144189379\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>, while others like Mert Mumtaz, the CEO of remote procedure call (RPC) node provider Helius, disagreed with Saylor. Mumtaz <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mert\/status\/2015165800660037910\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The biggest threat to the Bitcoin network is \u201cambitious opportunists\u201d who want to push through protocol changes, according to Michael Saylor, the co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Strategy. Saylor\u2019s comments sparked a debate online. Bitcoin maximalist Justin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}