Biology & ecology is a really rich field of study and some of its lessons have been brought across into machine learning, where solutions to a problem are allowed to 'mutate' and compete with each other and only the fittest 'live on' while the others are culled (and the cycle continues). So yes, a kind of evolution.
But I don't think biological/ecological metaphors and language such as 'evolve' are of much use in discussing conventional software development. I can't think of a conventional software package that I've used that has evolved. Normally the function of the package is quite clearly defined at the start and the software only gets refined (hopefully) and extra useful features added. Plus bug fixes. But the core functionality almost invariably remains. And I expect this to be the case with Bitcoin, especially, as you point out, as it becomes a base layer protocol (that other layers depend and build upon).
Finally, re game theory, Bitcoin itself is not subject to game theory. (This is one of the mistakes that altcoin developers made, that there would be a competitive 'game' between competing coins.) Bitcoin can not be outcompeted. Game theory only happens within the Bitcoin space, ie between miners, node runners, coin hodlers, etc
/ Callum
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2025-05-11 21:02:18
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