Strengthening of Code Review and Development
The incident exposed the need for:
Rigorous code audits
Formal peer review processes
A more professional approach to open-source security in crypto
Today, Bitcoin Core undergoes intense scrutiny from a global team of developers. This vigilance is partly due to lessons learned from the 2010 bug.
Security Culture in Blockchain
Other blockchain networks and cryptocurrencies have built their security processes and governance models with this event in mind. The ethos of "don’t trust, verify" was reinforced.
Immutable vs. Mutable Debate
The rollback showed that even Bitcoin’s "immutability" could be bent in extreme cases. It sparked a long-standing debate:
Should blockchains ever be rolled back?
Is consensus more important than code?
