Bitcoin Core described in its June 6, 2025 joint statement its role as optimizing software for validation and transaction relay, not controlling use cases

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As Bitcoin Core developers we also consider it our responsibility to make our software work as efficiently and reliably as possible for its purpose, namely validating and relaying blocks and transactions in the Bitcoin peer-to-peer network, so that Bitcoin succeeds as a decentralized digital currency.

They noted that it is their responsibility to ensure that their software is efficient and reliable, contributing to Bitcoin’s success as a decentralized digital currency.