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Whether the system is BTC, AI or some future platform whose code is largely written by machines, governance never disappears.

Software does not choose its own purpose. Protocols do not amend themselves. Models do not decide which feedback matters, which errors are tolerated, which objectives are pursued or which users must bear the consequences.

People make those choices.

Even when a machine writes the code, a person selects the model, defines the task, approves the output, deploys the system, accepts the risk and decides whether the result remains in production.

Institutions may act collectively, but decisions are still made by individuals: developers, executives, maintainers, miners, regulators, investors and operators. “The community decided” is often merely a polite way of concealing which people actually exercised power.

When a protocol changes, individuals chose to change it.

When an AI system is constrained, individuals chose the constraints.

When harmful outcomes are ignored, individuals chose not to intervene.

The institutional question is therefore always the same: who had the authority, who exercised it, who benefited, who bore the cost, and who can be held accountable?

Code may automate execution.

It does not abolish governance.

It merely makes governance easier to hide.