So far, changes seem to happen fairly slowly. Things are discussed ahead of time. Some kinds of changes are proposed ahead of time in the form of a BIP (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal) -- https://github.com/bitcoin/bips. Even tiny changes, that seem entirely reasonable to me, can generate controversy. Core developers ask each other to acknowledge each pull request.
If the developers tried to push something through that many miners wouldn't like, I'm confident people would notice and it would cause a large outcry.
> Seemingly innocuous changes can indeed have unforseen consequences.
The core Bitcoin developers seem conservative, reasonable, skilled, and they test things quite heavily. That said, changes are risky, and they've caused problems in the past. Bitcoin is risky!
If the developers tried to push something through that many miners wouldn't like, I'm confident people would notice and it would cause a large outcry.
> Seemingly innocuous changes can indeed have unforseen consequences.
The core Bitcoin developers seem conservative, reasonable, skilled, and they test things quite heavily. That said, changes are risky, and they've caused problems in the past. Bitcoin is risky!