Re:Bitcoin Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin
by sroerick on Friday January 15, 2016 @03:10PM
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I think Mike Hearn's essay was pretty disingenuous.
Most of the people I know who have issues with XT have issues that go far beyond forking.
For example, some of the code included in XT includes blacklisting code. It also would break anonymity. I don't know if the camps is quite divided along the lines put forth in this article, but it's certainly true that XT wants to become/replace Visa.
Many people have been frustrated at the XT team, because whenever these concerns are aired they are ignored. Then, arguments like Hearn's are put forward, which imply that the only thing XT does is increase scalability, and opponents just have their heads in the sand.
It doesn't help that nearly every Bitcoin discussion forum has been seized by one side of the other, and moderated to all hell.
Most of the people I know who have issues with XT have issues that go far beyond forking.
For example, some of the code included in XT includes blacklisting code. It also would break anonymity. I don't know if the camps is quite divided along the lines put forth in this article, but it's certainly true that XT wants to become/replace Visa.
Many people have been frustrated at the XT team, because whenever these concerns are aired they are ignored. Then, arguments like Hearn's are put forward, which imply that the only thing XT does is increase scalability, and opponents just have their heads in the sand.
It doesn't help that nearly every Bitcoin discussion forum has been seized by one side of the other, and moderated to all hell.