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A comment on Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2x on 16th November.

Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by mads on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @06:16AM (#15642452)
Its like watching a religion unfold in accelerated time. Heretics separating themselves into sects with different practices and beliefs from the orthodox groups.

Is Bitcoin turning into a social experiment instead of an economical one? :)

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Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by dec0dedab0de on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @09:20AM (#15643517)
I think economics is inherently social, and quite possibly the other way around if you really think about it.
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Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by cisanti on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @07:10AM (#15642697)
I like reading about bitcoin for that reason. It's like real-time and faster version how our societies and monetary systems evolved and the problems they solved. They are reinventing the wheel a lot, but it seems everything new is old...
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Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by Kinnard on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @09:38AM (#15643677)
It always was a social experiment.
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Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by mads on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @04:11PM (#15647690)
Yes, I suppose. If I had only known back in the days, when I started mining back in 2009 with my shiny dual Xeon workstation.

Are you Satoshi? ;)

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Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by 127 on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @06:31AM (#15642502)
It's also a good microcosm to learn about real politics. The facades are much more transparent as it's mostly amateurs.
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Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by funyug on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @06:33AM (#15642510)
Great analogy. Since bitcoin has no true leader it makes it open to people to chose their leader themselves. It makes it open to huge amount of manipulation too like in religious groups :P
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Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by JulianMorrison on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @09:55AM (#15643808)
At this point it's basically EVE Online with real money.
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