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

Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by thisisit on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @08:23AM (#15643109)
I don't care for Segwit2x or any changes but without supporting evidence, most of it is conjecture.

On the size what you said doesn't seem to be true:

https://www.coindesk.com/what-is-the-bitcoin-block-size-deba...

So, it was changed back in Satoshi's era(2010). It is miners who are not obliged to fill up till 1 MB. Yes, miners can be shady to not fill the blocks and collect fees.

Frankly, it seems Bitcoin has an ever revolving door of civil wars and it is getting boring. Every time someone comes up with a different opinion, its civil war, political attack etc. There was so much noise during Bitcoin XT, then cash and now this.

If people are so concerned about miner control and 100% sure of community support, create a fork and mine it. A fair debate is fine but this kind of in-fighting undermines bitcoin from being taken seriously - 7k in price or not.

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Re:Bitcoin Under Political Attack – Contentious Fork Segwit2... by funyug on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @08:34AM (#15643196)
Exactly everyone is free to fork and create their own chain but they dont take the brand value with them. Bitcoin XT, cash and segwit2x all have had the same supporters everytime. They just change the name of their movement.
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