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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by jononor on Saturday December 09, 2017 @09:22AM (#15885903)
Adoption of Segwit (a minor change) was neither quick, easy or without controversy. It does not lend much faith in the Bitcoin community ability to deploy big changes in a timely manner.
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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by etr-strike on Saturday December 09, 2017 @12:31PM (#15886858)
The consensus rules of bitcoin are supposed to be incredibly difficult to change. That's a feature, not a bug.

Changing consensus rules is only easy if the network is centralized. That's not something I want to have in my money.

If new technology demonstrates it's value beyond doubt, upgrading the network will have vast consensus.

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