No. Bitcoin core is admittingly no longer representing the bitcoin community. Wrong. Bitcoin core represents Blockstream and its investors. This has already been demonstrated as 100% fact.
No it does not. This is not a fact, this is (paid) propaganda. How do you define 'lot' ? 10+, 100+, 1k+, 10k+, 100k+ ...what ?
Those definitions are subjective, but definitely not under 100/1000. He's compromising on the blocksize. The general public might be completely in the dark about who runs core now, but people that eat, live, and breathe bitcoin aren't as easily fooled. As a moderator on this forum, you are indirectly (at best) sponsored by Blockstream.
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https://twitter.com/rogerkver/status/693839577371561987~~ only the code matters. No it doesn't. And don't fool yourself that this is remotely 'capitalism' either. The sad hypocricy of these developments is that Adam Back asserted back in 2013 that he thought that Bitcoin was a "one off event" and that he didn't hold much store by altcoins. Then he goes and starts a company to build altcoins - just not ones that the market can value independently of bitcoin. So what will happen now is that bitcoin won't be bitcoin any longer as far as markets are concerned. It will be a heterogenous, unfungible cludge of every kind of chain you can think of, all welded together like siamese x-tuplets where liquidity or value in any sector is a lottery, not subject to the indigenous supply and demand of that sector but at the mercy of the economic fortunes of every other. "The market" will simply value it accordingly. "Sidechain warts" and all where every sh*tcoin has the same value as bitcoin because a bunch of programmers said so. There's already a precedent for this - it's called the Euro, where if Germany sneezes, all the Mediterranean countries catch a cold. Not what the doctor ordered Welcome to Blockstream's new and improved, SideChainCoin™ - "The Coin with the Tiny Blocks!"
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Corporate backing for bitcoin/Bitcoin developers. No one else sees a problem with this?
This is perhaps the most egregious example of "Conflict of Interest" in recorded history. ~~ A 2MB blocksize (BIP 102) is not in the best interest of Blockstream, therefore it ain't gonna happen folks.
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I love the way your only reaction is to name call instead of making intelligent points.
Then why don't you make one? You just make false accusations and pretend that they are intelligent points - who do you think you are fooling? It is pretty clear to me that you are simply being paid for this - so what I am going to do with you (like all the others) is just wear you down until you give up or your masters decide that your posts are not worth paying for. You must have missed the memo. These companies direct core now, if you can't understand that, there's nothing I can do to help. http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2016/01/29/pwc-becomes-first-big-four-accounting-firm-to.html~~
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The main problem is "Bitcoin core" is a centrally controlled development group with Blockstream/PWC running command and control.
I can't even see how this is debatable? The developers with git keys and alert keys are on their payroll. Gavin Andresen might be bitcoin's last hope.
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So I was reading through Satoshi posts alongside the bitcoin whitepaper recently
Yeah yeah I know this is an old topic but hell... still an interesting discussion.
No new evidence but I did notice:
* Some UK spelling in the whitepaper (favourable) whilst Satoshi uses USA spelling on bitcointalk posts * In some old bitcointalk posts he interchanges I with we in a very suspicious way that an individual would not do * The technology behind bitcoin and the quality of the whitepaper & Satoshi's posts could defnitely not have been done by one person. Come on, I mean you've got Merkel Trees (a linux technology), Poisson distribution, networking, public/private encryption, TOR, a recipe in the whitepaper that implies the idea has been tried and tested in depth on a private network. The way the paper is written is EXTREMELY professional. I have read quite a few whitepapers and this is more professional than many I have read which have multiple authors (and this is supposedly just 1 individual). This is 100% not an individual writing this but a team of people. * The thing just freakin works as soon as it is released with no problems. This is very suspect and unusual. Anyone who ever did programming knows that nothing works like that unless it has been EXTENSIVELY tested for months and months (if not years). That requires a lot of skill and resources, more than any individual has. * The paper was released at the beginning of the year (suspicious.... implies it was professionally scheduled)
Lets also remember at this point that most of the protocols behind the internet were invented by the US government. It's a no brainer.
Basically this is a 100% US government project (I think US & UK, given the mix of spellings). It is 100% a team that worked on it and it was an idea that was worked on for years until it was released.
50 years in the future we will know when the files come out. Until then everything else in the media is a false flag. That's another reason why satoshi is so effective at keeping his silence and will never return. Because the project has now successfully concluded and been shut down. Also it is no coincidence the marshalls coins went to one of the most established and trusted American VCs.
The only thing this proves is that an intelligent team of creative people probably made bitcoin. ( ) It's not a government project. If it had been a government project, they wouldn't have let Blockstream/PWC pay off all the developers and take over command and control. It's not going to take 50 years for people to wake up to this fact. I think more like 5 days. Why do you think core rejects sensible proposals to increase block size to 2MB? Conflicts of interest for their sugar daddy sponsor is the answer.
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The conflicts of interest inside Bitcoin core have reached near deadly levels. At one time core was free and independent, this is no longer true.
Taking a look around here, it's not very hard to see that most devs opposed to 2MB blocks are on Blockstream's payroll. Very sad and disgusting.
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There is still hope for mankind if BIP 102 fails.
As bitcoin becomes inundated and infiltrated by companies like Blockstream and PWC, alternative currencies will learn from these breaches and compromises and build stronger systems to prevent Satoshi's original protocol from being perverted, co-opted, and corrupted.
I had not long ago given up entirely on Bitcoin after discovering the depths of its infection, but BIP102 has given me new-found hope. If somehow this proposal can escape the paid puppets and prevail, it will buy more time for the community to pull the pesky corporate weeds from its Core.
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Yes. The competitor with first mover advantage rarely manages to maintain his throne.
As bitcoin becomes inundated and infiltrated by companies like Blockstream and PWC, alternative currencies will learn from these breaches and compromises and build stronger systems to prevent Satoshi's original protocol from being perverted, co-opted, and corrupted.
I had not long ago given up entirely on Bitcoin after discovering the depths of its infection, but BIP102 has given me new-found hope. If somehow this proposal can escape the paid puppets and prevail, it will buy more time for the community to pull the pesky corporate weeds from its Core.
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PwC? I worked for them and i fucking HATE THEM! biggest assholes on the planet. FUCK THEM It's okay, Blockstream and PWC will be good daddy's for all of us. These guys will take good care of bitcoin and all of its developers. ~~ Everyone please go back to sleep now and let our new papas take care of core and the code!! lmao
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Yes, that's true. Gavin is an idiot, and so is Brian Strongarm, along with any miner (of any nationality) who supports their idiotic contentious hard fork. You'll need to include Satoshi Nakamoto into that group of idiots as well. Don't forget the 1MB block limit was only intended to be a temporary measure, never a consensus rule.
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We already got rid of the potential benevolent dictatorship, with the departure of Mike Hearn. The immediate threat have been dealt with. If the development team turns into a <Communist> system, like the OP defined it, we will deal with that too.
The developers work for the community and to improve the technology based on the needs of the community. If they do not address those needs, other developers are free to bring their proposals and the community will decide, if the proposal is good enough to replace the current developers.
In case you didn't get this morning's paper, Bitcoin is now 100% owned and controlled by big business: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1344522.msg13712600#msg13712600~~ The only hope for the survival of Satoshi's bitcoin is for the community to adopt Gavin's BIP102 variation. That's honestly, the last hope! https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4342u3/bip_block_size_increase_to_2mb_gavinandresenbips/
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Vote guys It's manipulated, yes. But how deep do the strings of control and manipulation stretch? Do they reach all the way into Bitcoin's core? Let's see how well this new BIP102 is received and we'll have our answer! ~~
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I'm sorry for the ignorance, but does this mean a hard-fork is coming soon?
This is code that has been submitted to Core for their review. A hard fork would only occur if this code were implemented and 75% mining power agreed. This would be followed by a 28-day grace period after which time older clients would not be compatible with the network. I think this proposal will be given serious consideration. For all intents and purposes, this is the "Satoshi BIP." It's what Satoshi would have done in this situation.
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