I am not in dispute about the existence of such companies (which btw only convert BTC to USD so really aren't helping anything much at all).

None of the merchants using such companies are receiving BTC (they are just receiving USD).

So - how did you get your BTC in order to buy coffees?

(are you paid in BTC for your work and if so how is that done?)

(you people that say that you have BTC to buy coffees are actually hated in the poor world where they have no BTC at all - so I hope you are proud of the fact that you make most poorer people feel sick when you complain that you can't buy coffee for BTC when they cannot even hope to get any BTC at all)

I'm sorry - the image of some old, fat (possibly angry) woman is supposed to mean?

Okay - well I am lost with the trolling (and being accused of being a troll) and the supposed stats and the rest of it.

If you'd like to start a reasonable conversation then I can do that (and I can do that in English).

That does not show who works for Blockstream - so is there another post I am waiting for from you?

A pointless post - if you have a point then make it.

If you just can't understand the basic things and think that Bitcoin will somehow compete with VISA if it is increased to 2MB or 20MB then I think you need to either get some extra education or just stop posting nonsense.

I see zero logical reason to do that.

No-one is using Bitcoin for normal txs and that isn't going to change this year or next year.

A small group of people are trying to "take over the project" by pushing about this need for everyone to be able to use Bitcoin to buy "coffee".

The fact is that even if you increased the block size to 1GB it won't compete with VISA (it would still be 100x times slower).

Very funny - but as CIYAM is not a VC backed entity (nor makes any profits at all) I'm not quite sure that the humour would make sense to anyone at all.

If I am missing out on some profit that you guys think that I am making then I'd like to know where to get that from (my wife would be the first to want to see these profits).

So what is exactly the percentage of Core Devs that work for Blockstream?

(I guess this should be the key issue here)

Okay - can we just hit "reset" then?

(attacking other forum members is not really what I am interested in doing)

And you have done absolutely zero to earn my respect (all you have done so far is to attack me and call me old).

I see you are still ranting (now going on about the number of posts, etc.)

Do you see me doing that?

If you want to be taken seriously then why not stop with the personal attacks for a start?

I see - well then please explain the line addressed to me as being nothing to do with me as you say.

(am starting to think you are retarded but will suspend my judgement after I see your next reply that will convince me otherwise)

As you see - it is only you making such disrespectful links.

Good luck with finding anyone to support you - I have already shown that you are a disrespectful asshole (so unlike you I am not going to reply with some stupid Wikipedia link about your psychological disorder).

That is for a start an incorrect statement - how can you say that "most everyone" without a survey that everyone will accept as being evident of such a thing as even having been made?

I don't know what is wrong with you people.

You just don't care for reason or for anything other than "to be right" (when I keep proving that you are wrong).

My guess is that your group are just trying to become popular (as idiots) and think that that might work. Well you can keep trying that path but I am always going to call you out as idiots.

What on earth does your quote about @gavin have to do with me?

(are you that stupid or just competing to be the most stupid person I've had to waste my time here with?)

It is not "used by default" so you are trying to make something controversial that actually isn't (is this all that you guys can do?).

Then why haven't they paid me one cent yet?

I'd expect some payment so far - wouldn't you?

So let's solve this problem - I would ask the Blockstream guys to say if I'm paid by them.

(and now I have caught you out - as you know they are not paying me one cent and you can never prove otherwise)

RBF is "optional" so it doesn't affect anyone that doesn't want to use it (it is not the slightest bit controversial really).

So you say this (implying that you are somehow better educated than most everyone else) and when you are criticised about it you have a go at the poster?

You are an arrogant asshole to say the least.