I think I finally understand the true nature of this controversy: Smallblockers are Jacobites.
A little background: Jacobites are those that claim that the Royal Family of England are not the true heirs because somewhere way back, the rules of succession were not properly followed and the Elector of Hanover was crowned king mainly because he wasn't Catholic. Jacobites are correct, but what they don't seem to understand is that it doesn't matter at all. At this point in history nobody is going to take the crown off of Lizzy and plop in onto Prince Alois of Lichtenstein or whoever. Not. gonna. happen. Rules of succession were made to ensure orderly transition of power, not the other way around.
In our version, Smallblockers think that non-core code is by definition not Bitcoin. So if the miners adopt Classic (or whatever), that network of miners, nodes, exchanges, wallets, etc is no longer Bitcoin. AGAIN, that may be literally true (if you accept that definition) but it won't matter at all. The true definer of consensus is reality. Will that network be viable? I don't know the answer to that, but it is virtually certain that the jacobite (Core) fork will not. Hashpower secures the network.
your ability to relate anything to bitcoin's current situation is amazing.
anyway,
i was trying to explain the situation to my dad, and he kept bugging on " everyone will just stick to
Bitcoin the original if there's no consensus. " i didnt have time to finish the convo i had to run out the door, but here what i will tell him tomorrow.
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that is not what will happen
forget it, "Bitcoin the original" doesn't exist even today.
either we all come together ( segwit + 2MB ) and call it bitcoin with Core as the "government"
or there will be a fork, and each impl will
change in their own way.
there is no "original" there is only 2 new coins Core and Classic
each with their own hashing power, each with there own
new impls.
this should be avoided, but at this point miners are on the brink.
I know you like the Idea of bitcoin being the "Backbone" to a second layer, but >80% of the hashing power disagrees.
I for one will not fallow Mr Blue hair and BS BlockStream team ( whose president is nowhere to be found -_- )
maybe i'm going nuts! ( it wouldn't be the first time, and it sure as hell won't be the last )
but i think it would be prudent to make damn sure ALL your coins are under your control, incase the fork happens tomorrow.
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