XT is controlled by Hearn and Gavin and them only. Core is controlled by the core devs, which includes a lot more than two people, so I would say that Core is more decentralized than XT right?

Talking about Bitcoin itself though, then yes it is not controlled by anyone and the multiple forks of Bitcoin (including xt) and alternative clients all demonstrate that.

It is not so easy, BTC users are from all the world, how can they meet ? Mostly from USA, by the way 

if nodes can't confirm old blocks(like already 10000+ confirmations),can problem be soloved???

I've not seen this mentioned on the boards but if it has been, feel free to get it merged.

I just came across this article that says CoinWallet will be f***ing around with the network this September. To be quite honest, I at first thought it was satire. I mean, why would you alienate so many potential customers? I certainly won't ever be using them now.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/coinwallet-plans-bitcoin-dust-attack-september-create-30-day-transaction-backlog-1515981

Here are a few (f***ing unbelievable) quotes from a CoinWallet representative:

"Each of these transactions is for a total amount of 0.0002 BTC (including miner fees), meaning that with my 150 btc that is currently in this state, I will be crafting 750000 transactions, or 2321 blocks, or a 16 day backlog."

and for there next trick,

"These 20 servers push approximately 1 transaction per second. The plan is to fill them up to 50-100 Bitcoin in total. In theory, if all things go as planned, we will create a nearly 30-day backlog."

But apparently you shouldn't worry, because...

"Of course, this won't cripple Bitcoin entirely. Those who are smart enough to increase their fees will still manage to push transactions through. However, it will make it prohibitively expensive, and will likely render most standard wallet software, ranging from Multibit, to Mycellium, Blockchain.info and others completely worthless."

They do have some XT reasoning at the bottom of the article, but it looks like an afterthought excuse if you ask me, and even if they did have a good reason, they don't have the right to affect the whole system.

Why should they not support XT? Have you looked at their privacy policy? ---> https://bitpay.com/about/privacy

The built-in extras that come with XT apart from the bigger block size, is no deterrent for them not to accept it... they already infringe on most of those privacy features.

The added benefit is the extra fee's associated with XT and it's bigger block sizes.... something that Bitcoin Core might not feature in side chains as part of Blockstream.

There is always a economic incentive for decisions like this, that makes no sense at all. 

I'm wondering if anybody operating an ATM in Canada can tell me what the current regulation is since the senate voted against regulation? Previously ATM operators were not required to collect ID, etc. Has anything changed?

Hi,

I would like to know the latest update regarding the regulation of Crypto Currencies in Australia.
If you have based information, please share.

Thanks

I have a ton of bitcoins from about '09 that I've decided I want to start selling them off. The problem is, over the years, they have been moved around a lot. Different exchanges, back and forth between exchange-money and bitcoins, many times, but I've never put them into my own bank account. I mean maybe a few here and there, but whose counting. The problem is this, most if not all of the exchanges I ever used are gone. Shut down. Inaccessible. It also goes without saying that these are certainly not the same coins I had years ago.

I was thinking of just selling them off over time, declaring that transaction that makes it to my bank as capital gains, paying the tax, and being done with it. I don't see any way I can get history of all those micro transfers over the years. I've talked to tax lawyers, they haven't a clue on anything about bitcoin. They told me to just treat it as the single sale of a commodity (each bank withdrawal), pay tax on the capital gain, and be done with it.

Thoughts? Suggestions? I want to reiterate the sheer amount of bitcoins I have. Selling them all at once would absolutely crash the market, which I do not want, and the amount is certainly high enough to potentially warrant an audit, so I want to prepare for that. I don't plan to take any deductions so I don't think the audit risk is too high. I have no objections to paying taxes and want to make sure I do it correctly.