What's up with all these people switching to BitcoinXT?

[DecentralizeEconomics]

Can someone explain to me how Bitcoin XT is not Crypto-Paypal (Serious Question) PM Me

 

[MadGamer]

Have a lot of people switched?


~BCX~

not really , at least not the mush needed to make the change and make all people switch to Bitcoin XT
looking at this website http://xtnodes.com/ , it says that 190 only are running bitcoinXT nodes but maybe most of them are downloading the blockchain right now

[BrianM]

I've been looking around in every Bitcoin community I'm a member of, and almost every day I can see someone saying they switched to BitcoinXT.

What's up with BitcoinXT? Does it have something to do with the recent block size discussion?

They are just looking for some quick dollars. Bitcoin XT is just another altcoin, it will never be anything more. It will die out like all the other shitty coins.

Please explain how Bitcoin XT could make its developers any money compared to Bitcoin?

For everyone else; it's Bitcoin Core modified to support larger blocks, so that it's not as badly crippled in terms of maximum transactions per second. This means it's a consensus fork; it will accept blocks the current main chain will not. It does not, however, magically hand coins to its developers, and I'm disappointed at people attacking it as some sort of get-rich-quick scheme.

XT is just a scam to have coins on both chains when it fork. The pro XT will to quickly sell the coins on both chain. Really shitty to call it bitcoin, when it has nothing to do with bitcoin. Bitcoin XT is a virus.

[rnicoll]

Can someone explain to me how Bitcoin XT is not Crypto-Paypal (Serious Question) PM Me

 

Would love to, but I'm not sure how it _would_ be crypto PayPal?

[rokkyroad]

I've taken to calling it a "hijack-coin" and people should be very careful supporting it.  Those with large amounts of BTC will try to make it seem like BitcoinXT has a future, just so they can dump all their soon to be worthless hijack-coins to less knowledgeable users.

That's a good reason to stay away from it.  Always assume the worst and hope for the best.

[Andre#]

All these hero and senior members reacting so childish here... jeesh

[iCEBREAKER]

I've been looking around in every Bitcoin community I'm a member of, and almost every day I can see someone saying they switched to BitcoinXT.

I think you meant to say NotXT.  NotXT+XT node count really took off when it came out:

[username18333]

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[favdesu]

What's up with all this shilling on BitcoinXT? it's just an altcoin at this point

[iCEBREAKER]

What's up with all this shilling on BitcoinXT? it's just an altcoin at this point

XT is just an altcoin, it's designed to help the NSA violate/blacklist you:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1156489.0

[Zarathustra]

I've been looking around in every Bitcoin community I'm a member of, and almost every day I can see someone saying they switched to BitcoinXT.

I think you meant to say NotXT.  NotXT+XT node count really took off when it came out:

I don't think that you really believe in that BS, which seems to be your last hope.
Since 1 week there are (net) zero node upgrades to 1MB-0.11.0, while the XMB-0.11.0 version went to 800.

[jkminkov]

F*** people's nodes, pools and exchanges are important, that increased block size will bring more orphans and miners don't like those at all!

[iCEBREAKER]

I've been looking around in every Bitcoin community I'm a member of, and almost every day I can see someone saying they switched to BitcoinXT.

I think you meant to say NotXT.  NotXT+XT node count really took off when it came out:

I don't think that you really believe in that BS, which seems to be your last hope.
Since 1 week there are (net) zero node upgrades to 1MB-0.11.0, while the XMB-0.11.0 version went to 800.

You can't tell how many of those 800 nodes are being spoofed by NotXT and Pseudonode.

Not that it matters.  Nobody is going to want XT after this news gets out:

Bitcoin XTs Tor IP blacklist downloading system has significant privacy leaks.

[Zarathustra]

I've been looking around in every Bitcoin community I'm a member of, and almost every day I can see someone saying they switched to BitcoinXT.

I think you meant to say NotXT.  NotXT+XT node count really took off when it came out:

I don't think that you really believe in that BS, which seems to be your last hope.
Since 1 week there are (net) zero node upgrades to 1MB-0.11.0, while the XMB-0.11.0 version went to 800.

You can't tell how many of those 800 nodes are being spoofed by NotXT and Pseudonode.

Not that it matters.  Nobody is going to want XT after this news gets out:

Bitcoin XTs Tor IP blacklist downloading system has significant privacy leaks.

The reality is:

1) It is open source and can/will be changed as soon as the 1MB'ers/sidechain usurpators are forked away and
2) 'Nobody is going to want to' upgrade to 1MB-0.11.0 since the XMB-0.11.0-Client is ready to download.

[TheCoinFinder]

XT *is* bitcoin as much as Bitcoin Core is. Until 75% of the miners decide that Bitcoin will have larger blocks After January 2016 - Bitcoin XT and Bitcoin Core are practically (for hard-fork purposes anyway) identical.

So don't see XT as an "alt-coin", see it as a way non-technically to actually have a choice over the large/small block debate. Because the only alternative otherwise is to manually alter the bitcoin core code yourself. Now that's not really a fair consensus forming decision as it doesn't allow non-technical people to decide that.

Bitcoin XT actually levels the playing field, giving people the choice.

[TrueAnon]

Chinese miners do not and will not support XT, thus it will not make it big.  Simple as that.

[FlipperBTC]

Have a lot of people switched?


~BCX~

1 in 8 node operators are currently running a BitcoinXT node, and that number has grown at an almost 8000% rate in the last week, so it's goin to keep rising.

It's also obviously necessary to support larger blocks eventually, so most people who are educated about BitcoinXT agree that it's a necessary change, and are either switching or showing support for larger blocks in general.

So yes, a lot of people have switched and a lot more people will. Whether people like it or not, larger blocks will be supported eventually, either buy XT or Core.