With all of the back and forth over Core v. XT, and BIP101 v. 1 MB blocks v. something else, it seems like there's never been more disinformation flying around about worthless coins, old blockchains, and tor unmaskings. Blocksize hodlers are sharing links that if this hardfork occurs, the next thing that Hearn, Gavin, and the NSA will impose is an increase in the maximum number of coins (See this link in the IRC transcript below:
https://twitter.com/jonmatonis/status/611844197331693568 ) :
[17:47:26] <zeusey> shellak: yes, but as soon as they step foot on the territory of technical arguments, can't we verify them with evidence?
[17:47:47] <KipIngram> jwinterm: How do I query blockchain download progress?
[17:48:07] <Tim-> belcher: it is Inevitable, the hard fork increases 21milion cap. I'm actually suprised it hasn't happened by now, or has it?
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[17:48:20] <jwinterm> ./bitcoincli getinfo
[17:48:21] <belcher> why is it inevitable?
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[17:48:34] <Tim-> I agree with John Matonis: https://twitter.com/jonmatonis/status/611844197331693568
[17:48:35] <piqure> ^^^ WARNING: any URL may lead directly or indirectly to COIN-STEALING MALWARE! ^^^
[17:48:45] <shellak> zeusey: yes, but the trade-offs have different value depending on the stakeholder (even if they agree on the technicals)
[17:49:03] <gmaxwell> I do too.
[17:49:06] <ftlio_> Tim- it's not inevitable, but the hard fork definitely shows why/how it can be done
[17:49:07] <belcher> me too
[17:49:12] <gmaxwell> I think Jon has been spot on with this subject.
[17:49:14] <zeusey> late adopters would probably outnumber the early adopters ... late adopters have more reason to inflate
[17:49:14] <Tim-> just like altcoins were inevitable, making more hardforks are inevitable
[17:49:27] <gmaxwell> ftlio_: it is inevitable that people will propose it (actually people have but not with much force)
[17:49:38] <belcher> im currently working on ideas to trade btc-core and btc-xt futures
[17:49:46] <ftlio_> tim- ironically, i posted about the incentives possibly being there to never hit zero sum on Reddit, and i assume the same people outcrying for a bigger block size are the same people who told me it's simply not possible
[17:49:50] <belcher> so the price between them can be discovered before a hardfork actually happens
[17:50:00] <gmaxwell> But it is inevitable that they will propose it with force, and media blitz later- and cries of urgency and perhaps a (manufactuored) disaster.
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[17:50:11] <gmaxwell> And we, as a community, must say no.
[17:50:15] <zeusey> shellak: true.. i guess i just havent seen much agreement between both sides on the technical args
[17:50:18] <zeusey> as of yet
[17:50:24] <belcher> maybe the economic consensus will go heavily towards one side
[17:50:41] <gmaxwell> belcher: sounds interesting, but we'd need to make sure the fork is clean and the both sides operate in that case.
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[17:50:59] <gmaxwell> Right now the situation is setup for a big mushroom cloud. 
Core dev and blocksize hodler gmaxwell says he agrees with that tweet, and that "we, as a community, must say no" otherwise "the situation is setup for a big mushroom cloud.
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So, with all these emotions, appeals to emotion, and intentional disinformations flying around...good time to snag some cheap coins?
