Antonopoulos Supports, "Classic, Core, ETH, Unlimited, Litecoin, & Everything"

[jonald_fyookball]

The's not exactly decisive, but some devs have had death threats over their support for a particular flavor of wallet, so he's playing safe and supporting both everything and nothing. He could have stayed silent, or said he was neutral, but now he can say he supported whichever wallet wins after its won.

This rings true. But how does that stance help bitcoin, how does that attitude contribute to the common good, how does that position serve anyone but himself?

he's promoting unity and not contributing to the toxic environment of division

[bri912678]

The's not exactly decisive, but some devs have had death threats over their support for a particular flavor of wallet, so he's playing safe and supporting both everything and nothing. He could have stayed silent, or said he was neutral, but now he can say he supported whichever wallet wins after its won.

This rings true. But how does that stance help bitcoin, how does that attitude contribute to the common good, how does that position serve anyone but himself?

He probably weighed the risk of death threats for supporting a particular wallet against not helping Bitcoin or contributing to the common good, and decided to take a position that only serves himself. Most of us are anonymous so we can support whatever wallet we like without fear of reprisals, but he has to take that into consideration.

[funkenstein]

This rings true. But how does that stance help bitcoin, how does that attitude contribute to the common good, how does that position serve anyone but himself?

Refreshing to see someone not trying to control every aspect of bitcoin, not trench digging, not panicking. Not thinking only his camp are right.

+1

[maokoto]

Never thought about it, but I think he is right. Having a lot of coins and being able to exchange from one to another (as it is now, but with a wider adoption of cryptocurrencies) will be good. Due to the fact that coins have different features, it would be kinda like having lots of investments/ways of moving money around without a bank.

[franky1]

the real funny thing is once blockstream get their way, and we are under their control for a year. when the finally upgrade to >1mb... then all this drama would end because people can use any implementation they like, because they will all be over 1mb..

so in short all of this drama is just over nothing really.. in one years time there will be many incubators of bitcoin implementation, all talking happily with each other. and we will look back and realise that some of the trolls defending core to the ends of the earth were crying about nothing. and revealing that they dont care about bitcoin, and only care about kissing ass of their godlike religious leader

[frankenmint]

The's not exactly decisive, but some devs have had death threats over their support for a particular flavor of wallet, so he's playing safe and supporting both everything and nothing. He could have stayed silent, or said he was neutral, but now he can say he supported whichever wallet wins after its won.

This rings true. But how does that stance help bitcoin, how does that attitude contribute to the common good, how does that position serve anyone but himself?

He probably weighed the risk of death threats for supporting a particular wallet against not helping Bitcoin or contributing to the common good, and decided to take a position that only serves himself. Most of us are anonymous so we can support whatever wallet we like without fear of reprisals, but he has to take that into consideration.

Can anyone take the idea of death threats seriously in a developed nation?  Death threats are like a thing of e-thugs... real threats don't get telegraphed...

[Blind Legs Parker]

This rings true. But how does that stance help bitcoin, how does that attitude contribute to the common good, how does that position serve anyone but himself?

Refreshing to see someone not trying to control every aspect of bitcoin, not trench digging, not panicking. Not thinking only his camp are right.

Definitely. Moreover, Antonopoulos is such a big voice that anyone entering the community will likely hear it first. So, by saying that he's ok with whatever scenario, he's basically reassuring the community and newcomers as to the future of bitcoin, which is definitely a good thing in these troubled times where bitcoin has already died 6 times in less than two weeks (a record, I think ).