I understand that in the past, you have expressed beliefs that attacking bitcoin, even by fork, is merely a free market dynamic, and therefore, if we believe in free markets, then we should embrace such forkening events. So, are you still caught up on some kind of suggestion that there is some kind of praise that the bitcoin community should be giving towards various attacks upon it that are likely going to continue, including through various forkening mechanisms?
i cant say embrace attacks or forks. but. if a coin or money transfer or wealth storage system cant survive such attacks it doesnt deserve the position. there is no such thing as "nice" when building empires.
Well, maybe this deserves some further explanation? I thought that there was a bit of obviousness to the situation that I was asking about.
Even though bitcoin becomes more powerful because it has been attacked at various times, that does not mean that any of us bitcoin supporters need to embrace such attacks as a good thing. We don't need to embrace nor applaud the attackers or the bad people nor concede that they are doing a good thing, even if good results come out of the whole situation.
Of course, bitcoin became a whole hell-of-a lot stronger in mid-2017 and thereafter because of various attacks that were going on then and even until present. So, now, some of the attacks are a lot more easily brushed aside.
its not like it takes a rocket scientist to think up attacks like forking. there will be countless more.
Sure. We don't disagree about these points.
its even possible one/some will be better.
Actually, it is likely that attacks are going to get better and become more sophisticated. The only way that attacks have any chance for success is by getting stronger and better.
although that may make no difference. look at betamax vs vhs videotape formats.
I am not sure if the betamax and vhs analogy is good here, but I think that I understand your overall point(s).
every fork/attack that fails proves bitcoins superiority.
True, but that still does not mean that we should (or need to) embrace them nor embrace people behind them as if they are performing some benevolent service... and some of the attackers (or their supporters) attempt to frame the situation as if they are performing some kind of service. I would rather tell them to fuck off on a regular basis rather than to treat them as benevolent free marketers.
would you trust it like you do now without it having survived all that it has? i know i trust it far more now than i did in 2011.
I agree with you about that too, but still, like I already said, the fact that bitcoin has gotten stronger and better from the attacks does not logically justify embracing bitcoin attackers, attacker supporters nor the existence of bitcoin attack vectors. They need to be recognized, snuffed out and stepped on like the parasites that they are... hahahahaha
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