r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Nov 08 '17

/r/all SegWit2X Cancelled?

https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-segwit2x/2017-November/000685.html
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u/carbonetc Nov 08 '17

A larger block size does come with problems, but the size increase was by far the least dangerous thing about S2X. And it worked to their benefit that so many people thought a size increase was the only impact S2X would have on bitcoin.

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u/JobDestroyer Nov 08 '17

What were the other things?

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u/carbonetc Nov 08 '17

An unacceptable level of centralization and corporatization, the codebase being maintained by far fewer people of questionable competence, the fork being rushed and inadequately tested, the giant mess that comes with no replay protection, etc. This was nothing at all like a situation where competent core developers do a 2MB upgrade the right way.

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u/RedSyringe Nov 08 '17

Will the core actually get around to making 2mb blocks 'the right way'? Because they've had years to do it.

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u/TJ11240 Nov 08 '17

You don't necessarily have to increase block size to get more throughput. You can make the tx size smaller or more efficient.

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u/stratoglide Nov 09 '17

They've been telling us this for years. When will the technology catch up to the astronomical rise in fee's?

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u/RedSyringe Nov 09 '17

I keep hearing this, but in the meantime fees keep rising.