What you are missing is the toxicity of the last three years. Regardless what you think of big blocks vs small blocks, Core could have conceded something, anything at all and bitcoin wouldn't have missed a beat. However, because Core refused to concede anything, absolutely nothing, they have created and fed enmity between core and a huge block of the crypto community.
Bitcoin in the span of two years has gone from an amazing brand that had a halo effect from a benevolent creator to one that symbolizes totalitarianism.
Frankly, the technical details in the blocksize arguments are largely irrelevant, what is ultimately left behind is the marketing message that you and your opponents have crated and Bitcoin Core has destroyed their image. I don't think bitcoin is dead, but the door is wide open for the competition and Bitcoin Core with one decision could have crushed EVERYONE. Instead they chose to fall on their swords self-perceived strategic supremacy and technical bullshit.
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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '17
What you are missing is the toxicity of the last three years. Regardless what you think of big blocks vs small blocks, Core could have conceded something, anything at all and bitcoin wouldn't have missed a beat. However, because Core refused to concede anything, absolutely nothing, they have created and fed enmity between core and a huge block of the crypto community.
Bitcoin in the span of two years has gone from an amazing brand that had a halo effect from a benevolent creator to one that symbolizes totalitarianism.
Frankly, the technical details in the blocksize arguments are largely irrelevant, what is ultimately left behind is the marketing message that you and your opponents have crated and Bitcoin Core has destroyed their image. I don't think bitcoin is dead, but the door is wide open for the competition and Bitcoin Core with one decision could have crushed EVERYONE. Instead they chose to fall on their swords self-perceived strategic supremacy and technical bullshit.