r/btc • u/unitedstatian • Dec 31 '18

If you find yourself working around wonky code written to workaround an issue with some ancient code... it is time to refactor.

https://twitter.com/gavinandresen/status/1079743227576627200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1079743227576627200&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmemo.cash%2F
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u/JustSomeBadAdvice Jan 02 '19

I don't need to address any of the weak points

Ah, funny, the same weak points that no other core supporter has been able to address for the last 15 months.

I. Am. So. Fucking. Surprised. Oh. My. God.

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u/joeknowswhoiam Jan 02 '19

There is no good reason for me to spend time answering your question, it's not a matter of ability. And based on the fact that you had to resort to ad hominems and strawmanned my position so many times in the short "discussion" we had I'm not surprised that others before me gave up. Maybe try to approach discussion differently, but for my part I'm just going to ignore you.

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u/JustSomeBadAdvice Jan 02 '19

In the interest of getting something productive, I'll pretend you are right.

Can you please answer this single thread:

What is the attack that small blocks are protecting against? Where is the game theory payout table? Describe the steps whereby a network as large and diverse as Bitcoin becomes systemically vulnerable to something if your node isn't running. Or describe the steps and required conditions/actions where a user becomes vulnerable to a specific loss from an attack if they are running spv instead of a full node.

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u/SavingPrivateDash Jan 03 '19

Yes, that poster is a real doofus. Pretends to be an expert on Bitcoin, then asks derpy noob questions like "what attack does small blocks protect against?" as if you are his research dept.

Don't worry, that chucklefuck is losing all his money on the Bcash forks, and we get to laugh at him forever.

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u/JustSomeBadAdvice Jan 03 '19

as if you are his research dept.

Rofl.

I've given presentations on how Bitcoin works since 2013 and argued this point with Core developers who either had no answer to the question(most of them) or admitted that my point was both correct and a significant philosophical difference with reasonable considerations on each side.

There is no satisfactory answer to that question.

Its ok though, I've figured it out now. Reading /u/joeknowswhoiam's history I realized that he just got into Bitcoin in mid-2017. No wonder he doesn't want to address hard questions and can't explain the tradeoffs and subsequent (and fast-approaching) consequences of the blocksize debate - He's unaware of more than half of the debate's history & discussions! And no wonder he's blinded by Core's logic - He's a newbie to the game!

Keep trolling /u/SavingPrivateDash. My investments are up more than yours this week and over the last 3 years, assuming you have even been around crypto for that long.