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The concept of segwit is fine. The problem is that the implementation of it as a soft fork is questionable, and trying to position it as a capacity increase is

by codys 10y ago

The concept of segwit is fine. The problem is that the implementation of it as a soft fork is questionable, and trying to position it as a capacity increase is even more questionable.

Frogolocalypse 10y ago
Only people who really don't understand how bitcoin works are pushing for a hard-fork over a soft-fork.
- mchristen 10y ago
  https://medium.com/@octskyward/on-consensus-and-forks-c6a050c792e7#.hlo5gb230 https://medium.com/@octskyward/on-consensus-and-forks-c6a050... Mike Hearn would disagree with you, and he knows a lot about how Bitcoin works.
  - Frogolocalypse 10y ago
    The same Mike Hearn that referred to bitcoin as the failed experiment? https://medium.com/@coolbearcjs/the-mike-hearn-experiment-has-failed-40a31b7ea891#.hxoswbawj https://medium.com/@coolbearcjs/the-mike-hearn-experiment-ha... The same Mike Hearn that recently announced the failure of his R3CEV venture to deliver a blockchain solution for banking? https://twitter.com/Beautyon_/status/834152812405735425 https://twitter.com/Beautyon_/status/834152812405735425 The same Mike Hearn that tried and failed to push through a fork of the bitcoin network called Bitcoin XT that allowed for a personally controlled black-list? https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-xt-fork-can-blacklist-tor-exits-may-reveal-users-ip-addresses https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-xt-fork-can-blacklist... Yeah. That guy. He has an agenda, and it hasn't been aligned with bitcoin for quite some time.
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    - Fantastic_T 10y ago
      Hearn is right. The wider world simply doesn't know how dysfunctional Bitcoin is, mostly because of the censorship taking place on the main communication channels. You will literally be banned from /r/bitcoin if you post a comment notifying other users that comments are being deleted. The blacklist article is pure FUD, seemingly written with the sole intent of smearing Hearn.

by codys 10y ago

The concept of segwit is fine. The problem is that the implementation of it as a soft fork is questionable, and trying to position it as a capacity increase is even more questionable.

Frogolocalypse 10y ago

Only people who really don't understand how bitcoin works are pushing for a hard-fork over a soft-fork.

mchristen 10y ago
https://medium.com/@octskyward/on-consensus-and-forks-c6a050c792e7#.hlo5gb230 https://medium.com/@octskyward/on-consensus-and-forks-c6a050... Mike Hearn would disagree with you, and he knows a lot about how Bitcoin works.
- Frogolocalypse 10y ago
  The same Mike Hearn that referred to bitcoin as the failed experiment? https://medium.com/@coolbearcjs/the-mike-hearn-experiment-has-failed-40a31b7ea891#.hxoswbawj https://medium.com/@coolbearcjs/the-mike-hearn-experiment-ha... The same Mike Hearn that recently announced the failure of his R3CEV venture to deliver a blockchain solution for banking? https://twitter.com/Beautyon_/status/834152812405735425 https://twitter.com/Beautyon_/status/834152812405735425 The same Mike Hearn that tried and failed to push through a fork of the bitcoin network called Bitcoin XT that allowed for a personally controlled black-list? https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-xt-fork-can-blacklist-tor-exits-may-reveal-users-ip-addresses https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-xt-fork-can-blacklist... Yeah. That guy. He has an agenda, and it hasn't been aligned with bitcoin for quite some time.
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  - Fantastic_T 10y ago
    Hearn is right. The wider world simply doesn't know how dysfunctional Bitcoin is, mostly because of the censorship taking place on the main communication channels. You will literally be banned from /r/bitcoin if you post a comment notifying other users that comments are being deleted. The blacklist article is pure FUD, seemingly written with the sole intent of smearing Hearn.