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There were many many other companies in the market 3 years ago but they all went bust because they all scammed their customers in one way or another. Antminer
by pmorici 10y ago
There were many many other companies in the market 3 years ago but they all went bust because they all scammed their customers in one way or another. Antminer was the only one that didn't follow shady business practices that is the main reason they are still around. The reason a segment of the bitcoin world likes to hate on them is because they are an outspoken supporter of bigger blocks and bigger block threatens the business plan of certain non-mining interests.
- nadaviv 10y ago> The reason a segment of the bitcoin world likes to hate on them is because they are an outspoken supporter of bigger blocks and bigger block threatens the business plan of certain non-mining interests. I think that people are primarily pissed with them for blocking SegWit for absolutely no good reason [0], against the wishes of the industry and community. [0] one potential explanation is that SegWit blocks a covert performance boost that Bitmain secretly built into their ASICs. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/breaking-down-bitcoins-asicboost-scandal-solutions/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/breaking-down-bitcoins-...
- h1d 10y ago> against the wishes Since when do businesses have to play nice along others' wishes? Stop blaming financial incentives... While they have been acting somewhat hostile to the rest of the community, this "please be nice even by sacrificing yourself or you're evil" sounds crap as a real world claim.