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Outside the bitcoin community? Not much. Inside? First salvo in a massive political civil war between interests with different goals. There's this Bitcoin Cash
by abritinthebay 9y ago
Outside the bitcoin community? Not much.
Inside? First salvo in a massive political civil war between interests with different goals. There's this Bitcoin Cash implementation vs Segwit.
- Taek 9y agoThe first salvo was called Bitcoin XT. And the second was called Bitcoin Classic. And the third was called Bitcoin Unlimited. And really, there were lots of skirmishes before any of that even. This is a long, old battle, and the fork is more like a resolution (two sides peacefully going their separate ways) than a continuation of the war.
- abritinthebay 9y agoFair, but the Segwit vs this is the current battle at least. It's also the largest in a long while.
- antocv 9y agoCan you mention some of the salvos fired by your side?
- kobeya 9y agoSuch as? If there are any complaints against Bitcoin Core it is that they have been ignoring this issue, not fighting battles.
- antocv 9y agoGavin, a bitcoin developer, Satoshi Nakamoto himself gave commit access rights to Gavin. They have not been ignoring this issue, they have been firing salvos and censorship left and right. Fighting the original bitcoin with all they had.
- kobeya 9y agoGavin setup the github repo. So I guess he granted himself commit rights? But in any case I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
- abritinthebay 9y agoI'd say it's only a resolution if the fork stays strong and has strong growth. If it doesn't (and it's far too early to tell) then this schism isn't going to go away. It might end up moot but right now this isn't resolved, it's just a big push.
- colordrops 9y agoNo longer a civil war at this point. The coin forked.
- abritinthebay 9y agoThat's still a civil war. If the fork doesn't get/stay strong you think this will go away? It's just a strategy. Granted, it's a good one.