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I asked this several times on r/bitcoin and just got links to a Core blog post warning, “this isn’t something Core supports,” and (essentially) “hard forks are
by alanfalcon 9y ago
I asked this several times on r/bitcoin and just got links to a Core blog post warning, “this isn’t something Core supports,” and (essentially) “hard forks are confusing for users.” So if you blindly follow Core devs, then apparently that’s enough “technical” reason for you.
[It seems to me that Core wants to keep small blocks so that fees on the primary chain continue to rise and everyone is forced to use the side chains that they are building and stand to profit handsomely from. They don’t want people
being able to use the main chain for small purchases because it increases the size of the blockchain, which makes it more expensive to run nodes, but realistically they’re simply making Bitcoin too expensive to use at all.]
Anyway, I’m curious if your question can produce some more reasonable answers here.
- lawlessone 9y agoThey're right about confusions, bitcoin cash is simple enough to understand if you've been in this for a while but it's very confusing sometimes. Some people think they're buying one when it's the other. Others have lost money trying to set bitcoin from one branch to another. These is also an argument that making the blocks bigger wont actually make a difference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox Sidechains will happen regardless.