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The piece you are missing is that this problem is a direct result of the Core dev teams deliberate choice not to scale. They have a strangle hold on developmen

The piece you are missing is that this problem is a direct result of the Core dev teams deliberate choice not to scale. They have a strangle hold on development and vehemently opposed any proposal to scale through block size increases as was the original intent. Bitcoin Cash isn't having these problems and won't have these problems in the future. Many people aren't aware of the underlying issues driving the transaction backlog in part because the historically important forums where Bitcoin is discussed have suppressed any discussion of this issue for a couple years now. https://www.yours.org/content/a-roadmap-for-scaling-bitcoin-cash-b11efae5ef9d/ https://www.yours.org/content/a-roadmap-for-scaling-bitcoin-...

grubles 9y ago
There was an instance of SatoshiDice taking up half of a Bcash block consolidating UTXOs the other day. Congestion will happen on Bcash, as will a hard fork to infinite inflation due to lack of transaction fees to supplant block rewards.
- pmorici 9y ago
  I'm talking about Bitcoin Cash. You must be confused "Bcash" is a fork of zcash that hasn't launched yet.
  - grubles 9y ago
    Didn't you hear there's an existing fork of Bitcoin called Bcash too? This new altcoin you're talking about will have to change their name, because we all know starting an altcoin with the same name as an existing one doesn't go so well.
    - pmorici 9y ago
      Either way neither of those "bcash"'s are What I'm talking about Bitcoin Cash. I think you are confused.
      - grubles 9y ago
        Don't feign ignorance. You know exactly what I'm talking about. :)
        lawn 9y ago
        We are all aware of your stupid troll attempts.
        zargon 9y ago
        For those who don't understand what this is about: one of the tactics that trolls like grubles use is referring to Bitcoin Cash as Bcash as a form of derision. Bitcoin Cash does not call itself Bcash and the term Bcash is considered derogatory.
        etr-strike 9y ago
        “Bitcoin cash” is a name chosen to confuse newcomers and attempt to steal the bitcoin brand. The CEO of bcash refers to Bitcoin as “SegwitCoin” and their official /r/btc subreddit regularly claims to be the real bitcoin. Bcash is an appropriate name for the altcoin to eliminate confusion.
        grubles 9y ago
        It's truly interesting how using an abbreviation of an open source project's name brings out the venomous commentary like yours.
jeremyjh 9y ago
So if we say it “won’t” scale - would that be more accurate? It can, but chooses not to? Seems like a distinction without a difference.
- pmorici 9y ago
  The point is it is a team issue not a tech issue. The team behind Bitcoin Cash which is rooted in the original Bitcoin block chain is scaling Bitcoin w/o issues. The Bitcoin Core team who has control over development of the legacy chain is the problem not the technology itself. It would be like if there were two auto makers one claimed that you can't make a car that holds more than two people and refused to do so. Along comes another auto maker and builds a bus off the same concept. Doesn't mean that automobile tech is bad it means the team insisting it can't / won't scale is incompetent.

grubles 9y ago

There was an instance of SatoshiDice taking up half of a Bcash block consolidating UTXOs the other day. Congestion will happen on Bcash, as will a hard fork to infinite inflation due to lack of transaction fees to supplant block rewards.

pmorici 9y ago
I'm talking about Bitcoin Cash. You must be confused "Bcash" is a fork of zcash that hasn't launched yet.
- grubles 9y ago
  Didn't you hear there's an existing fork of Bitcoin called Bcash too? This new altcoin you're talking about will have to change their name, because we all know starting an altcoin with the same name as an existing one doesn't go so well.
  - pmorici 9y ago
    Either way neither of those "bcash"'s are What I'm talking about Bitcoin Cash. I think you are confused.
    - grubles 9y ago
      Don't feign ignorance. You know exactly what I'm talking about. :)
      - lawn 9y ago
        We are all aware of your stupid troll attempts.
      - zargon 9y ago
        For those who don't understand what this is about: one of the tactics that trolls like grubles use is referring to Bitcoin Cash as Bcash as a form of derision. Bitcoin Cash does not call itself Bcash and the term Bcash is considered derogatory.
        etr-strike 9y ago
        “Bitcoin cash” is a name chosen to confuse newcomers and attempt to steal the bitcoin brand. The CEO of bcash refers to Bitcoin as “SegwitCoin” and their official /r/btc subreddit regularly claims to be the real bitcoin. Bcash is an appropriate name for the altcoin to eliminate confusion.
        grubles 9y ago
        It's truly interesting how using an abbreviation of an open source project's name brings out the venomous commentary like yours.

jeremyjh 9y ago

So if we say it “won’t” scale - would that be more accurate? It can, but chooses not to? Seems like a distinction without a difference.

pmorici 9y ago
The point is it is a team issue not a tech issue. The team behind Bitcoin Cash which is rooted in the original Bitcoin block chain is scaling Bitcoin w/o issues. The Bitcoin Core team who has control over development of the legacy chain is the problem not the technology itself. It would be like if there were two auto makers one claimed that you can't make a car that holds more than two people and refused to do so. Along comes another auto maker and builds a bus off the same concept. Doesn't mean that automobile tech is bad it means the team insisting it can't / won't scale is incompetent.