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I can't take any criticisms against Bitcoin Cash seriously when the authors knowingly refer to it as BCash. It's not just a shortening of the name, it's part of

I can't take any criticisms against Bitcoin Cash seriously when the authors knowingly refer to it as BCash. It's not just a shortening of the name, it's part of a concerted effort by detractors to distance the chain from the Bitcoin legacy. Any author that purposefully uses the term BCash is, on the face, incapable of being objective because they're advertising that they're detractors already. The Bitcoin Core (no on-chain scaling at any cost!) crowd asked the on-chain scaling fans to "fork off and leave". Now that the coin is doing very well in terms of market value and especially in growing merchant adoption, they're desperate to push the narrative that it's a scam or dangerous or can't be taken seriously. They know that if they can't destroy Bitcoin Cash now, it has a reasonable chance of eventually overtaking the legacy Bitcoin network in every important respect.

MintPattern 9y ago
It’s called bcash in hopes that too many newbies won’t go deposit bitcoin into a “bitcoin cash” address and sadly lose it all.
- zepolen 9y ago
  Why would he lose it?
- toomim 9y ago
  Again, this is a myth spread by people trying to tarnish Bitcoin Cash's image. The truth is that the money can't be lost. If you have the Bitcoin Cash private keys for the deposit address, you have the Bitcoin Core private keys on the Core chain. All that happens is that someone accidentally receives Bitcoin Core instead of Cash.
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  - MintPattern 9y ago
    A lot of newbies put everything on an online exchange and don't bother with handling private keys. I haven't found a single exchange yet where you control the private keys. The public keys on exchanges I've seen are different for Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin. Also, can you imagine the end result of paying for a good or service that accepts Bitcoin with Bcash?
yourrng 9y ago
tl,dr: No arguments about the main point.
ErikAugust 9y ago
I'm pretty sure Bitcoin Cash is about ASICBOOST miners retaining their advantage - and nothing else.

MintPattern 9y ago

It’s called bcash in hopes that too many newbies won’t go deposit bitcoin into a “bitcoin cash” address and sadly lose it all.

zepolen 9y ago
Why would he lose it?
toomim 9y ago
Again, this is a myth spread by people trying to tarnish Bitcoin Cash's image. The truth is that the money can't be lost. If you have the Bitcoin Cash private keys for the deposit address, you have the Bitcoin Core private keys on the Core chain. All that happens is that someone accidentally receives Bitcoin Core instead of Cash.
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- MintPattern 9y ago
  A lot of newbies put everything on an online exchange and don't bother with handling private keys. I haven't found a single exchange yet where you control the private keys. The public keys on exchanges I've seen are different for Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin. Also, can you imagine the end result of paying for a good or service that accepts Bitcoin with Bcash?

yourrng 9y ago

tl,dr: No arguments about the main point.

ErikAugust 9y ago

I'm pretty sure Bitcoin Cash is about ASICBOOST miners retaining their advantage - and nothing else.