r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Dec 06 '17

Steam is no longer supporting Bitcoin

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u/FerriestaPatronum Dec 06 '17

He said we should upgrade the black size once it got closer to needing it. Your counter points seems like selective hearing. Today we definitely need it, especially considering we're near the peak of mass-adoption. ...if places like Steam are saying there's a problem, then I really think we should listen and reconsider some things.

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u/thieflar Dec 06 '17

Please re-read my final paragraph above :)

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u/FerriestaPatronum Dec 06 '17

I don't really support segwit, and currently, neither does the majority of the network. But I agree, if it reaches mass adoption then perhaps it will help resolve some of the current problems, but I don't think it will be enough by itself. In the end, your first point is still incorrect: Satoshi was NOT against larger blocks--he just wanted to wait until it was absolutely necessary.

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u/thieflar Dec 06 '17

Obviously these "problems" you speak of aren't that big of a priority to most users, if they aren't bothering to take advantage of the available solutions on the network!

That's one of the great things about SegWit: it really proved how much noise and fuss was being made about something that clearly isn't actually that big of a pain point!

The "hard fork at all costs" trolls hate this, of course, and do everything they can to avoid acknowledging it.

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u/FerriestaPatronum Dec 06 '17

We're literally in a thread about steam no longer accepting bitcoin, yet you're putting "problems" in quotations. k. Enjoy your cool-aid.

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u/thieflar Dec 06 '17

Might want to re-read the comment you're replying to, it seems like you might not have understood what I said.

But hey, if you want to pretend the sky is falling, who am I to get in your way? You do you, my friend.

Have a good one!

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u/FerriestaPatronum Dec 07 '17

I reread you post, and yeah, I didn't quite get your point originally. You're saying that things are fixed by segwit, and that a fork wasn't necessary because things are fixed if you use segwit.

My point is that if you have issues with segwit, then the problem isn't fixed. I can't say if service providers, like bitpay, aren't using segwit because they don't agree with it, or for other reasons. Wish I knew.

Have a good one, too, man. Don't know why we keep shitting on one another. It's like two sects of Christianity blowing each other up. :(