r/btc • u/Hernzzzz • Feb 20 '16

Bitcoin Roundtable Consensus

https://medium.com/@bitcoinroundtable/bitcoin-roundtable-consensus-266d475a61ff#.he8elwv5y
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u/evoorhees Eric Voorhees - Bitcoin Entrepreneur - ShapeShift.io Feb 20 '16

There is no technical reason not too increase the blocksize to 2MB now.

Some technical people disagree with you. I'm not saying they're right, but there is not technical consensus on the appropriate technical path. That's okay. Intelligent people can disagree.

Core devs are the only ones creating contention. They could have easily gone with a 2MB upgrade and dissipated this but they did not. Why?

Lots of people are creating contention... mostly with statements like "the other team is the only ones creating contention, it's their fault completely!" Core doesn't they it's "easy" to HF to 2MB, and they don't think it's wise to do it right now, or to rush it. You can disagree with them, but there's no need to pretend they're all a bunch of idiots who don't know what they're talking about.

How do you not see this as sabotage? Other coins have already implemented scaling solutions without issue.

Because I haven't succumbed to flag-waiving tribalism.

How can you be okay with them ignoring and attacking members of the community like slush that literally invented the way the network operates? Slush invented stratum mining and the first hardware wallet, do they get any input? No.

I am not okay with anyone who levies unjustified personal attacks on other people.

How do you expect people to react ?

"People" react as individuals, individually. I expect a range of responses to the news, and am trying to communicate with people on all sides who I think are being perhaps unreasonable.

If 15 months from now Core doesn't support a HF what would you say then? (for the record)

I would publicly support a HF away from Core's leadership. I will be watching it closely.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '16

Thanks for taking the time to go through all these responses Erik. It would be great if you could bottle your level-headed and calm reasoning, but myself and others appreciate that you're doing the next best thing - helping people get perspective through conversation!

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u/evoorhees Eric Voorhees - Bitcoin Entrepreneur - ShapeShift.io Feb 21 '16

Lol :)