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Re: Bitcoin XT Post Mortem - Group Discussion September 18, 2015, 01:08:01 AM #20 Quote from: jonald_fyookball on September 18, 2015, 12:53:55 AM Quote from: iCEBREAKER on September 17, 2015, 10:36:57 PM Quote from: jonald_fyookball on September 17, 2015, 09:46:10 PM XT was a huge success in helping a proper debate blossom. Whether it becomes widely used as a client doesn't really matter.



There has been a ongoing "proper debate" about scaling Bitcoin for the last five years.

There has been a ongoing "proper debate" about scaling Bitcoin for the last five years.

...and in five years no scalability got accomplished.



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XT only succeeded in turning that debate into a civil war, at the cost of ~$1,000,000,000 of our market cap.



takes two sides to have a war. couldn't have been one unless a huge number of people felt there was merit to their position.

...and in five years no scalability got accomplished.takes two sides to have a war. couldn't have been one unless a huge number of people felt there was merit to their position.

The market cap dropped like a rock the instant Gavin confirmed the coup had his full support.



In five years, Bitcoin has been scaled from nothing to 1MB. You silly hyper-entitled children have no idea how hard that was, and just demand more in an 'are we at the moon yet' refrain.



A civil war can be started by one belligerent party, whether or not the other is aggressive. (Yes, I know you Gavinistas redefined doing nothing as doing something. ) The market cap dropped like a rock the instant Gavin confirmed the coup had his full support.In five years, Bitcoin has been scaled from nothing to 1MB. You silly hyper-entitled children have no idea how hard that was, and just demand more in an 'are we at the moon yet' refrain.A civil war can be started by one belligerent party, whether or not the other is aggressive. (Yes, I know you Gavinistas redefined doing nothing as doing something.