Let me start by saying that I hate the idea of "cash" as a unit.

But this isn't an article about how we should have consensus before we choose what to adopt.

We choose nothing and everything.

Ugh? Confusing... yeah I ramble too much.

Just after the fork everyone was shouting "Bitcoin Cash is permissionless".

Now everyone is shouting; "no one asked me if I liked cash!"

So?

I don't care what you think, neither should anyone. Not exactly correct but still. If we were to put how much your opinion or mine matters on a 0 to 1 scale, it will always approach 0.

All those claiming where was this discussed?

Well it was discussed by a few in a forum. A BUIP was done by one person and a select few voted.

Let's all scream I didn't get a say in it? Shall we? All together... 1... 2... no one cares...

If you really wanted your opinion to be heard when it came to what BU is doing, you join the forums, you participate or at the very least read, you apply for membership and you vote.

I believe this BUIP was created a month or more ago (I'm too lazy to check the forum).

The point is if you wanted to get involved you should have and you could have.

If you really cared you should have done your own BUIP as an alternative.

You don't get to sit around and criticise after it's happen. Well you do but again... No one cares.

Agreement (not consensus) is achieved by those participating in a project.

It is their project, their time, their work. They get to choose. And if they are nice to let yoi have a say great.

You as a user get a vote by running their software.

If there is no software that you like then surely that must mean you are a minority, not a big minority either since no one bother to cater to your liking. I'm sorry but you're only option is to conform or do it yourself.

On the same note just because someone doesn't share your view on a specific aspect of Bitcoin Cash doesn't make them a troll, a sock puppet or a paid shill. This community seems to lose all common sense in these petty discussions and opt for name calling when encountering opposite views/ideas.

Ken proposed cash and spent time working on a BUIP, no one else cared enough to present a counter proposal. As much as I hate cash, I will use it. I recognise that I don't hate it as much as I can't be bothered to do anything about it. And complaining on twitter/reddit after it has happened does not count as doing something.

I for one hope BU goes ahead with what I consider an awful idea, but I can't be bothered to care enough and will keep using wallets that might also adopt "cash". Someone made a BUIP, members voted and it got approved, if users really don't like it they will stop using BU.

Remember Bitcoin Cash is permissionless.