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December 31, 2015, 05:25:16 PM

I'm still not sure which team to support. "big blockers" or "small blockers".

Still waiting on the team mascots to decide which is better.

Don't bother, this whole argument is just a sham after all...

http://qntra.net/2015/12/the-false-dilemma-of-xt-versus-blockstream/


So I read that and it has lots of words but basically says nothing.  It claims some type of Alex Jones' style "false left/right paradigm", then doesn't even describe a legit pathway forward or how each side is blocking that from occurring.  IMO, Bitcoin will need to scale to at least 8-10MB blocks even with a Lightning Network because the masses have to retain access to the main chain for it to function.

Its an irrelevant  op-ed from someone who now finds himself in a no-mans-land of trying to defend a position (do nothing) that nobody is interested in.

I've always wondered if this position, which is quite common in Bitcoin, is an expression of some kind of conformist cowardice or a genuinely delusional point of view. The guy in the article seems to assume intention where there is none.