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April 11, 2016, 12:07:54 AM



Oh spare me the sanctimony.  Core devs had YEARS to come up with a scaling solution and it took an implicit threat from miners to get them to do the bare minimum and even now, they are not going to have it ready when they agreed to have it ready.  This isn't being cautious. This is obstructionism.  

You can't credibly claim that they are doing everything possible to get it up and running in a timely manner consistent with security and quality goals and still claim they don't need to rush.  Core is either incompetent and cannot do what users require or they are dishonest and dragging their heels.  Either way, they are not meeting the network's needs.  


The creation of a fee market is by design. There is no dishonesty or secret plan ... we are quite overt that having a fee market is a good thing for bitcoin rather than excess capacity. Can't you understand by now that we have different opinions on what the network needs?



I do not accept that it is simply impossible for Bitcoin to scale safe and securely.


I agree, Bitcoin can scale securely one we start using payment channels.

This kind of shit didn't happen when Gavin was in charge

Why do you think Gavin gave up being chief maintainer for the sake of some glorified chief scientist role where he could speak at conferences ? It is likely because he had more confidence in the other core devs and as a matter of fact shit did hit the fan under his watch.


It's about having confidence that the network's needs will be met. It's not reassuring when the people responsible for meeting those needs don't even have the will to do it to say nothing of the ability.


Bitcoin does not need to prioritize making sure a few VC make short term profits or allow you to make subsidized 2 penny txs at the cost of security. The core devs are meeting our needs just fine.