I agree with the sentiment... but I still think that there is going to could  be a bang in a city in a place that is not expecting it at some point before all this is up...  I cannot see the players giving in so easily.

As for the longer term future... with that I DO share your optimism, the world is a changin' indeed and in the future I see some rapid evolution events.. I do still believe in people.. and I do think we are on a verge of global changes... I just hope they come in time, and with as little blood as possible..
i.e there is not another 9/11 style event in a major city that takes a lot of civilian lives... one last(?) big bang so to speak to kickstart this whole thing.. I hope you are right..and I am wrong and it never happens, and the consequences that follow are avoided.

idk what polo is.

As much as I am "wasting" time with bitcoin, it is still much less than I "wasted" with the Voynich Manuscript, and comparable to what I "wasted" on the Fukushima disaster, Wikimapia, Wikipedia, cold fusion, space exploration...  I learned *a lot* with each of those "wastes of time", including with bitcoin. 

ummm, merely an attempted coup at this stage ... and pretty pathetically transparent power grab dressed up as "helping all the things".

notbitcoinXT doesn't make any sense. if blocks are stamped with bitcoinXT, they contribute toward the 75% supermajority, correct?  why would anyone opposing XT want that supermajority activation triggered?

I lack the programming skills to see how this would slow XT adoption.

pretty sure Gavin has been operating under the influence of a NSL since not long after his trip to the CIA ... his actions are sometimes directly opposite of what he says, his whole behaviour and demeanour screams like a warrant canary, it's like he's shaking his head and saying Yes! all the time.

Bitcoin poses the biggest threat to the State, it is the largest and most decentralized cryptocurrency. The State can't control it or shut it down, and they were too late to try and co-op it by cornering the market (like they did with ETH, other pre-mined cryptos, etc.). They also know they can't buy off or manipulate the core development team. So the only game they have left is to sway people away from Bitcoin through social engineering and push them towards other alts, pre-mined and centralized crap that they CAN ultimately control or at least easily fk with.


These guys were real slick...they started off promoting Bitcoin and only Bitcoin to their followers. Now their attitudes have begun to morph and show their true colors. Trojan horse operatives. They are now promoting BCH primarily, saying that it's the more legit version of Bitcoin. Also things like LTC, ETH, Dash, and a BUNCH of ICO tokens that we all know are complete rubbish. The whole goal is to push people away from Bitcoin now, and into other trash, or at least get people to diversify into a bunch of garbage cryptos. As if all cryptocurrencies are "created equal". It's all about stunting or slowing down the growth of Bitcoin long term.

I mean look at it, other than Bitcoin what other crypto has been under constant and relentless attack? Exactly none. Because none of the others pose any real threat to the State.