Upcoming bitcoin hard fork & /r/bitcoin censorship

[Helikopterben]

IMO this is the first real test of nakamoto consensus, and I don't really see a failure scenario as many are predicting.  Worst case scenario is that the network splits into two coins.  One with larger blocks and one without, and I would not consider that a failure because the split in consensus would be so great that the only solution would be to split the network and allow individual users to follow whichever fork they like.  The other scenario is for a supermajority to be found through nakamoto consensus and that system survive as bitcoin. 

I predict we will quietly see blocks larger than 1 mb appear after the first of the year and no damage will have been done. 

[kenCode]

@ken: upvotes pls on marketing sticky post .. thx!

I'd upvote you, but I don't see a post from you in the upvotes Marketing thread:
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,9174.150.html
 
Lmk, I'll be glad to upvote you

[cass]

@ken: upvotes pls on marketing sticky post .. thx!

[montpelerin]

I haven't spent much time over there during the last year, as it seemed to me that any relevant criticism was constantly being shown the door, but ---

How often are these cold truths discussed in threads near the top of /r/bitcoin?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3h7eei/greg_luke_adam_if_xt_takes_over_and_wins_the/cu53eq3

[kenCode]

IMHO we already have a solution for the mess (approval voting for protocol upgrades) so that we can leave bitcoin behind ..

Exactly.

[xeroc]

This bitcoin mess greatly affects us here at BitShares.

Agreed.

How so?

IMHO we already have a solution for the mess (approval voting for protocol upgrades) so that we can leave bitcoin behind ..

[roadscape]

This bitcoin mess greatly affects us here at BitShares.

Agreed.

[kenCode]

This bitcoin mess greatly affects us here at BitShares.

[Akado]

BitcoinXT is just an altcoin without consent. and altcoins don't belong to r/bitcoin.

threads about bitcoin don't belong to bitshares discussion either btw.

It grew too much just to be ignored and removed from r/bitcoin. It's now a discussion about the future of bitcoin, how can that be ignored and remove? ...

[fav]

BitcoinXT is just an altcoin without consent. and altcoins don't belong to r/bitcoin.

threads about bitcoin don't belong to bitshares discussion either btw.

[kenCode]

https://letstalkbitcoin.com/forum/post/upcoming-bitcoin-hard-fork-r-bitcoin-censorship
 
or retweet:
https://twitter.com/kenCode_de/status/632918114498424832