On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 3:14 AM, juan <juan.g71@gmail.com> wrote:
Roger Ver (BU) vs Tone Vays (SegWit) - Bitcoin Scaling Debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdyIJ-BUPaU
https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6g67gw/censorship_apparently_you_arent... https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6gek0z/average_bitcoin_transaction_fee... OP below, full thread above.... Average Bitcoin transaction fee is now above five dollars. 80% of the world population lives on less than $10 a day. So much for "banking the unbanked." (self.btc) submitted 14 hours ago * by BeijingBitcoins 80% of Bitcoin's potential user base, and the group that stands to benefit the most from global financial inclusion, are now priced out of using Bitcoin. Very sad that it's come to this. edit: since this post is trending on /r/all, I'll share some background info for the new people here: Former Bitcoin developers Jeff Garzik and Gavin Andresen explain what the group of coders who call themselves "Bitcoin Core" are doing: https://medium.com/@jgarzik/bitcoin-is-being-hot-wired-for-settlement-a5beb1... Another former Bitcoin developer, Mike Hearn, explains how the Bitcoin project was hijacked: https://blog.plan99.net/the-resolution-of-the-bitcoin-experiment-dabb30201f7 One of the key methods used to hijack the Bitcoin project is the egregious censorship of the /r/bitcoin subreddit: https://medium.com/@johnblocke/a-brief-and-incomplete-history-of-censorship-... Reddit admins know and choose to do nothing. Just yesterday I had my post censored for linking to the Bitcoin whitepaper in /r/bitcoin: https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6g67gw/censorship_apparently_you_arent... The vast majority of old-school bitcoin users still believe that Bitcoin should be affordable, fast, and available to everyone. Bitcoin development was captured by a bank-funded corporation called Blockstream who literally believe that the more expensive and difficult to transact Bitcoin is, the more valuable it will be (because they apparently think that cost and difficulty of use are the defining characteristics of gold). Just a couple of days ago the CEO of Blockstream re-affirmed that he thinks even $100 transaction fees on Bitcoin are acceptable: https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6fybcy/adam_back_reaffirms_that_he_thi... This subreddit, /r/btc, is where most of us old timers hang out since we are now mostly banned and censored from posting on /r/bitcoin. That subreddit has become a massive tool for pulling the wool over the eyes of new users and organizing coordinated character assasinations against any prominent individual who speaks out against their status quo. It was revealed that the Blockstream/Core group of developers even have secret chat groups alongside the moderators of /r/bitcoin for coordinating their trolling campaigns in: https://telegra.ph/Inside-the-Dragons-Den-Bitcoin-Cores-Troll-Army-04-07