@AlexPickard @perplextus I think that pretty much any metrics can be gamed short term - a fork would need to show d… https://t.co/w4fJALlnu9
@perplextus I don’t believe Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Diamond, Bitcoin Red, or any other minority forks a… https://t.co/7OwwT5WROH
@perplextus I can’t stop you from believing that it is 😯
By referring to the Bitcoin network as “Bitcoin Core,” folks are trying to support a narrative that “Core controls… https://t.co/jnkKoOIRqY
@adam3us Or fee estimates that use a long trailing window of blocks with a very high confidence threshold.
@notgrubles @Excellion That’s because it’s a medium of exchange, not a giant of exchange. ðŸ˜
@VinnyLingham You mean Bitcoin Core & Bitcoin ABC? Or Bitcoin & Bitcoin Cash? Doesn’t make sense to mix & match net… https://t.co/D2jsezK2il
@TheLiteschool Greater freedom for all, in every possible way. https://t.co/EqsBmqzVHC
Happy holidays! Here’s to living in interesting times; may we all find our personal moon in the new year. ðŸpic.twitter.com/adjMTrIdVCdVC
@alanwarms The issue is with having gatekeepers. Any system with gatekeepers who have custodianship of your money c… https://t.co/XsZEASJmS7
@kiranvaidya @CoinbaseSupport @VinnyLingham Correct - put more succinctly: “not your private keys, not your bitcoin.”
@phildaian Interesting perspective; have you participated in any of the discussions? I don’t see your name on any dev list emails.
@kiranvaidya @CoinbaseSupport @VinnyLingham Your problem is that you don’t have any BTC - you only have BTC IOUs with a trusted third party.
@CryptoLova That’s why you shouldn’t keep your cold storage in unencrypted single sig wallets.
@CobraBitcoin @_jonasschnelli_ The folks who felt fees were unbearable already forked off. I doubt that a new wave… https://t.co/PCeJcX5xFm
@mbrochh @cryptohkiin Or do they? 🤔 One possible future: https://t.co/V8tFbRjq37
@alanwarms I have top tier verification at every exchange I use and yet I have USD stuck in every exchange right no… https://t.co/dISiXybkvo
@alanwarms Sounds like you’ve been fortunate and haven’t experienced banking issues.
A blast of perspective from the past. https://t.co/nWLJ1hytCo
@zotium @cryptohkiin I don’t think there’s a tipping point across all users - it just depends upon what use cases e… https://t.co/eZLbt4NQgL
@elgabonomas The Fed was created by Congress and while it’s somewhat independent, its continued existence only occu… https://t.co/ItA8vSSvMW
@CryptoLova Exactly; crypto anarchy is growing stronger every day. ðŸ˜
@elgabonomas Certainly not! I think there’s some misunderstanding if you read it that way.
lopp Just as we have separation of church and state, we must have separation of money and state.
@cryptohkiin Yeah, segwit adoption would be great so that the next step to Lightning will be even easier. I’m quite… https://t.co/54gBbNcjI4
@marcdemesel I’d say my most important point is that any crypto specific forum with admins is subject to manipulati… https://t.co/J08OchSj5Z
@azerX I’m glad most devs aren’t thinking of Bitcoin as a business - this provides a great counterbalance to the bu… https://t.co/YkkCKc39wZ
@cryptohkiin That’s not the point - there are thousands of alternative cryptocurrencies you can use if you’re sensi… https://t.co/uWz3TsmV8t
@dotmops @rogerkver I like your Twitter handle. https://t.co/EWrtDAAr6J
@jgtx Are fees causing problems for lots of people? Sure. I’ve had some transactions take 12+ hours to confirm, whi… https://t.co/HF891vK4MW
@markcross @BitcoinKnight @marcdemesel I think it’s weird that so many people care about trying to determine what S… https://t.co/ah37CgiwwC
@zotium @Jackson_Kwiat Most likely, because on-chain fees are denominated in satoshis per byte. If anything they te… https://t.co/1UfaJrFw8c
@TheCryptoAndrew @Tether_is_Fiat Indeed, I never said I was specifically talking about moving between exchanges. Fo… https://t.co/CTrhn8ICXd
@zotium @Erratic_DK A very good question; I haven’t seen a thorough analysis of Ripple’s security model that I can recall.
@marcdemesel No worries - it’s a well-propagated narrative that “small blockers support censorship” though as you k… https://t.co/IpdwFJJiRe
@mindstatex Completely true, though at this point certain use cases / adoption are going to have to wait for Bitcoi… https://t.co/rKnSdpUwcS
@Crypto_Toad Being shunned is one of the more powerful actions that a voluntary community can take - freedom means… https://t.co/pU73NxtuEH
@harrycanuck They fall into the last point. They can make pull requests just like anyone else can. I contribute to… https://t.co/Y1aHtpBaDw
@azerX There are a handful of contributors who have merge permissions; if any went rogue then they’d get booted or… https://t.co/vYaodoAjd2
@perplextus @AlexPickard @simply_crypto Exactly - it’s silly to keep whining about Core when you can work on buildi… https://t.co/tDHtaXuqow
“Core is killing Bitcoin” is FUD:
* There are many BTC implementations
* No one’s forced to run Core
* Even after m… https://t.co/JRXggxeRoP
@marcdemesel Pro censorship? Notsomuch. https://t.co/Hx31GRI0RD
Try to move $100M of BTC: click a few buttons, wait a few blocks, and you’re done.
Try to move $100K of USD: click… https://t.co/J8vvusMdre
@zotium @Jackson_Kwiat Bitcoin has failed so badly that people are willing to pay $50 to use it!
@AlexPickard @GoodNonce @simply_crypto You keep saying “they don’t understand Bitcoin” which explains a lot about y… https://t.co/395VErOxj8
@AlexPickard @simply_crypto You want to blame “the Core developers” because they make for an easy scapegoat. The re… https://t.co/uF0bGikLZE