Re: Bitcoin XT has code which downloads your IP address to facilitate blacklisting
Not sure if you are being disingenuous or you really don't understand. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume your stupid.
A few things:
1) blocks can be anywhere from a second to well over an hour, so no, your stats are only theoretical expectations.
2) XT being 75% doesn't mean it can't lose - there's a reason why core uses higher than 75% ...
3) 'XT' have stated they will use block markers to force people to stay on XT and not switch to Core, if however, Core is above 50% and gets ahead of XT, everyone on XT will be royally screwed
4) It only takes one 'XT only' block to be mined to keep everyone using XT off Core
but more importantly, XT wont happen.
A few things:
1) blocks can be anywhere from a second to well over an hour, so no, your stats are only theoretical expectations.
2) XT being 75% doesn't mean it can't lose - there's a reason why core uses higher than 75% ...
3) 'XT' have stated they will use block markers to force people to stay on XT and not switch to Core, if however, Core is above 50% and gets ahead of XT, everyone on XT will be royally screwed
4) It only takes one 'XT only' block to be mined to keep everyone using XT off Core
but more importantly, XT wont happen.
Yes my stats are based on averages. The stats are theoretical probabilities, you can throw variance in there as a red herring but it doesn't alter the fact that after an hour there is virtually no chance of core having a longer chain. I think you do understand this, and so you *are* being disingenuous.
I get you don't want bigger blocks, but its clouding your ability to see the truth.
How exactly do you *know* XT won't happen? I certainly don't know if it will or it won't.
You talk of centralised control as if core isn't already? This fork is exactly the essence of decentralised. Why are you so afraid of it?