Enough with this hyprocrisy. You are free to choose but not to talk about it on the main forums right?
Give us a break.
XTcoin is an altcoin.
This is the correct section for all XT-related discussion:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=67.0If you don't like the rules, set up your own forum.
ya.ya.yo!
You are misinformed.
XT is an alt client that supports the Bitcoin blockchain and its rules and protocol.
The only difference is it will support bigger blocks IF AND WHEN 75% of the miners agree.
if and when that happens, core will either upgrade to be compatible or Bitcoin
will fork, but since the economic SUPER MAJORITY will be supporting bigger
blocks, the 1mb version of Bitcoin will likely be considered the alt.
Just because one code repository calls itself core doesn't give it exclusive rights
to control Bitcoin or call itself Bitcoin. That's what people have been pointing out
for years when Bitcoin pessimists tried to argue that 'Bitcoin isn't decentralized
because it's run by a few core devs.'. Well, now we are seeing that indeed, it
is decentralized. The core devs don't call all the shots and if they try to do
something the community doesn't like (such as take too long to increase
the blocksize), they will lose their power.
If one understands all this yet still insists on calling it an "altcoin", then
it is an attempt to mischaracterize and marginalize it, and an attempt
to influence opinion through misinformation (thus it is intellectually dishonest.)
It is also an attempt to force an outcome based on one's personal opinions
and biases, rather than allowing the economic majority to decide.