Quote from: DooMAD on January 10, 2016, 07:27:21 PM

Some people have been collaborating, but then other come along and use words like "populist", "coup", "hostile takeover", "contentious" and "altcoin". It takes two sides to have a fight. Perhaps if people were permitted to collaborate without being silenced or swept under the carpet, then more would be accomplished by now.

I'm assuming that by 'other' and those words theymos firstly because I've seen him use them. Remember, he is letting you discuss this in the forum that he manages (this is another XT thread).

Quote from: DooMAD on January 10, 2016, 07:27:21 PM

"I'm open to discussion, but only if you agree with everything I say"? Just because something is deemed controversial by some, doesn't mean it shouldn't be discussed.

Wrong. I'm open to discuss ideas that would benefit Bitcoin (e.g. IBLT, Lightning). I'm not open to potential takeovers between various groups and implementations. This does not benefit the protocol.

Quote from: Fatman3001 on January 10, 2016, 07:25:22 PM

...eh? Good, so where does this holy consensus fit in then?

And by "holy" I mean "unassailable".

Majority; not everyone. Would you be more comfortable if all the Core developers were quickly reaching consensus among themselves especially in regards to their own proposals? Some have already been called out because of Blockstream even though it is pretty obvious that they don't share the same views.