I never suggested anything of that kind. You brought up the notion of bagholders throwing their weight around.
Which I why I phrased it in the form of a question. I did indeed bring it up, but not as a threat but to clarify to others the dangers of a minor majority fork of 75% and how such a low number can cause a civil war where the apparent chain with the advantage can quickly becomes the losing chain. Once Bitcoin classic releases code I warn users to pay attention and be ready to pull their coins out of exchanges and store them in cold storage during any network split.
The more coins they throw at it, the more they loose.
How so? I don't think you understand the nature of the attack clearly. Let me elaborate...
1) Either individually or collectively the economic majority on the chain with less hash power spends their coin on the chain that isn't being attacked and/or has the greatest value associated with a corresponding exchange. If they spend the coins on the chain with greater hashing power they remove any risk of a 51% attack.
2) The coins are sold for fiat, driving the Bitcoin classic coin down in value dramatically
3) The fiat is used to invest in asic companies , buy asics and/or mining pools in order to quickly recover the majority of hashing power
4) The investment simply strengthens their coin and is not wasted as they return a profit off the newfound mining operation.
No, the threats are just that - threats. Except for the one you mentioned earlier - they can carry out nasty attacks, such as the ddos campaign on XT nodes.
Whether the ddos attacks where orchestrated by opponents or Hearn himself to garner sympathy I am against this behavior. That form of censorship harms us all. People should have a fair choice to accurately hear the technical details of classic and cores proposals and make an informed decision.
I personally dont think it will ever come to that -
I completely agree with this statement, but for very different reasons. There are deals being made as we speak to end this and come to consensus. The miners tend to be highly conservative by nature unlike some of the btc banks and processors who are biased towards prioritizing volume and adoption. While the miners want adoption like we all do, they have other considerations that exchanges/banks/processors don't have.