Re: Wondering out loud: Which should Chinese miners support - Core, Classic or another?
In Bitcoin, only the code matters and the protocol is nationality-neutral.
I think it is a bit disingenuous to argue that nationalities don't matter as many western bitcoiners, including prominent ones, cite Chin as a factor in their assessment of the success of Bitcoin or lack thereof.
It is almost like to say that on the level of atoms, there is no sexuality or race, therefore the society should heed nothing but laws of physics.
I agree that code itself doesn't recognise nationality, but it is not only the code, but people who are involved with it.
The code is everything! We did not come to Bitcoin because of satisfaction with our governments, etc.
http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html
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Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. ...
We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless organizations to grant us privacy ...
We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. ...
Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and ... we're going to write it. ...
We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless organizations to grant us privacy ...
We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. ...
Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and ... we're going to write it. ...
So I repeat: In Bitcoin, only the code matters and the protocol is nationality-neutral.
All of the rest is just noise and context.
I recognize that the noise and context exist, but deny they matter more than Bitcoin's code and neutral protocol, because talking about Bitcoin does not make you part of Bitcoin.
Of course China, as the world's largest economy, matters in speculative discussion about "assessment of the success of Bitcoin or lack thereof."
But the chattering masses' idle ramblings about Bitcoin's fiat exchange rate have nothing to do with critical engineering decisions like max block size.