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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: The real disastor that could happen (forking Bitcoin)...
by
Cuidler
on 02/02/2016, 18:01:38 UTC
At start, Satoshi choose 32MB as consensus rule, then changed it to 1 MB consensus rule, now it can be changed to 2 MB if majority chooses. If you dont want, your free to use 1 MB the same way people were free to choose continue using 32 MB before, none force you anywhere, but you force me to keep using 1 MB. Do you see the difference between dictatorship verus freedoom here ?
No. Stop with the "majority" nonsense when talking about 75%. For an upgrade of the network we need 'almost everyone' (obviously you can't achieve 100% but can come close to it) on board else you break consensus. You are essentially forcing the 1/4 of the current network (and this is a lot of people, hashpower and possibly even more merchants) to join the fork or be left on a slow and dying chain. This is not freedom.

We don't "need" almost everyone for any change. That's what the minority would like to think but no, if 75% agrees to kick out 25% away. Then 75% have come to a consensus to get rid of the armful 25%. End of story. There is nothing the 25% can do to stop the 75% to do whatever they want.

This, plus there are altcoin lovers who dont mind hurting Bitcoin a bit or have different reasons for capping onchain useability. You cant get almost everyone agree becase there are bad actors who dont have best Bitcoin interest in mind. Thats why you cant give too much veto power to small minority.