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Re: The real disastor that could happen (forking Bitcoin)...
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xyzzy099
on 02/02/2016, 18:51:36 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.

Could you link me to the source of boldface above? I keep searching https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf, and getting zero hits.
Perhaps alternative spelling?
Or are you simply making stuff up/using air quotes?

If you are really interested in why 75% is not enough, the definitive answer is found here:

http://organofcorti.blogspot.com/2015/08/bip101-implementation-flaws.html