Quote from: Fatman3001 on February 13, 2016, 12:55:32 PM

Quote from: bargainbin on February 13, 2016, 12:50:05 PM

Quote from: BitUsher on February 13, 2016, 12:42:29 PM

Meanwhile ... 21 releases better code using the new CLTV opcode to setup a micro-payments channel to dramatically increase capacity with no need for a blocksize limit increase, and no added network tradoffs. Works with any device and free to use.

Caveat: "to allow high frequency Bitcoin-based microtransactions between any pair of 21 Bitcoin Computers," true P2P, i.e between 2 PiTatoes Cheesy

The Decentralizationing!

This is misleading. They are referring to High frequency micro transactions. a small business like a restaurant could have a micro transaction tab setup without any 21 Bitcoin Computers. This is free code that works with any device.

Quote from: Fatman3001 on February 13, 2016, 12:47:56 PM

A purge is quite common in academia and similar groupings.

We had one at the uni near where I live. One professor had an agreement on a work schedule that made it possible for her to see her children, who lived in a different city, two days a week. When the other side of the conflict took over the institute that agreement was cancelled. The wife of a professor on the "wrong" side, who was also a professor at the same institute, lost her regular lecture hall and had to conduct her lectures on the other side of campus up a steep hill. She was in a wheel chair. The third professor was defined out of the institutes research profile and forced to leave his long term research in order to teach introductory classes for new students and preparation classes for high school students. A fourth professor, who was technically illiterate, was forced to leave his research and lead the institutes new IT program, which included summer classes.

There are many different ways to push people out of a community, to purge the community. Considering that there is a very real chance that this will happen in the Bitcoin community I would be more careful with boisterous proclamations calling for exclusion and vigilance. Theymos is already doing everything he can to shut people down. Adam Back and Gmaxwell have been making some less than reassuring noises as well. If you really believe in an open and free community I suggest you take this to heart.

I don't think it is wise to conflate the Great Purge with the forms of ostricizations you are describing and find it very odd that you are reading into my statements intentions that just do not exist. I have explained very clearly what should be done with "shills/trolls/ agent provocateurs" --

Quote from: BitUsher on February 13, 2016, 01:05:42 AM

P.S... I believe their are many genuine bitcoin advocates who support Classic(including some prominent anarchists like Ver and Janssens so this isn't about Statists vs Anarchists), and that the trolls and agent provocateurs aren't just representing the classic side but multiple groups for various reasons. One likely reason is to subvert our ecosystem. Here is a good video giving you an overview on how states subvert organizations they oppose - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fQoGMtE0EY

I do think that it is possible that States are still ignoring and simply watching our ecosystem from the sidelines as they have already admitted towards...who knows? The beauty of subversion is that it is extremely difficult to avoid or identify and those that claim that it is happening are accused of being paranoid. The good thing is that we can avoid its effects by increasing education and trying not to automatically assume ill will , and sticking to the facts as best we can to avoid it if it is happening.

To add to that we can ignore trolls that are abusive or constantly provide low level tripe simply by using the ignore feature.

In what way are my recommendations are akin to shutting people down and excluding them?