Quote from: gmaxwell on June 25, 2016, 07:54:34 AM

If miners think they can threaten the users of Bitcoin into taking rule rewrites of the system they are risking finding themselves stilling on a pile of worthless hardware. But I think that is incredibly unlikely.

if core think they can threaten users of bitcoin into taking segwit which rewrites the rules of the system, purely because they think hardforks are bad.. then atleast dont threaten miners with... wait for it... a hard fork!!
(even you must laugh about the hypocracy)

if you think that an algorithm change (hardfork!!!!!!) is "safe" then atleast admit hardforks are possible.

its like saying you are against people owning guns, but then threatening to shoot anyone who wants a gun
its like saying you are against eating meat, but then threatening to bite off and swallowing someones ear or finger should you see they like meat
its like saying you are against immigration, but then threaten to move to another country to live in their house just to make them feel invaded

first it was bribery with the "fee discount" now its blackmail with the mining algorithm hardfork.

can you atleast see how you lot are not only hypocritical, but believe you deserve to "own" bitcoin as a sole trademark of blockstream

i get the feeling that if segwit does not succeed in a certain time frame.. blockstream wont get any round two funding or second stage released funds.
because the sidechains and other stuff that would earn their investors returns wont happen.
and its crap like this that makes bitcoin become incorporated. because decisions are based purely on corporate contracts, not community needs