While the title of this OP is not literally true, it is arguably an accurate depiction of the motivations involved.
Incorrect. It is completely misleading, even some people at /r/btc understand it by now:Quote
With the appalling news of Cobra wanting to change the Satoshi whitepaper, several links has been posted to /r/btc with the title "Blockstream is trying to change the Satoshi whitepaper". The response from /r/bitcoin was the usual, "It's FUD".
However, /r/bitcoin is right in this case. There is no proof that Cobra represents Blockstream. There is no proof that he is paid by Blockstream. Just because we don't know who Cobra is and you hate Blockstream, does not make this true.
Regardless of how you want to put it, Blockstream is not behind this proposal and most likely has nothing to do with it. However, /r/bitcoin is right in this case. There is no proof that Cobra represents Blockstream. There is no proof that he is paid by Blockstream. Just because we don't know who Cobra is and you hate Blockstream, does not make this true.
Regarding the proposal itself, I believe it is a horribly bad idea, and should obviously not get implemented.
This is a situation in which one can easily spot the toxicity of r/btc, among other things. Almost nobody supports this proposal, regardless of whether one supports Core, Classic, BU (from what I've seen), yet they had to start this outright lie that Blockstream is trying to rewrite it (which is not the case). How classic. 