Quote from: Carlton Banks on March 20, 2017, 06:45:33 PM

Quote from: Cryptorials on March 20, 2017, 06:39:00 PM

I have difficulty making out what point you are trying to make, other than that you are trying to insult me in some very strange way.

You are saying that because police can't prevent crimes we should just assume everyone is a criminal and act accordingly? If so that is one of the most absurd things I've ever heard.

This isn't relevant, create a thread in the Politics section for your derailing

Please don't try to bully me, because it won't work.

You were trying to suggest a pre-emptive PoW change because you believe that Bitmain are irrational actors who were only interesting in trying to destroy Bitcoin. I pointed out you have no evidence for that and its irrational to proceed on the basis on something for which there is no evidence. You then started ranting about police; I just said I didn't understand what (relevant) point you were trying to make.

I suggest if you want to engage in exploring unfounded conspiracy theories you take that to the politics section.

Quote from: Mashuri on March 20, 2017, 06:47:27 PM

Quote from: Cryptorials on March 20, 2017, 06:39:00 PM

I do not agree that we would all be raping and murdering all the time if it wasn't for the all powerful government putting us in our place.

It is reasonable to plan a PoW change in response to a 51% attack. It is unreasonable to suggest that Bitmain are mentally deranged and intent on destroying Bitcoin for no reason and that we should pre-emptively attack to punish them for something you have no evidence for.

You completely misunderstood my point. State involvement doesn't keep people from raping and murdering. It actually tends to do the exact opposite. If the people running Bitmain are primarily funded by government, then they are acting in their government's best interest. If you can't see how this is a mortal threat to bitcoin, there's no point discussing it further in this thread.

Perhaps I did misunderstand your point then, but I think you also haven't recognized mine: It is possible that the Chinese government could be exerting pressure on Bitmain and the fact that it is a possibility should not be ignored, but it is very dangerous to make the jump from it being possible to assuming that it is true.

I understand that many of you may be engaged in security type work where you have to see any threat and assume that it will happen. But when dealing with people that is a very dangerous way to act. It is a big mistake to assume the worst possible scenario and act accordingly, because you are assuming significant costs associated with your actions which are most likely uneccessary.

Also if you want to assume the worst, the conspiracy theory about Blockstream trying to take over with their lightning network is just as plausible. At some point we have to all back down from the extremes and stop creating more problems that there needs to be.