Quote from: franky1 on March 27, 2017, 10:28:55 PM

alex.btc

i love your open minded opinion.

Quote from: B!tCoin on March 27, 2017, 10:40:11 PM

Yes Alex!
I have been following your posts, the first one was read out on Crypt0's youtube channel, was great so far you have articulated everything I have been think about this debate perfectly.

So spot on sir. I sit here with my popcorn doffing my cap to you.

Quote from: jonald_fyookball on March 28, 2017, 01:01:47 AM

Alex, of course we know that mAXAwell is acting willfully here. It is pretty sad.

Man I didn't know so many people felt the same way.

I've always had high hopes for Bitcoin, and when I wrote the letter I was in a state of disappointment and felt somewhat hopeless about Bitcoin's future. It was a reflex to just say something before watching Bitcoin hit rock bottom.

The truth is I got even angrier after writing the letter. Because the process of writing it actually sorted out my own thoughts, and right after I wrote it I realized for years I've misplaced my trust on Core and I was duped. That is why there is now a small rant at the end, I actually went back to add it.

Core really didn't care about the main chain at all, they considered it some kind of mini cash cow they could lock in a small cage to keep squeezing its milk to feed their new SegWit/LN baby. For them, nothing else mattered, not the main chain, not the users, not the miners, not the white paper, in Core's eye, these were all irrelevant.

And for years I was just another idiot standing around looking at stats and charts, following the herd from time to time, my instinct kept telling me something was wrong, but my hopes and expectations for Bitcoin made me ignore these warnings.

So I kept telling myself I was going through one of the greatest time in human history, as if watching Bitcoin grow is like watching a new Internet being born all over again, and this time I can watch its every step, and in the future, when it've grown so big, I can brag about being there in the beginning and chat about the good old days. I quietly watched Core drive Bitcoin up the wall, telling myself no developers would be stupid enough to ruin it, things would eventually improve.

Meanwhile, Core was playing double speak and dirty tactics, thinking we were idiots and was laughing behind our backs.

The backlog and high fee finally woke me up from that fantasy, Core really is going to ruin Bitcoin for everyone, one of the greatest invention of this century, going down the drain because of a few selfish pricks, just like Tesla's wireless electricity.

Fuck them. Core can kiss my ass and fuck off.