Quote from: jonald_fyookball on April 06, 2017, 09:33:18 PM

Quote from: AgentofCoin on April 06, 2017, 09:24:25 PM

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Let's not get distracted here with irrelevant details.

Even IF Bitmain was using ASICboost, (no evidence they are)
and even IF that was illegal (its not since they hold the Chinese patent),
so what?

Point is, they support segwit (if done with big block) , and also extension
blocks. (neither is compatible with asicboost btw).
Core won't support anything but their roadmap. So, which party is
unilaterally preventing a scaling solution...honestly?

Those aren't irrelevant. This may be the real issue at hand.

The significance is allowing miners to continue using such an
exploit prevents Bitcoin from upgrading in different ways.
Many of Satoshi's ideas of extra features are dependent on
Coinbase references. ASICBoost prevents any new Coinbase
references.

Blocksize debate is irrelevant in this current issue. Using
ASICBoost prevents many forms of development that helps
scaling and non-scaling issues. It is potentially more serious
than anything else currently.

If Miners are allowed to continue with ASICBoost, Bitcoin
development ends in many fundamental ways.

You have sided with one miners profits over the whole future
of the Bitcoin community. You do not know what you are
hitching yourself to.