Quote from: franky1 on April 06, 2017, 09:48:33 PM

Quote from: AgentofCoin on April 06, 2017, 09:41:36 PM

Using ASICBoost prevents many forms of development that helps
scaling and non-scaling issues. It is potentially more serious
than anything else currently.

asic boost has been around longer.
easy fix.. make software that doesnt hurt the hardware.. not the other way round.

cant blame the hardware of 2 years ago for software problems of 6 months go
...

No. The mining community agreed not to use ASICBoost for many different reasons.
In fact, today, no miner that I am aware of openly admits using it, since its taboo.

In addition, using that on a large scale would hinder many importation developments
that can not be implemented as cleanly as with new Coinbase references.

The Miners can not dictate the direction of efficient new features and optimization.
They need to perform the full PoW and that is all. If they make custom hardware
that cheats the PoW, that was a risky move that the rest of the community does
not need to be subjected to, neither the innocent users or innocent miners.

That was their financial gamble. Some dice rolls are one too many.
In time, we will learn what the true scale and impact this issue is.