Quote from: classicsucks on May 01, 2017, 10:23:30 PM

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Quote from: jonald_fyookball on April 30, 2017, 01:18:57 AM

Of course Core should have asked the community what they want. Gavin's been saying that for 4 years.

I don't know if you explained this point very clearly Franky..not sure many got it (i'm just getting it now)
even though you've said it 50 times.... but even if you explained it, many Core supporters are just
loyalists/fanboys/zealots/shills/whatever... they will just scream "stop blocking segwit".

Therein lies the problem. I can safety say that >95% of the loyalists/fanboys/zealots/shills/whatever don't understand segwit or LN.

I was one of them. I freely admit that. I didn't waste any of my time getting involve in the debates of the last 3 years. I did read some of the debates, but i was busy doing other things. Now, there is a "civil war," thus a stalemate. Now I understand Segwit and LN (not 100%) but better than most on here based on their posts. However the more i looked at the previous version of Bitcoin, the more i realised that bit by bit, version by version, it has gone all wrong, especially the how the calculation of fee works. The problem is that the developers are mostly computer programmers, thus do not understand how the real world works and do not understand economics, marketing, accountancy, etc.

Hence loyalists/fanboys/zealots/shills/whatever do not understand that bit by bit, bitcoin has established one system for the rich and one system for the poor. Thus cronyism is what bitcoin has become. I believe that we are all equal and no one has the right to harm others - government does this all the time giving state privileges to one small group at the expense of the rest = victims. Bitcoin now function for one group at the expense of others.

Good post.... thanks for sharing that. Mind if I repost on reddit. people will find it interesting.

I was a Core Fanboi too, look at my username. I'll take the hit to my ego and admit I was lapping up Maxwell's dog drivel.

When Segwit came, I knew I was on the wrong ship. Reading the spec made my eyes burn - I suddenly realized that this was another over-engineered Spruce Goose that would never fly. Watching Core's behavior since then has been instructive. The pilots of a sinking ship, not even any rats left.

And yes, Andreas is nearly a god. The guy is smart. But he's dead wrong about Segwit.

Judging by your post history, you're a bought sock-puppet account. You had normal posts up to Nov 16, 2016 and then stopped posting. You didn't post again until Dec 10th 2016 when you made your first Core/SegWit bash post. Since then you been ramping up your Core bashing and BU shilling. My guess is sometime between Nov 16th and Dec 10th you bought this account or Roger Ver did and employed you to bash Core.