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Re: "Miners can MASF, or users will UASF. either way, Segwit activated early August"
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dinofelis
on 22/05/2017, 11:53:17 UTC
ps. IF it does work ( and it's a BIG IF ) will you admit that maybe there is more at play here than what you describe Dino ?

Of course.  But if it works, it means that decentralisation is gone, *because* a majority could collude over a change in rule set, and hence HAD TO AGREE upon a specific collective action at a specific moment (and implicitly, had hence to have a leader that proposed that and could have a majority agree which is, in my book, what collusion is about).

If you ask me if bitcoin is decentralized, my answer is: "can they change the protocol ?  If yes, it is centralized, if not, even if many would like to, then it is decentralized".