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Re: Jihan/Ver, BIP148/UASF, r/bitcoin r/btc... how do I sift through the BS?
by
ebliever
on 30/05/2017, 02:48:47 UTC
So I'm no where near as tech savy as the top minds in Bitcoin's field, but I do have a very strong understanding of what Bitcoin currently is and how it can potentially change the world... I spend a lot of time reading about new bitcoin stuff on reddit, specifically... but what I want to know is this...

r/btc and r/bitcoin are so polar opposite in terms of viewpoint it's almost impossible for me to figure out who is full of garbage and who is not... who is being honest and who is not?  How am I possibly supposed to know?  Are both sides being completely honest and operating with bitcoin's best interest and just have a strong disagreement, or is one side of the argument being disingenuous for personal gain or even more malicious reasons such as trying to kill Bitcoin?

Honestly, both sides seem so passionately in opposition of one another that I have a hard time deciphering what's what... it would appear from a completely neutral and outsider's perspective that has no dog in this hunt other than the betterment of Bitcoin that the guys in favor of UASF are telling the truth, but I really don't know... I really don't.

I have read a lot over the past year but I am still no where near up to speed as to where I'd like to one day... so who's full of it?  What exactly is going on within the Bitcoin community?


Proverbs 18:17 applies. Read both sides. It is not highly technical when it gets down to it. Honestly, I can't think of anything I've read from the r/btc (Bitcoin Unlimited) side that is not seriously delusional, but here are a couple recent links from major personalities on their take on this subject:

https://medium.com/@elombrozo/why-i-support-bip148-4b4c0a9feb4d

https://bravenewcoin.com/news/the-legacy-of-bitcoins-bearwhale/

If anyone has a serious article defending the BU side without relying on crackpot claims about the Bitcoin development community selling out their libertarian ideals for some secret, evidence-free sinister plan, please do share for the OP's sake. In particular why anyone but miners should support them, because they are the only ones I see with a motive to support BU.