Quote from: Richy_T on December 07, 2017, 11:10:36 PM

Evening all. Cheesy

Good to see you here my discordian brother!

Quote from: Richy_T on December 08, 2017, 02:14:05 AM

Quote from: kurious on December 08, 2017, 12:15:31 AM

I am sure you'll be most welcome by more than a few here. Big Blockers get a hard time, yep - it's pretty much heavily pro-Core of course, but it's still fun and all and sundry drop in and pretty much all points of view exist, as they probably should - although the ignore button is still an occasionally welcome option Wink

I have no problem with any of that. Small blocks, big blocks, it's a conversation to be had and I'll go toe-to-toe with anyone about my opinions. I just don't like what happened to that conversation and feel that visiting this site, unfortunately, supports the perpetrator(s).

I freely admit that I started out being more sympathetic to the big block cause. The heavy-handed censorship on r/bitcoin (and to some extent here) was off-putting. And freaking AXA & co. investing in blockstream made very suspicious for sure. Plus the 1MB block limit reeked of arbitrary central planning.

I did however keep an open mind in this debate. Found it quite difficult to do in such a toxic environment. Over time I drifted towards the core side of things. I still have my reservations but mostly I accept the fact that hundreds of people with a deeper understanding of Bitcoin than me favor it.

At this point I feel like it is the big blocker side who is the more toxic one. I still frequent r/btc but I am considering unsubscribing, because all the raging, whining and name calling is simply exhausting and adds nothing to the debate.

Anyway my point is this: please don't leave just because you feel like supporting "the wrong side" here. There are people and ideas worth supporting on all sides.