Re: Wright's Ph.D. flying the coop? Shouldn't have put his eggs in one basket!
First they (banker-backed Blockstream) pushed out Gavin (big blocker) then ran off Mike Hearn (big blocker).
History lesson: https://medium.com/block-chain/on-block-sizes-e047bc9f830
Now they're using smear tactics against Wright (big blocker) in a desperate attempt to keep their 1MB narrative alive.
History lesson: https://medium.com/block-chain/on-block-sizes-e047bc9f830
Now they're using smear tactics against Wright (big blocker) in a desperate attempt to keep their 1MB narrative alive.
They did not push out Gavin, he left on his own. Mike Hearn rage quit and also left when he saw that he could not take control of the real Bitcoin (BTC) ... they then partnered to try to hard fork a competitive Alt coin and then they failed.
(Underestimating the support that they had in the community) 
CW is simply a Snake oil salesman and you have to be blind not to see it. It has nothing to do with his big blocker position, but rather the combined total of the lies that has been exposed over time.
The 1MB narrative is working like a charm and it is supported by the majority.
aaand the majority just uses fiat - not crypto, but tries to go rather closed blockchains / R3 (by Mike Hearn) / IBM - cause of the evil governance issues with 'decentralized' open ones - what is now fixed by just having only the Satoshi White Paper (supported by CSW) and patent protected against IBM / R3 ( by CSW)
so what exactly are you discussing for / against ?