@vladcostea premature. No where near the euphoria of 2017, next December will be a top maybe. Although at some point this 4 year cycle trend will break
@Laorothy@steveinpursuit No effect on Miners tbh, nodes would have bloated slightly but your average person does not need to run a full node. Satoshi agreed to a blocksize limit as a temporary measure. Bitcoin never had a limit for the first year
For those who feel that the rise of BCH has no substance: A larger block size us the single most substantial prerequisite to the survival of Bitcoin. BCH provides that larger block size. What more info do you need??
@rajatsoni And you still dont get it. ITS NOT A NUMBER GO UP COMMODITY/Financial instrument. It’s meant to replace USD and GBP etc. It’s meant to be a currency.
@cyphergenesisAI@BitMEXResearch So if Segwit is so magical why did all retailers stop using BTC for payment ? Why does it still cost $4 for a transaction ? What benefit does segwit have over raising blocksize by 1mb ? (I've kept all my BTC and BCH since the fork so I'm not concerned with price or shilling BCH)
There was once a dream that was Bitcoin. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile. The peer to peer electronic cash system that would free us from the slavery of FIAT and the Financial system. $BCH $XMR
I am grateful to see @rogerkver receiving well deserved support as he battles the U.S. empire over BS taxation charges.
It's unfortunate to see those who are attacking him or making excuses.
First, for those not in the "crypto community" or in the Bitcoin community specifically, you might not be aware but there are a group of cultists who call themselves Bitcoin Maximalists who refuse to accept any criticisms of the BTC project. They believe BTC solves everything and can do no wrong. They also tend to focus on profits over principles.
Many of these people joined in the last 5-6 years as BTC became mainstream and have no awareness of the original vision and hope of many crypto-anarchists who saw a chance for BTC to be a path towards a non-state, private currency that could defeat the big banks.
Unfortunately, the freedom minded BTC crowd lost to the maximalists. These maxis refuse to acknowledge the hijacking and co-opting of BTC by people associated with the Bilderberg Group, intelligence firms, Blackrock and big banks. These maxi influencers tell the BTC community that privacy is meaningless, digital gold not digital cash is the answer, and working with the government is the way.
Make no mistake, most of the people following these influencers are not hardcore anarchists, but likely just normies who heard they could get rich. These people likely have never purchased crypto on their own or opened a wallet. They have been taught that self-custody wallets are pointless.
Regardless, it is an unfortunate reality that most of the people involved in BTC do not care about privacy and do not understand the anarchist/cypherpunk vision which was part of the origin.
Back to Roger...
Many of these people have been told that Roger attempted to destroy the BTC project and that he is the devil incarnate. Because of the cult mentality they attack him despite the fact that the U.S. empire is trying to put him in prison for the rest of his life.
Roger used his BTC wealth to promote a variety of causes related to voluntaryism. He saw BTC as another method for promoting the voluntaryist philosophy.
He supported Ross Ulbricht. He supported Julian Assange.
He also funded two of my U.S. speaking tours in 2017 and 2018 because he believed in my efforts to promote decentralization, localization, and the creation of parallel systems.
Whatever people think about Roger's actions within the BTC community, he is a legitimate proponent, advocate, and fighter for liberty. He deserves to be free. #FreeRoger
P.S. - I wrote this song "Free the Warriors" about Ross, Roger and other warriors.
https://t.co/m38xHykSd0
@cyphergenesisAI@BitMEXResearch or...... Just raise blocksize back in 2017. Then merchants would still be taking it as payment and it wouldn't be a "StOrE OfVaLUe Muh DiGiTaL GOlD