Author: Andrew LeCody 2015-08-16 23:22:45
Published on: 2015-08-16T23:22:45+00:00
The email exchange discusses the potential outcome of a non-consensus fork in Bitcoin, specifically involving Bitcoin XT. The author of the email suggests various ways in which Bitcoin Core could disrupt the fork, including spoiling the ballot and encouraging miners to false vote for Bitcoin XT. They also discuss setting up good atomic swap markets and forking Bitcoin XT to allow for easy transactions only on the XT fork. However, the author doubts the feasibility of these ideas and believes that Satoshi's economic investment in Bitcoin would ultimately decide the winning fork. Another email in the thread notes the risks involved in a node war between factions if a significant portion of the network supports Bitcoin XT. They suggest that such a disagreement could cause BTC to plummet in value and undermine confidence in the system. The email also criticizes the attempt at takeover through non-consensus fork and suggests an alternative method for voting through coinbase scriptSig or dynamic adjustment.
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