0 sats \ 3 replies \ @shyfire 12 Jan 2022 \ parent \ on: Upvote if you believe Bitcoin should scale on-chain in addition to second layer solutions bitcoin
I do.
The next attack on bitcoin will be on a nation state level. For example courts forcing bitcoin devs to add backdoors. So if it's not cheap and easy to run a fully validating node, bitcoin will not survive that kind of attack.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @theshanergy OP 12 Jan 2022
What makes you think that hasn't already happened? What makes you think the blocksize wars weren't a state sponsored attack to keep blocks small and prevent Bitcoin from scaling to global use?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @shyfire 12 Jan 2022
Because states aren't competent enough to hide their tracks like that. I read Blocksize Wars and it looks like just regular individuals/organizations/companies etc, not states.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @theshanergy OP 12 Jan 2022
Who do you think sponsored the massive DDOS attacks that targetted non compliant nodes and took entire ISPs offline? Who compromised online communities and systematically banned and silenced anyone who promoted pro blocksize increase positions?
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