i wonder if some of the posters here manage to tie their shoes alone .. u either are over 60yo, or u're dumb as fuck ; i bet u dont even know how to make a btc payment too

I have to kind of disagree with you there. Bitcoin is like any other open source projects, where egos, socially inept larger than life personalities, and politics get in the way, but in this instance the stakes are much higher. In addition, the 'Core' client is basically the de-facto Bitcoin network, but any changes are controlled (or lobbied) by a small group of people.

One of the bitcoin devs (gregory maxwell) went rogue on wikipedia several years ago. Borderline batshit crazy (ok, let's call it 'disruptive') kind of stuff. This is the guy who can change code in the Core client.

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comment...toxic_gregory/

Thank for the link Rowan. what's his status now? any idea?

From what you said, along with most replies in that thread, this guy seems to be a madman!!! His motto: "I am bitcoin"

I started reading more myself after finding that link for you. Not just about gmaxwell, but about other members (both past and current) of the core team.

It's quite disturbing to see the amount of bickering and abuse that is flying around on public forums, posted by people who are in control of (or have close ties to those who control) "the one source." As one person put it (paraphrasing) these are socially inept nerds, not people people.

Everyone has an agenda to push, and I think it's safe to say that most do not align with Nakamoto's original vision. I believe that's why Gavin Andreson left.

By the way, BCH is now being bought at about 0.28 BTC. So if you bought $1000 worth of BTC a few days ago, and sold off your BTC and BCH now, you'd have $1280+

I was concerned that the BTC price would fall to compensate for the added value of BCH, but it hasn't happened (at least, yet). So for those who got in early it really is free money.

Did you read this one?

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comment...odd_both_just/

Yep. Everyone's going crazy about the segwit buzz (lots of people asking "when u gonna add segwit feature" in altcoin threads) but I don't think the technical aspects are well understood (beyond "it's gonna let Bitcoin grow yuuge, absolutely yuuge")

The way I understand it, the main proponents for segwit also happen to be part of a company (blockstream) that needs segwit to function (and therefore profit). Seems like a conflict of interest to me. Like I said above, Bitcoin development is no longer about altruism, it's about egos and profits.

https://np.reddit.com/r/btc/comments...he_bilderberg/

Bitcoin Core is controlled (effectively) by Blockstream who have a giant multinational insurance company as their major investor.

So much for liberty and sticking it to The Man...

This shows how miners switched from Bitcoin [Core/Segwit] to Bitcoin Cash a few days ago. 7 day average, BTC has only 76.21% of the hashrate, with BCH making up the balance.

Wonder if we'll see a reduction in Bitcoin difficulty soon? I don't think that has happened for years.

http://fork.lol/pow/hashrate