1120 sats \ 6 replies \ @DarthCoin 22 Mar \ on: J Bier - The Blocksize War: The battle for control over Bitcoin’s protocol rules BooksAndArticles
Yes, I read the book but not just that, I lived those years, very intense years. Is good that the book exist, it is part of Bitcoin history and new bitcoiners MUST know it and read this book. Otherwise will not understand what is going on nowadays.
And mostly because of that blocksize war, I am now such a toxic maxi. I was forged those harsh years.
One good thing came out from that blockzise war: I doubled my BTC stash. Yes, this could sound as bragging, but is not. Is the proof to remember what happen: the BCH gang got screwed because all bitcoiners were dumping newly created BCH for more BTC.
Did Jonathan Bier do a good job at telling the story the way you remember it happening?
Yes, is very well described.
can anyone recommend other competing references on what happened during those times?
For all new bitcoiners I would suggest to watch this mini series "To the Moon" that describe the whole Bitcoin history, pre 2020.
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110 sats \ 2 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 22 Mar
Great to hear the book describes the reality well. I'll make sure to watch this mini-series. I usually skip Max Keiser content due to his current persona, but if you say it's good, I'll give it a try. Thanks for the recommendation.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 22 Mar
Yes Max is kinda crazy guy, but the mini series is very well made and describe perfectly what happen all those years. Don't worry you will not see Max yelling in the series, he explain nicely the facts. And is well documented. A MUST SEE and keep it bookmarked for the history of Bitcoin.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 22 Mar
Just got through the first episode. Seems like they got a lot of OGs to appear in the series, that's nice. I'll get to next episodes later this weekend I hope.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 22 Mar
It’s easy for us Johnny come lately bitcoiners to be like yeah I would of been team small block
But I couldn’t imagine the split that happened and having to pick a side. Even if you picked BCH and found to be wrong you can always come back to the light.
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150 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 22 Mar
can always come back to the light.
Not if you dumped all BTC for BCH... or will be a hell of a job to find somebody insane enough to do that exchange.
In the early weeks after the fork, was quite easy and many clueless people were just do nothing and wait, but who knew where is going, were dumping all BCH for BTC.
I did it without hesitation. Only that I waited a bit for the tools to be in place and exchanges ready.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 22 Mar
Yeah, that's what a lot of shit-coiners don't realize... you need someone to take you up on your shitty trade, it's not just a matter of clicking the sell button. Liquidity sucks for a lot of the pump-and-dump coins...
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