52 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 19 Apr \ on: What Happened To Bitcoin? bitcoin
Jesus, I am almost never a "this is a black and white situation" kind of guy, but this article reveals that this dude has somehow almost entirely missed the point of the actual forces in play behind btc. It's fucking breathtaking, in fact, to be so ignorant of the technical, political, and economic implications of big-blocking, given how much ink has been spilled on the topic over the years.
I came to btc awareness around the time of the blocksize wars and admit to starting out a big blocker, bc it makes basic intuitive sense if you don't actually understand the situation. If you learn more and pay a bit of attention, the case for small blocks becomes inexorable.
I can't really process the level of insularity and blindness that it would take to write this op-ed in 2024.