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So, they only failed in 2017 because they didn’t have 25% of the supply? Idk about that The company itself doesn’t own much if any bitcoin on the balance sheet. I don’t see the incentive either, they do pretty well with their current business model operating a shitcoin casino
I don't think that's an issue. Miners would have to follow as well. Coinbase could go fork themselves all they want but even with large custodial holdings they wouldn't have the mind share necessary to make others follow. To me, people are just upset because he talked rudely about crypto anarchists and went on a weird tangent about selling hardware wallets through fear. Nothing burger.
Even if it was 90% supply I still don't think it would ultimately succeed. Bitcoin is an idea that we should follow an agreed upon set of rules and enforce them with computers. If you change Bitcoin it's not Bitcoin, and any breaking change like huge blocks or increased supply would self destruct even if it could achieve a higher market cap for a while. Maybe I'm being naive/optimistic though.
First thing I thought when he made the disagreeable comments about hardware wallets was what’s his incentive? Oh yeah didn’t he talk about a long term goal of becoming a bitcoin bank? Makes sense. My second thought was thank god for NVK and the Coldcard
He isn't correct about 6102 because the banks already controlled the gold when they moved to Fiat. I'm sure some people involved in the Gold Trade got screwed, but essentially the same group of elite stayed in power. You're talking about displacing that elite with a new technology and you don't think that they're going to respond violently?
Why are large holders making decisions about a fork? Nodes and miners typically make these decisions together. For example, if a company holds 50% of all Bitcoin, but doesn’t transfer them on the mainchain. Miners would have no incentive to support that chain, or follow the company’s opinion/ideas. Miners follow the chain that offers the most fees, and the chain with the most individual users would likely generate the highest fees together. Or am I missing something?