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cypherpunk, cryptographer, privacy/ecash, inventor hashcash (used in Bitcoin mining) PhD Comp Sci http://adam3.us  Co-Founder/CEO https://blockstream.com 

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    1. Ryan Selkis‏ @twobitidiot 16 Aug 2015

      .@adam3us is it true you've contemplated joining a class action lawsuit against gavin & mike if they go through with the hard fork?

      6 replies 7 retweets 20 likes
      Adam Back‏ @adam3us 16 Aug 2015
      Replying to @twobitidiot

      .@twobitidiot someone mentioned hypothetical: if you lost your Bitcoins as a result of Gavin network split - would you hold him accountable?

      6:48 PM - 16 Aug 2015
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        2. Ryan Selkis‏ @twobitidiot 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @adam3us

          .@adam3us and your answer?

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
        3. Daniel Ƀ‏ @csuwildcat 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @twobitidiot

          @twobitidiot @adam3us it's irrelevant - one can sue over anything, but winning a suit against an open src project maintainer for forking? No

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. Daniel Ƀ‏ @csuwildcat 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @csuwildcat

          @twobitidiot @adam3us what's next? Suing the Node devs who forked to create IO? I'll get the popcorn & watch this get thrown out on Summary

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        2. joe ekine‏ @joe_ekine 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @adam3us

          @adam3us @twobitidiot imagine if all core dev team members found consensus, what could hypothetical be the reason for that?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Adam Back‏ @adam3us 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @joe_ekine

          .@joe_ekine a sensible & safe proposal. my money's on flexcap or pragmatic 2MB step then 4, 8MB over 4 years to have space for lightning r&d

          3 replies 6 retweets 6 likes
        4. wayne clerke‏ @wclerke 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @adam3us

          @adam3us @joe_ekine 2MB starting jan 2016? That would be enough of a compromise to stop this craziness

          1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
        5. Adam Back‏ @adam3us 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @wclerke

          .@wclerke yes, forks take planning, but as soon as safely possible. but lets see flexcap BIP first, it's better. https://www.mail-archive.com/bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net/msg07599.html …

          0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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        1. iang‏ @iang_fc 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @adam3us

          @adam3us @twobitidiot Bitcoin lacks governance layer & contract to apply accountability and liability. Everyone plays at own risk.

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        2. Jeff Garzik‏Verified account @jgarzik 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @adam3us

          .@adam3us @twobitidiot FLOSS software developers propose. Miners and users ignore or use the software, making the choice.

          1 reply 3 retweets 21 likes
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        1. iang‏ @iang_fc 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @adam3us

          @adam3us @twobitidiot Who 2 hold responsible for loss of value - he who triggers a split, or they who governed & encouraged a split?

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        2. Dollarjones‏ @DollarJones 13 Feb 2016
          Replying to @adam3us

          @adam3us @twobitidiot @jgarzik preserving bitcoin store of value should be of utmost importance. Proper payment rails will develop over time

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Jeff Garzik‏Verified account @jgarzik 13 Feb 2016
          Replying to @DollarJones

          @DollarJones @adam3us @twobitidiot Not that simple. -Less netwrk effect=less value=less security -Bad to pause ecosystem to wait for tech

          5 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. Dollarjones‏ @DollarJones 13 Feb 2016
          Replying to @jgarzik

          @jgarzik @adam3us pausing for tech is much less risk of loss for network effect than debatable hard fork

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. Frankenmint‏ @Frankenmint 16 Aug 2015
          Replying to @adam3us

          @adam3us @twobitidiot Wouldn't matter, you're still #SOL https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin#license …, MIT License (tl;dr): http://programmers.stackexchange.com/a/255228/167345 

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        2. Justin Camarena  ⚡️‏ @juscamarena 13 Feb 2016
          Replying to @adam3us

          @adam3us @twobitidiot hey, what about bitcoins lost in sidechains or even lightning? :-) So we can sue you?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Justin Camarena  ⚡️‏ @juscamarena 13 Feb 2016
          Replying to @juscamarena

          @adam3us @twobitidiot (If any were to get lost)

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        1. spiroseliot‏ @spiroseliot 13 Feb 2016
          Replying to @adam3us

          @adam3us @twobitidiot The answer is that they simple want to destroy bitcoin

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        1. Barnabas Debreczeni‏ @keo 13 Feb 2016
          Replying to @adam3us

          @adam3us @twobitidiot Adam, here's your stapler back. Just don't burn down Bitcoin.

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