Don't worry, Bitcoin has a built in safeguard. We probably all just don't agree what it is...
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Replying to @VinnyLingham @haq4good and
It's important to know what it is. You can't just say I trust the miners won't do it because they would know better.
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Replying to @SatoshiLite @haq4good and
Bitcoin has 3-way consensus mechanism. Miners, Businesses (which represent users), and Developers. Any two can overrule the third...
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Replying to @VinnyLingham @haq4good and
It's miners, users, and developers. Businesses is just a proxy (not a very good one) for users. Users care about censorship-resistance more.
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Replying to @SatoshiLite @VinnyLingham and
Ask the average user if they care more about censorship resistance (if they even know what it is) or Tx fees and speed of confirmations. SMH
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Replying to @tedmrogers @VinnyLingham and
If you don't care about censorship resistance and only care about fees and speed, why the hell do you care about Bitcoin? Just use paypal.
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Replying to @SatoshiLite @VinnyLingham and
Folks - what % of the world had access to PayPal or ever will? This debate Ian assuming we are sitting a developed country with many options
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Replying to @tedmrogers @VinnyLingham and
PayPal is just an example. There are other equivalent ones like MPESA. The point is, there are good centralized solutions.
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Replying to @SatoshiLite @VinnyLingham and
no. not for 1/3 of world population. most have access to mobile internet or will soon but no fin. services
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Replying to @tedmrogers @SatoshiLite and
#bitcoin will provide store of value AND means of transacting for the 2+ billion unbanked. they will have financial sovereignty through BTC4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
And means of transacting can be solved with layer 2. Blockchain is a limited, inefficient resource, you cant support 3 bil ppl on-chain.
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Replying to @haq4good @tedmrogers and
It's simple math. On-chain scaling has a hard limit. Not to mention it negatively affects security.
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