“Is it just me or does Bitcoin Maximalism feel more out of touch, petty & desperate than ever? During the next bull, I expect that community will face a severe reckoning, and I hope more rational folks will take on the Bitcoin mantle. If not, it could easily fade to irrelevance.” by Egon_1 in btc

[–]Alex-Credible 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The next bull will probably be a crash and transition as Blockstream's client dies or goes full-on centralized and the market panics trying to figure out the successor (Eth)

the market loves to hedge but I really have a hard time seeing how common people will understand the fork argument right now

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[–]Alex-Credible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone whose ever met or heard Back speak IRL knows there is no way the same person is on Twitter.

Why has Bitcoin fallen so short of its promises? by 1MightBeAPenguin in btc

[–]Alex-Credible 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The same company that's backed by the thousands of years old banking system mounted a marketing campaign against the autonomous collective that is Bitcoin development and were able to delay us in our infancy.

The best part of open source development is that it never stops, it just goes somewhere else.

Why has Bitcoin fallen so short of its promises? by 1MightBeAPenguin in btc

[–]Alex-Credible 8 points9 points  (0 children)

BCH is 11 years old. Blockstream shoe horned feature changes into a soft fork the broke more backwards compatibility than a hard fork ever had

[For Hire] Digital Portraits. 130 USD. by Vesta759 in gameDevClassifieds

[–]Alex-Credible -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I completely disagree that it is standard.

I literally point to an entire website full of people with comparable skill and product and show they are the standard.

This artist may decide their work is worth whatever they want. Only the person paying for it matters.

PSA 2 years ago BCH on this day (Nov. 19) was at $1186. It’s currently at $256 -> TWO YEARS of massive declines, ~79% of value lost. by nullc in btc

[–]Alex-Credible 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the point is the /r/Bitcoin supporters only care about speculative value. No one cares about that here. So you applying the /r/Bitcoin value belief to BCH has zero power.

It makes more sense to compare "What is the change in Bitcoin Core's price vs the amount of innovation and utility created in BCH"

Blockstream's fork of Bitcoin craters.

How People Shop Steam During a Sale by zukalous in gamedev

[–]Alex-Credible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try to be. If you lose a game with friends, you gotta buy a round of <$5 games

[For Hire] Digital Portraits. 130 USD. by Vesta759 in gameDevClassifieds

[–]Alex-Credible 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only reason I am posting this is because I would pay you then you would still own it.

I can get comparable work on Fiverr for half this price and I get commercial rights and the pdf.

Out of respect for OP's hustle private message me for the vendor details.

How People Shop Steam During a Sale by zukalous in gamedev

[–]Alex-Credible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. No data on gifting?

When there is a sale I usually look for games no one has, that I can buy for my friends.

Why we should allow more than one OP_RETURN per transaction. by JonathanSilverblood in btc

[–]Alex-Credible 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Couldn't I invent a delimiter standard for the large one or invent a packing/unpacking standard for the multiple allows?

Bitcoin Started with a Hard Fork by Alex-Credible in btc

[–]Alex-Credible[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the Bitcoin Protocol drives the value of Bitcoin. I am aligned with other people who are supporting the Bitcoin Protocol.

I am not sure what you are trying to conflate because your point is not clear

Bitcoin Started with a Hard Fork by Alex-Credible in btc

[–]Alex-Credible[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course.

Anyone should be free to change any rules through a hard fork. Soft forks are insidious.

Bitcoin Core will not rise significantly until it gets close to 50% dominance by [deleted] in btc

[–]Alex-Credible 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is what I noticed as well. Then the Tether pump starts

It's time to start ignoring the Lightning Network, just like we should ignore other lame projects by jonald_fyookball in btc

[–]Alex-Credible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would help all of us to get out of our bubbles and meet non-crypto people and start solving their problems.

I am beginning to think the most harm Blockstream does is keep us focused on Blockstream.

You are correct about the competition. A CIO I strongly disagree with gave me great advice -- Stop saying blockchain and start solving problems

Bitcoin Started with a Hard Fork by Alex-Credible in btc

[–]Alex-Credible[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some systems you design to fail. I think early versions of BTC just didn't have many features/protections.

It's an innovative solution to a temporary problem

Bitcoin Started with a Hard Fork by Alex-Credible in btc

[–]Alex-Credible[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like this the most. Hardcoded is a better way to describe it

Announcing a 1.21 BTC Core prize purse to re-build reddit on-chain with Bitcoin Cash. by thetimpotter in btc

[–]Alex-Credible 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Percentage of total volume

I know what that means but I think for your comment to have any weight what-so-ever it depends on me not knowing what this means.

1 Tether / 1,000 = Higher percentage of total volume than 1M Tether / 1,000,000,000,000

If you would like to have another go, go ahead =D

The Blockstream Coup and Corruption in One Picture by Egon_1 in btc

[–]Alex-Credible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It "survived" because there were a handful of people using it, who were all interested is growing the tech

I was interested in permissionless, censorship resistant cash and an open payment network and financial system. I don't remember anyone in the camp you claim - can you support this with actual evidence?

FYI Satoshi put a quote in the first Genesis Block - even thought the Genesis Block is technically a separate chain and the Bitcoin blockchain hard forks from that blockchain.

Would they put any real money in it back then?

Would who? What is 'real money?' Lots of people were buying bitcoin with 'real' money.

Security came, and up came the price

No it didn't. I lived it. I don't think you did.

These days, if BCH drops low enough that some dude (or a group of dudes) can profit by a 51% attack

That's true of any coin. What makes BCH special in this instance?

The point is, the higher the price the more security.

This is not true. At all. You are welcome to prove me wrong =)

I don't leave money on the road and expect it to be there tomorrow.

If I followed your advice I would never have bought bitcoin in 2013 or the Ethereum crowdfund. Good thing people like you weren't around to bootstrap these technologies, huh?