Core Devs and Classic Adopters Alike Disagree With Roundtable Resolutions
February 20, 2016 – Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong reacts, along with various bitcoin developers, as well as the Co-Founder of Blockstream to the 18-hour long “Consensus Roundtable” that disbanded today in Hong Kong. The roundtable members represented a majority of bitcoin mining hashpower, with members representing the bitcoin development and exchange community noticeably under-represented. The response from these communities has been overwhelmingly negative to the resolutions outlined in the closed-door meeting.
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