Coinbase Will Always Support The Longest Valid Chain in Bitcoin

Coinbase Will Always Support The Longest Valid Chain in Bitcoin

Bitcoin wallet company Coinbase today clarified that it was never going to abandon Bitcoin Core for its scalable version XT. The statement came in response to the certain allegations made by Bitcoin.org’s moderators Cøbra and Theymos. They had criticized the San Francisco startup and its co-founder Brian Armstrong for supporting the controversial Bitcoin soft fork – Bitcoin XT, fearing that their experimental attitude would one day make them move from the current Bitcoin client. This supposed misunderstanding ultimately led to Coinbase’s removal from their popular domain. Theymos also....


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