Blockstream Won, Says Bitcoin Miner in Blocksize Debate
A mood of resignation prevails across the bitcoin space as a viciously years-long debate that has taken the reputation of so many and the time and focus of all, seemingly, comes to an end. Eric Mu of HaoBTC, one of the most influential, if not the decisive, mining entity in the blocksize debate, stated today that most miners did not care about the blocksize question and those who do can easily collude/conspire, are easily alienated or cajoled or…. much more shockingly, are intimidated. Miners, from remote parts of China, were outed at the “scaling workshop” held during winter 2015 when....
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