ViaBTC Publicly Calls Out Bitcoin Core For Not Upping The Block Size

ViaBTC Publicly Calls Out Bitcoin Core For Not Upping The Block Size

It is evident this game between Bitcoin Unlimited and Bitcoin Core is nothing more than politics at play. Ever since ViaBTC launched their Transaction Accelerator, the company has been on an aggressive marketing oath. Although it initially launched free of charge, users had to pay a small fee to use the TA. But it looks like ViaBTC wants to make another statement, declaring how Bitcoin Core devs “refuse to up the block size limit.” If that were the case, Segregated Witness would not be here. Everyone knows ViaBTC as a mining pool publicly supporting Bitcoin Unlimited. This alternative....


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