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The Blocksize War
Book • 2022
The Blocksize War chronicles the intense conflict within the Bitcoin community that began in 2015 over the issue of increasing the block size limit.
The book delves into the technical, political, and philosophical aspects of this debate, highlighting key figures such as Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen who proposed increasing the block size to 8 MB. It explores how this debate split the community, led to the creation of Bitcoin XT and later Bitcoin Cash, and discusses the broader implications for the decentralization and scalability of Bitcoin.
The book delves into the technical, political, and philosophical aspects of this debate, highlighting key figures such as Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen who proposed increasing the block size to 8 MB. It explores how this debate split the community, led to the creation of Bitcoin XT and later Bitcoin Cash, and discusses the broader implications for the decentralization and scalability of Bitcoin.
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Saifedean Ammous when discussing the 2017 Bitcoin block size debate and the role of miners vs. nodes.
Saifedean Ammous when discussing the 2017 Bitcoin block size debate and the role of miners vs. nodes.
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#284 – Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics
Recommended by Steve Patterson alongside "Hijacking Bitcoin" for a comprehensive understanding of the Bitcoin block size debate.
Chat_127 - The Hijacking Bitcoin Debate [Liberty Lockdown]
