- The original intent for Bitcoin involved regular usage https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/for-bitcoin-to-be-true-digital-cash 3 comments bitcoin
- Adam Back states intention to freeze the base layer of Bitcoin. https://twitter.com/Satoshi_N_/status/859406615912615937 68 comments btc
- If bitcoin unlimited is activated how will it prevent attack blocks and intentionally malformed and/or malicious transactions from making verification slow/difficult/impossible? https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/5xa1ef/if_bitcoin_unlimited_is_activated_how_will_it/ 15 comments btc
- Grayscale’s Intentions for a Bitcoin ETF https://grayscaleinvest.medium.com/grayscales-intentions-for-a-bitcoin-etf-b11e4faf4c05 6 comments cryptocurrency
- TIL about the Steel Man Argument (the opposite of Straw Man), in which you debate the best possible version of an argument. I'll use that to talk to well intentioned Bitcoin BTC supporters https://effectiviology.com/principle-of-charity/ 17 comments btc
- Looks like Jack Dorsey is intentionally stifling the reach of the @Bitcoin Twitter account to preserve his investment in the failed lightning network https://twitter.com/Bitcoin/status/984504940734201856 54 comments btc
- Bitcoin never had a scaling problem to begin with. The problem was artificially and intentionally created by limiting the block space. - @rogerkver https://twitter.com/rogerkver/status/956177172510773249 93 comments btc
- "Bitcoin Legacy, for all intents and purposes, is now impossible to trade. It has a transaction backlog approaching 200,000 txs of people _trying_ to sell, who _can't_. Also, markets have suspended trading. On a market, any market, what is the value of something you can't sell?"~Rick Falkvinge https://twitter.com/Falkvinge/status/930037516866027520 170 comments btc
- Roger Ver Says Bitcoin’s Scalability Problem Intentionally Created, Lightning Network Won’t Help Bitcoin https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2018/06/roger-ver-says-bitcoins-scalability-problem-intentionally-created-lightning-network-wont-help-bitcoin/ 37 comments btc
- NYC Mayor Eric Adams defends his intent to receive first three paychecks in bitcoin https://www.axios.com/eric-adams-bitcoin-paychecks-6754a742-b82c-48f0-8cf5-09fc5acee9ba.html 14 comments cryptocurrency
- Jeff Garzik in 2013: "The block size is an intentionally limited economic resource, just like the 21,000,000-bitcoin limit." https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/76sw3a/jeff_garzik_in_2013_the_block_size_is_an/ 34 comments btc
- is bitcoin being intentionally destroyed via divide and conquer tactics? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1845949.0 35 comments btc
- Bitcoin at $30K Heading for First Green Week After 9 in Red, it's a bit down now but we're still in the green, (no intent to jinx) https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-at-30k-heading-for-first-green-week-after-9-in-red-market-watch/ 52 comments cryptocurrency
- Michael Saylor: MicroStrategy Beats Estimates for Earnings, Now Holds 114,000 Bitcoin Worth Billions, No Intention to Stop Purchasing Bitcoin anytime Soon https://blockworks.co/microstrategy-beats-estimates-for-earnings-revenue-buys-8957-bitcoins-in-q3/ 91 comments cryptocurrency
- USA and Dubai have each announced their intentions to become world leaders in Bitcoin and Crypto. Everything has changed in just 24hrs https://nitter.ca/BTC_Archive/status/1501583711216807940 156 comments cryptocurrency
- Greenidge Generation Announces Letter of Intent to Expand Bitcoin Mining Operation to Site in South Carolina https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/greenidge-generation-announces-letter-of-intent-to-expand-bitcoin-mining-operation-to-site-in-south-carolina-301324974.html 2 comments cryptocurrency
- Grayscale Reveals Intentions to Convert the Firm’s Bitcoin Trust Into an ETF https://news.bitcoin.com/grayscale-reveals-intentions-to-convert-the-firms-bitcoin-trust-into-an-etf/?utm_source=onesignalpush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=pushnotifications 5 comments cryptocurrency
- Of course governments are trying to intentionally disrupt Bitcoin's usefulness in commerce, and here is some proof: https://twitter.com/rogerkver/status/1156597397721477120 14 comments btc
- Governments are looking at the possibility regulating cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Bitcoin as if they were gold. Austria have announced their intentions http://bitguru.co.uk/austria-to-looking-at-treating-bitcoin-like-gold/ 17 comments ethereum
- PSA: Bitcoin used to have safe zero-confirmation (instant) transactions until Blockstream intentionally destroyed it. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6qfry8/psa_bitcoin_used_to_have_safe_zeroconfirmation/ 337 comments btc
- Why doesn't BW pool start using Bitcoin Unlimited and change the settings to 8mb - wouldn't that show more clear intention? https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/5ydbfq/why_doesnt_bw_pool_start_using_bitcoin_unlimited/ 10 comments btc
- This kind of thing previously existed for BTC until merchant adoption was intentionally destroyed. Now it exists for the real Bitcoin, #BitcoinCash https://twitter.com/rogerkver/status/1054806247755534336?s=21 25 comments btc
- New 22 Petahash Mining Pool Signaling Bitcoin Unlimited – "new project will have a capacity of 130,000kw, and be funded by both Bitmain and Li’s CANOE team, with the intent to become the largest bitcoin mine in the world." https://news.bitcoin.com/new-22-petahash-mining-pool-signaling-bitcoin-unlimited/ 106 comments btc
- Let's get this straight: Intentional reorgs and mining empty blocks to prevent regular users transacting is an attack as defined in the Bitcoin white paper, anyone doing that is an attacker and a dishonest miner. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/9wdkm2/lets_get_this_straight_intentional_reorgs_and/ 99 comments btc
- [7/2017] Anyone that still doubts the credibility and intentions Craig Wright, please watch his The Future of Bitcoin Conference talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bt=1000s&v=CGualxBcQCY 91 comments btc
- $470B bank enters crypto — Probably nothing, right? - Another major financial institution has signaled its intent to offer Bitcoin and Ether services to its clients https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-biz-470b-bank-enters-crypto-probably-nothing-right 28 comments cryptocurrency
- If you found out that ABC was trying to intentionally derail Bitcoin Cash would you continue using their client? Their actions have pushed for centralization along with actively destroying utility. Please stop using ABC. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/i2pfvb/if_you_found_out_that_abc_was_trying_to/ 188 comments btc
- Bitcoin [BTC]: Craig Wright announces intention to file for harassment, libel and slander against false/erroneous claims https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-btc-craig-wright-announces-intention-to-file-for-harassment-libel-and-slander-against-false-erroneous-claims/ 53 comments btc
- J. Stolfi gets it: "Seriousy now: Blockstream's roadmap calls for intentionally crippling the bitcoin network, presumably in order to make the "layer 2" network seem an improvement, and force all bitcoin users to use it." https://np.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/6affid/can_we_just_settle_this_once_and_for_all_with_no/dhefv97/ 141 comments btc
- “Adam Back, #Bitcoin , Mt. Gox, Bitfinex, Blockstream, Cumberland DRW, #Tether , #Binance , Alameda Research, FTX, ... What was once well intentioned appears overtaken with greed. No longer "Don't trust, verify", it is now "Trust, price go up, so no need to verify & question why".” https://twitter.com/knmjohansson/status/1431920209271693312?s=21 5 comments btc
- “ A malicious actor has recently been carrying out block re-organisation attacks on the Bitcoin SV network, which appear to be intentional acts in an effort to mask the illegal double-spending of coins.” https://bitcoinassociation.net/bitcoin-association-statement-zero-tolerance-for-illegal-attacks-on-the-bitcoin-sv-network/ 35 comments btc
- Kim Dotcom: "Bitcoin Cash is a Bitcoin fork and its DNA is almost identical, hence the name. BCH champions the intention of Satoshi to create P2P Electronic Cash. Let the market decide. Over 95% of Internet users are not yet into crypto. It’s a long race ahead before victory can be declared." https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1388313865876754432 89 comments btc
- Here is $5 worth of Bitcoin Cash to the first person to click this link. This is an on chain uncensorable transaction. Bitcoin can no longer do this because of its block size limit and intentional high fees. This is why the future is Bitcoin Cash. https://branch.wallet.bitcoin.com/T14L37whKcb 51 comments btc
- Rick Falkvinge: “The account @Bitcoin has obviously been hijacked by somebody who's intent on revising history and falsifying financial information. Electronic trespassing, insider, securities fraud... Serious stuff in the eyes of the State. I wonder how many years of jail they're gunning for?” https://twitter.com/falkvinge/status/1163723216243875841?s=21 184 comments btc
- Olivier Janssens: "After years of smallblock-biased market manipulation, Bitfinex has finally changed the ticker symbol for Bitcoin Cash from the intentionally confusing and derogatory “BAB” to “BCH”. It *only* required the NYAG, DOJ, CFTC to investigate them for fraud first" https://twitter.com/olivierjanss/status/1123605921094148097 10 comments btc
- Reminder: The entire token and ICO economy would have happened on BTC if the Bitcoin Core devs hadn't intentionally blocked it back in 2014. These same people are guiding BTC today. https://counterparty.io/news/an-open-letter-and-plea-to-the-bitcoin-core-development-team/ 148 comments btc
- Changing the rules and splitting the chain is not an attack. Carrying out long reorgs definitely is an attack, since the intent is to disrupt that blockchain. The Bitcoin whitepaper also defines long reorgs as an attack carried out by dishonest miners. https://twitter.com/Justin_Bons/status/1064537614924087297?s=19 11 comments btc
- Bitcoin was working great until Blockstream used censorship and lies to hijack the network in order to intentionally break BTC’s functionality. They are now trying to sell us a solution to the problem they intentionally created in the first place! https://twitter.com/rogerkver/status/953680964328280064 102 comments btc
- Roger Ver on Twitter: "Now that usability of your platform is being intentionally destroyed by Bitcoin Core's high fees, you should start making plans to move future development onto the real version of Bitcoin: #BitcoinCash @JudithJakubovic" https://twitter.com/rogerkver/status/944976114526621696 27 comments btc
- Jeff Garzik [2X dev]: "The block size is an intentionally limited economic resource, just like the 21,000,000-bitcoin limit. Changing that vastly degrades the economics surrounding bitcoin, creating many negative incentives." - Beware Segwit2X, It's most likely a trap. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=144895.msg1547919#msg1547919 21 comments btc