Hanshan
· 9w
Seems like he was pretty stuck on the idea that URSF is the "proper" governance method for Bitcoin. Nodes should signal and there should be a "vote".
Sorry, its law of the jungle and thats not how consensus governance works.
jgbtc
· 9w
Can't speak for mechanic of course but for me, the lack of URSF signal is more about honesty and complacency: plebs honestly taking a stand instead of complacently deferring to a few big mining pools. Accepting your hypothetical doesn't change my conclusion from all this. If there had been a URSF wi...
nicodemus
· 9w
I don't get the "80% abstained" argument. Wouldn't "nay" votes take the form of sticking with the status quo and doing nothing? Isn't that the path of least resistance? You either signal for 110, or you don't. Or, is the argument all based on sentiment and not actual signaling?
Bronek
· 9w
I also dont understand how it works, if 80% of the network didnt force the fork doesnt this automatically means that they are against it ? Aldo Why mining pools should go along 20% of the network, if they can still have profits from spam and the 80% of nodes will still accept those blocks