paranoidcoder on Nostr: Currently reading Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver after reading The Blocksize War by ...

Currently reading Hijacking Bitcoin by Roger Ver after reading The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier. In some ways, these books are in direct contrast to each other. You could say the former comes from a large blocker perspective, while the latter is from a small blocker perspective. However, I don’t think that’s fair to the material. The Bitcoin community is made up of many different personalities and view points, and regardless of your stance on small blocks vs big blocks, I think it’s worth reading through both of these books to understand the historical context of Bitcoin, as well as some of the challenges we may face in the future. I think there’s a chance we face another Blocksize War, and we may be on the cusp of the Layer 2 wars (e.g. OP_CAT) and if that’s the case then we may face similar cultural challenges. Let us learn from the past.

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