Chapter 1: First Strike

-Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen throw their weight behind Bitcoin XT proposal in 2015

-Bitcoin XT increases blocks to 8 MB and then doubles every two years until 2036 landing around a final block size limit of 8,000 MB (imagine all the possible inscriptions!)

-CEOs of BitPay, Blockchain.info, Circle, Kncminer, itBit, Bitnet, Xapo and BitGo author a letter of support for Bitcoin XT

-Andresen claims Satoshi handed off the role of leader of Bitcoin project in 2011

-Andresen considered "main guy" in these early years by many

-arguments between "small blockers" and "larger blockers" happening primarily on BitcoinTalk forum and Bitcoin subreddit, /r/Bitcoin

-Theymos (Michael Marquardt) controlled both of these forums and starts to moderate with a heavier hand due to convos getting clogged up by continued larger blocks posts

-bans talk of Bitcoin XT after release because it isn't consensus Bitcoin