It is not hard to tell. On Twitter, if you criticized him you’d be met by a lil army of shills. Don.t like that r/BTC sub on Reddit either and how the sub description was changed. But Ver found Nostr I guess, seeing BCH shills popping up here and there lately.
It’s hard to tell if Roger Ver is a scammer, or a victim of many scams. Perhaps he is the most malicious liar in Bitcoin history.
I don’t really care. He says everyone should hold their own keys, privacy is important, and Bitcoin can destroy the central banks.
This is the message of Bitcoin. If Roger is using this message to scam shitcoiners, I don’t care. The message is far more important than the messenger.
Michael Saylor does not like this message. His message is that Bitcoin needs to separate itself from the cypherpunks.
The big blockers were right about one thing. Big blocks are far less centralizing than KYC custodial lightning.
Listen to nostr:npub12qz56plzehejkyp4waaannmnny4y4c30j8q55a3wlk49haslga2snypdx8 interview Roger and decide for yourself. Maybe you hate cypherpunks too. Whatever, Bitcoin is for enemies. When we have drivechains, everyone will come back to the real Bitcoin anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/live/DMxx6O9_9nQ?si=PkpxnyDQmiwP9we9
Discussion
I am not a BCH shill. I think large blocks on L1 are a bad idea, but this does not mean large blocks do not have a use case.
The problem with big L1 blocks is it makes the cost to run an L1 node too expensive. If less people can run a full node, then the 21 million could be compromised. The 21 million is all that matters.
With a big block sidechain, pegged 1:1 by Bitcoin’s proof of work, it doesn’t matter if the optional L2 node is a bit more expensive. We can have multiple big block sidechains with atomic swaps; so the 21 million is always secured, and the sidechains are still FAR more decentralized than any shitcoin or custodial lightning.
I was not referring to you. Just random notes I spotted here and there. I’m not really criticizing big blocks, I’m criticizing people using shady tactics. (I don’t understand blockchains well enough to have an opinion on block size, but I understand human behavior well enough I guess)
After reading that interview with nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 I am indeed curious about sidechains.