There's a hard fork coming. Two, I think. First the one where Core tries to exclude non Core implementations by excluding nodes - might not happen, but don't be surprised. Second, after a certain adoption critical mass, states and bankers will try to change the number of units. Of course, its cheaper for them if they can do it now : hence, they captured a piece and are trying to sneak in a change under its name. If they can't do it now, they will do it later, 100℅. Be under no illusions. They will kill us if we aren't prepared.
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Oh yes. Both of these are constant threats. I’m not sure they’re new, per se, but the enemies of bitcoin have at least recognized the futility of other attacks and have moved on to these.
Another attack is to simply divide bitcoiners. The subject matter could be irrelevant. It’s a page right out of the Art of War. I see this as a much bigger threat than trying to change or co-opt bitcoin - those are just larger hills to climb.
Most groups of people just need a little push to devolve into chaos. Bitcoiners are not immune to this.
Just talking it out, it makes me think the better way to counter this is to call it out and remember who stands to gain the most from these kinds of attack - the state. Always the state.
Looks like I missed your comment 14 days ago. Yep, to all.