Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:03:33 -0500
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Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Censorship
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People are wondering why there is such a division in the bitcoin community
at this time. Bitcoin as a whole is only so big. The bitcoin discussion
communities are spread out, but there are only a few popular ones.
BitcoinTalk and Reddit seem to be the largest, most popular where bitcoin
discussion happens consistently and from almost everyone in the community
(devs, users, btc companies, merchants, and so on). I think we all know
where this is going. If not, here you go. BitcoinTalk and Reddit are
managed by a single person: Theymos. It's become quite clear over the past
several days/weeks, that Theymos is highly censoring bitcoin discussion,
mainly on Reddit, but also BitcoinTalk. If this single person is able to
censor content, and hush the debate, he (and whatever his agenda is), wins.
How can we as a community discuss these proposed changes, if the discussion
is from a one sided point of view? There doesn't seem to be a solution at
this time, but I find it dissapointing that many (in this very email list)
aren't discussing this important part of the issue. Maybe it's becuase
Theymos is anti-bigger blocks, which seems to coincide with the Blockstream
point of view, which many of the core devs belong to.


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<p>People are wondering why there is such a division in the bitcoin communi=
ty at this time. Bitcoin as a whole is only so big. The bitcoin discussion =
communities are spread out, but there are only a few popular ones. BitcoinT=
alk and Reddit seem to be the largest, most popular where bitcoin discussio=
n happens consistently and from almost everyone in the community (devs, use=
rs, btc companies, merchants, and so on). I think we all know where this is=
 going. If not, here you go. BitcoinTalk and Reddit are managed by a single=
 person: Theymos. It's become quite clear over the past several days/weeks,=
 that Theymos is highly censoring bitcoin discussion, mainly on Reddit, but=
 also BitcoinTalk. If this single person is able to censor content, and hus=
h the debate, he (and whatever his agenda is), wins. How can we as a commun=
ity discuss these proposed changes, if the discussion is from a one sided p=
oint of view? There doesn't seem to be a solution at this time, but I find =
it dissapointing that many (in this very email list) aren't discussing this=
 important part of the issue. Maybe it's becuase Theymos is anti-bigger blo=
cks, which seems to coincide with the Blockstream point of view, which many=
 of the core devs belong to.</p>

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