From: Thomas Zander <thomas@thomaszander.se>
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:23:13 +0200
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Fees and the block-finding process
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On Wednesday 12. August 2015 10.51.57 Jorge Tim=F3n wrote:
> > Personally I think its a bad idea to do write the way you do, which=
 is=20
that
> > some people have to prove that bad things will happen if we don't m=
ake a
> > certain change. It polarizes the discussion and puts people into ca=
mps.
> > Peoplehave to choose sides.
>=20
> Whatever,

No, please don't just say "whatever". Show some respect, please.

If you have the courage to say people are spreading FUD you really shou=
ld=20
have already exhausted all possible avenues of cooperation.
Now you look like you give up and blame others.

> I just give up trying that people worried about a non-increase in the=
 short
> term answer to me that question. I will internally think that they ju=
st
> want to spread fud, but not vey vocal about it.

Again, I've been trying really hard to give you answers, straight answe=
rs.
It saddens me if you really are giving up trying to understand what peo=
ple=20
equally enthusiastic about this technology may see that you don't see.

> It's just seems strange to me that you don't want to prove to me that=
's not
> the case when it is so easy to do so: just answer the d@#/&m question=
.

In the evolution of Bitcoin over the next couple of years we need bigge=
r=20
blocks for a lot of different reasons. One of them is that LN isn't her=
e.
The other is that we have known bugs that we have to fix, and that will=
 take=20
time. Time we are running out of.
To buy more time, get bigger blocks now.

Anyway, I dislike your approach, as I said in the previous mail.
Its not about people spreading FUD or sidestepping the question, it is =
about=20
keeping the discussion civilised.  You are essentially the one that ask=
s;
 "if you are not beating your wife, please prove it to me".
And the you get upset when I try to steer the conversation into less=20=

black/white situations...
And, yes, that analogy is apt because you can't prove either.

--=20
Thomas Zander