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the great Bitcoin scaling debate no solution is in reach. Neither bigger blocks
nor Segregated Witness have anywhere near consensus support. With the conflict
escalating, a Bitcoin fork has become a real possibility. Electrum Developer
Thomas Voegtlin joined us to discuss the state of the Bitcoin scaling
debate. We discussed Bitcoin Unlimited, ASICBoost, SegWit activation
without miner support and how a Bitcoin fork could play out. Possible outcomes
include that Bitcoin Unlimited gains a majority of hashing power and starts
mining bigger blocks. In the event of a fork, a proof-of-work change could be
done to defend the minority chain from miner attacks. And lately a proposal was
brought forward to activate SegWit without the support of the hashing power.
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This episode is also available on : Watch or listen, Epicenter is available
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