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Onchain Scaling Conference: Are Hard Forks Really Necessary?

Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:18 pm

Today, the Encore Edition of the Onchain Scaling conference took place, discussing the many on-chain scalability solutions on the table for Bitcoin. Developer Jeff Garzik, Cornell professor Emin Gün Sirer, and lawyer Andrew Hinkes discussed hard fork potentials and the legal aspects of managing the blockchain protocol on-chain.

https://news.bitcoin.com/onchain-scalin ... -coverage/

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Re: Onchain Scaling Conference: Are Hard Forks Really Necessary?

Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:55 pm

Today, the Encore Edition of the Onchain Scaling conference took place, discussing the many on-chain scalability solutions on the table for Bitcoin. Developer Jeff Garzik, Cornell professor Emin Gün Sirer, and lawyer Andrew Hinkes discussed hard fork potentials and the legal aspects of managing the blockchain protocol on-chain.

https://news.bitcoin.com/onchain-scalin ... -coverage/
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Re: Onchain Scaling Conference: Are Hard Forks Really Necessary?

Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:12 pm

Forking is the, as-intended as-designed upgrade/progress mechanism of bitcoin. It is not to be feared - it is to be celebrated ;)
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