I just wanted to share an exchange that our Mining Pool had with a user that supports small blocks.
Note: the user concerned is not a Bitcoin.com Pool customer - if they were, or indeed if the discussion related to any account at the Bitcoin.com Pool, the contents of this exchange would not be posted.
I'm interested in promoting discussion and hearing arguments from both sides of the debate, in large part to get opinions as to the best way to engage on a non-combative level with those who advocate for small blocks. Too many people on both sides of the scaling debate have a strong "Us vs. them" mentality, when in reality it should just be an "Us" mentality without distinction encompassing the entire Bitcoin eco-system. We should all be communicating and debating as to the best way forward in order to move in that direction, not arguing and throwing insults at each other.
Attacking each other will not resolve Bitcoin's problems. Working together on a common goal (the growth of Bitcoin) will accomplish much more, more quickly. As always, if you're interested in helping increase the hashrate supporting bigger blocks please consider purchasing one or more cloud mining contracts at the Bitcoin.com Pool. This will allow you to directly contribute to the share of hashpower supporting Bitcoin Unlimited and bigger blocks.
We sent out the following email, and this user happened to have subscribed to our mailing list:

We then received this message via email - User:
Pool:B I T C O I N U N L I M I T E D
I S N O T T H E S O L U T I O N
I N N O V A T I O N B E F O R E
M O N O P O L Y C A P I T A L I S T S
User:Hi {user},
We respectfully disagree that Bitcoin Unlimited is not the solution, and feel that bigger blocks are an absolute necessity in order meet Bitcoin's immediate scaling needs. We are absolutely not opposed to second-layer solutions, we simply believe that Bitcoin needs breathing room first before those second-layer solutions are tested and implemented.
The great thing about Bitcoin is that anyone who disagrees with anybody else's views on the matter can submit their own Bitcoin Improvement Proposals ("BIP's") and / or support any BIP that they believe offers the best route forward, or indeed by mining with pools that support a certain stance.
Cheers,
{Pool Support}
Pool:Do you at least agree that big miners like Jihan Wu should not be able to manipulate Bitcoin with patented hardware?
Do you agree that Bitcoin is for the people and not a way for big capitalist monopolies to continue to fill their pockets as they centralise something that was designed to be decentralised?
I believe if you are to shill your pool with additional block rewards, you should establish that you are anti-Bitcoin Core and are only providing additional rewards to further strengthen your dying agenda.
If the above exchange stirs any feelings about/from either side of the debate I'd love to hear your opinions.Hi {user},
We support the idea of a free-market economy, and while we are largely opposed to patent laws in general developers, manufacturers and users should always be free to design, produce and operate any hardware they wish. Any users who wish to utilise that hardware should be free to do so, just as any users who oppose use of that hardware should be free to design, produce and operate any other hardware to overcome any perceived imbalance / unfairness which the former hardware produces.
Bitcoin is indeed an amazing technology which holds incredible promise for providing people all over the world with complete economic freedom. This principle, and supporting Bitcoin's ability to do this, is one of the core guiding principles of Bitcoin.com. However, saying "Bitcoin is for the people and not a way for big capitalist monopolies to continue to fill their pockets" is somewhat contradictory - those so-called "big capitalist monopolies" actually consist of people in the first place, and just as every individual in a free-market economy is free to try monopolise something any other individual is free to bring their own ideas or products to the market in order to prevent that scenario from occurring. If there is enough demand for something the market will cater to it; similarly, if there is enough opposition to something the market will ensure that continuing to promote that product or idea would not be an economically sound decision.
Advertising that we offer a 120% block reward on a service that we provide is not "shilling" in any way, shape or form. You will find that every single business in existence advertises the points which make it stand out from other businesses within the same industry. As we can pay out a rate higher than 110% at this point in time we have elected to do so. It is also your opinion that we are anti-Bitcoin Core, and you are of course completely entitled to that opinion. However, we are not anti-Bitcoin Core. We are anti-Bitcoin stagnation, and as a result we do not agree with the position of those holding back Bitcoin's growth. That includes developers, groups and individuals who are knowingly preventing Bitcoin from reaching its full economic potential.I believe if you are to shill your pool with additional block rewards, you should establish that you are anti-Bitcoin Core and are only providing additional rewards to further strengthen your dying agenda.
We do have a major difference of opinion with the current team of Core developers regarding what the best route forward for Bitcoin is - many believing it is bigger blocks, others believing it is smaller blocks - but it is the view of Bitcoin.com that the current group of Bitcoin Core developers and their equally liable Blockstream affiliates have stifled Bitcoin's growth for long enough. Thus we are doing our part to help end that stagnation by advocating for bigger blocks, and providing services to help others to help do the same.
While I'm not sure what you mean about a "dying agenda" our cloud mining contracts have been selling out at a phenomenal rate and it is nigh-on-impossible to keep up with the demand. Furthermore, over 80% of the global hashrate has agreed to Segwit2MB. The Bitcoin.com Pool will always follow the chain with most hashrate (economic majority), whether that's 2MB blocks, 8MB blocks or indeed stagnant 1MB blocks. Over 80% of the global hashrate has agreed to Segwit2MB, so if that is ultimately the chain with the most hashrate then that is the chain we will mine on. No "agenda" at all here - we simply want Bitcoin to continue to grow in the spirit of Satoshi's original Bitcoin white paper.
I'm afraid I simply don't have the time to continue to discuss this via email, however please do feel free to continue the discussion (or indeed begin a new one) at the Bitcoin.com Forum, or over on Reddit.
Cheers,
{Pool Support}
And again, if you're interested in helping increase the hashrate supporting bigger blocks please consider purchasing one or more cloud mining contracts at the Bitcoin.com Pool. This will allow you to directly contribute to the share of hashpower supporting Bitcoin Unlimited and bigger blocks.
Cheers folks, and I greatly look forward to hearing from people on both sides of the debate!
