Bitcoin Wars 2.0: Who’s on the Right Side of History? | Johnathan Bier

In this episode, author of The Blocksize War Johnathan Bier joins the show to compare the ongoing dispute between Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots with the 2015–2017 fork wars. We examine how both sides claim the “small-blocker” legacy, debate the role of fee markets and mining decentralization, and question whether Bitcoin should tolerate non-monetary data like Ordinals and inscriptions. Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:35 Comparing Bitcoin Core & Knots to Block Size Wars
09:07 Debating Fee Markets & Mining Decentralization
34:32 Debating Spam, Blocksize & Bitcoin’s Use
41:07 Relay Policies & Network Diversity
45:21 The Role of Miners in Bitcoin's Future
52:16 The Intolerant Minority & Bitcoin's Success
58:39 Mining Centralization Concerns
1:03:18 Final Thoughts

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