<story><title>The True Cost of Bitcoin Transactions</title><url>http://moneyandstate.com/the-true-cost-of-bitcoin-transactions/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pmorici</author><text>There is a small faction of the Bitcoin community working exceptionally hard to prevent any block size increase.  I find their motives really baffling.  They had some legitimate arguments a few years ago when discussion of this issue first started but those have all since been superseded by improvements in the protocol like xthin.&lt;p&gt;They now resort to distasteful tactics by running anyone out of town that even so much as suggests a block size increase.  They are also working overtime to censor any comments that challenge their world view on the &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;bitcoin sub reddit which is why you see such hostile comments mentioned by the OP in response to users asking about slow transactions.  &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;bitcoin is now just an echo chamber where yes men regurgitate the agenda of a select few.  Eeveyone else is shadow banned.&lt;p&gt;edit: anyone that doubts this go make a comment in &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;bitcoin that contains the word &amp;quot;censorship&amp;quot; then view the page in incognito mode.  The comment is immediately hidden by the automoderator.  It really is nuts.&lt;p&gt;Article about the history of censorship in &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;bitcoin
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@johnblocke&amp;#x2F;a-brief-and-incomplete-history-of-censorship-in-r-bitcoin-c85a290fe43#.ihsr0xkhf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@johnblocke&amp;#x2F;a-brief-and-incomplete-histor...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>decker</author><text>Follow the money, it&amp;#x27;s not baffling at all.</text></comment>
<story><title>The True Cost of Bitcoin Transactions</title><url>http://moneyandstate.com/the-true-cost-of-bitcoin-transactions/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pmorici</author><text>There is a small faction of the Bitcoin community working exceptionally hard to prevent any block size increase.  I find their motives really baffling.  They had some legitimate arguments a few years ago when discussion of this issue first started but those have all since been superseded by improvements in the protocol like xthin.&lt;p&gt;They now resort to distasteful tactics by running anyone out of town that even so much as suggests a block size increase.  They are also working overtime to censor any comments that challenge their world view on the &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;bitcoin sub reddit which is why you see such hostile comments mentioned by the OP in response to users asking about slow transactions.  &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;bitcoin is now just an echo chamber where yes men regurgitate the agenda of a select few.  Eeveyone else is shadow banned.&lt;p&gt;edit: anyone that doubts this go make a comment in &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;bitcoin that contains the word &amp;quot;censorship&amp;quot; then view the page in incognito mode.  The comment is immediately hidden by the automoderator.  It really is nuts.&lt;p&gt;Article about the history of censorship in &amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;bitcoin
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@johnblocke&amp;#x2F;a-brief-and-incomplete-history-of-censorship-in-r-bitcoin-c85a290fe43#.ihsr0xkhf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@johnblocke&amp;#x2F;a-brief-and-incomplete-histor...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>knocte</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s really baffling, I perceived quite the opposite.</text></comment>