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Censorship in the Bitcoin Sub, the Block Size War and an Apology of Mine to Members of this Sub

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello guys,</p> <p>first of all, I want to apologize to the user **pyalot** for my arrogant behaviour during a previous discussion in this sub, which I linked in this post.</p> <p>He made some interesting points in how Bitcoin was hijacked during the "Block Size Wars" in 2017 after I tried to defend the core ideas of Bitcoin (or at least what I believe Bitcoin is). Since I don't want to rely on one opinion alone, I wanted to know, if there are counter arguments from the "Bitcoin" sub. </p> <p>I posted the text below and got immediately censored, so I thought that I could post it here and in the CryptoCurrency sub instead to get more insights about this topic.</p> <p>Here is the initial post, which was deleted by "Bitcoin" sub moderators:</p> <p>---------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Hi folks,</p> <p>**disclaimer for the mods:** I'm not promoting another hardfork or crypto coin, but use it as a reference to understand what happened in the **block size war in 2017** and why the Bitcoin community decided the way it did.</p> <p>I had a discussion recently with one member of the "btc" sub, because they were basically declaring Bitcoin as dead due to the recent price drop.</p> <p>There was one point mentioned in that discussion, which I wanted to elaborate:</p> <p>In 2017, as far as I know, there had been a "block size war". </p> <p>One party wanted to increase the block size to improve transaction speed and use Bitcoin's L1 as a P2P currency in everydays life without reliance on a L2 as third party like the Lightning Network. </p> <p>The other party rejected this proposal, won "the war" and kept the block size as it is.</p> <p>Therefore, Bitcoin's identity shifted more towards the aspect of being a **store of value** and drifted away from being a **P2P cash system**.</p> <p>As someone who wants to participate in the Bitcoin community to gain more independence from the current FIAT system, I found the argument of the discussion partner interesting. My goal is not to become a millionaire over night but to support a movement which can fight back against a financial system I have been opposed to for decades.</p> <p>Since I don't have more insight and knowledge about the "block size war" in 2017 and BCH (a fork which probably started after this war) in general, I wanted to ask you guys about your opinion. Is it a good thing that we kept the block size as it is? Are the critics wrong and if yes, why?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fritzbox5000"> /u/Fritzbox5000 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/1s5075g/its_been_rough_lately/octddr6/">[link]</a></span>   <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/1s5ela1/censorship_in_the_bitcoin_sub_the_block_size_war/">[comments]</a></span>