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Update on Bitcoin Cash

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Re: Update on Bitcoin Cash

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Post by elmar »

elmar wrote: post #17
vasilipupkin wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone who understands pros and cons of bcc vs btc explain to me ( us ) which one of the two is more likely to scale / win ?

they are two diferent ways to solve the same scalability problem, Btc doubles the current number of transactions by increasing the block from 1mb to 2mb and adds a new service the segregated witnesses that allows off-the-chain private transactions, Bcc simply increases the block to 8mb for roughly 8x times more transactions.

personally I think on a technical level Bcc it's a more elegant simple solution, at the moment I am completely against the Segregated Witnesses funcionality my view is that all transactions should be on the blockchain.

The good part is that the market as two options and anything could happen.

Re: Update on Bitcoin Cash

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Post by wmf »

colept wrote: post #16

Is there a viable alternative to Coinbase? Their support is absurdly awful. Two months and they sent two auto-replies to a simple ticket that couldn't be answered by the knowledge base. They don't care about your money - so long as it's already in their vault.

Maybe Gemini; it seems to be the "most legal".

Re: Update on Bitcoin Cash

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Post by elmar »

vasilipupkin wrote: post #14
vasilipupkin wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean inflation ? Crypto currency space is new still, forks are innovation and competition. That is good.

Can someone who understands pros and cons of bcc vs btc explain to me ( us ) which one of the two is more likely to scale / win ?

Personally I think Bitcoin is quickly becoming the MySpace of CryptoCurrencies for example Monero offers a much better product funcionality-wise.

Re: Update on Bitcoin Cash

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Post by Pieman103021 »

colept wrote: post #16

Is there a viable alternative to Coinbase? Their support is absurdly awful. Two months and they sent two auto-replies to a simple ticket that couldn't be answered by the knowledge base. They don't care about your money - so long as it's already in their vault.

Similar experience, locked out of my account and was asked to reply to the ticket I submitted to keep it open before I even got a response. Of course I can't reply because I don't have access to the account associated with the email.

Re: Update on Bitcoin Cash

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Post by blazamos »

colept wrote: post #16

Is there a viable alternative to Coinbase? Their support is absurdly awful. Two months and they sent two auto-replies to a simple ticket that couldn't be answered by the knowledge base. They don't care about your money - so long as it's already in their vault.

VP Ops at Coinbase

We are trying to scale our support team as quickly as possible. Wish I had a better answer for you. https://blog.coinbase.com/improving-customer-support-139d99e...

If you still need help with your issue, send me an email (in my profile).

Re: Update on Bitcoin Cash

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Post by blazamos »

ceejayoz wrote: post #9
obilgic wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

that actually seems to be gdax not coinbase.

Then I'm really confused as to the relationship between the two. Here's Coinbase support posting a "how do I use GADX?" article: https://community.coinbase.com/t/what-is-gdax-how-do-i-use-i...

VP Ops at Coinbase

Coinbase — consumer product

GDAX — institutional/professional product

Re: Update on Bitcoin Cash

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Post by vasilipupkin »

elmar wrote: post #17
vasilipupkin wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone who understands pros and cons of bcc vs btc explain to me ( us ) which one of the two is more likely to scale / win ?

they are two diferent ways to solve the same scalability problem, Btc doubles the current number of transactions by increasing the block from 1mb to 2mb and adds a new service the segregated witnesses that allows off-the-chain private transactions, Bcc simply increases the block to 8mb for roughly 8x times more transactions.

Off the chain transactions ? Then what's the point of a blockchain ? Hmmm
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