The Blocksize War
The Battle for Control Over Bitcoin’s Protocol Rules
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The Blocksize War
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Guy Swann
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Jonathan Bier
About this listen
This book covers bitcoin’s blocksize war, which was waged from August 2015 to November 2017. On the surface, the battle was about the amount of data allowed in each bitcoin block, however it exposed much deeper issues, such as who controls bitcoin’s protocol rules. It is not possible to cover every twist and turn in the labyrinthine conflict or all the arguments, but I have provided a chronology of the most significant events. This book explores some of the major characters in the conflict and includes coverage, from both the front lines and behind the scenes, during some of the most acute phases of the struggle. The account in this book includes discussions with the key players from both sides during the war, exploring their motivations, strategy and thought processes as the exhausting campaign progressed and developed.
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- Roope Kiuttu
- 05-08-21
5 Stars: The book highly exceeded my expectations!
The book was written in such a compelling way that I simply couldn't stop listening.
I had to listen the whole book immediately.
It was really informative and interesting.
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- mr m d bradley
- 11-10-21
As significant a war as any fought on a batlefield
The profound impact of bitcoins decentralisation excludes the most vested, the biggest hodlers, the biggest corporates and most prominent developers from manipulating it for any reason, nefarious or well intentioned.
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- Alex Lucas
- 19-06-23
Superb
Excellent account of the block size war,
For someone like myself who was not present during this time the story is incredibly immersive and rewarding. Highly recommend for any bitcoiner to learn their history
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- Baldness
- 01-10-23
Must read for those investing in crypto
Couldn't put it down as the story unfolded. Good book for those running businesses as well as being a must read for anyone investing heavily or regularly in crypto.
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- Mr. R. J. Davies
- 29-08-23
compulsory reading for any Bitcoin maxi
compulsory reading for any Bitcoin maxi or bitcoiner that needs to know the history of Bitcoin and what is meant by the UASF acronym. its not an easy read but worth it. I also thought it interesting how it reveals the old school mind set of the big corps and arrogant individuals who thought they could dictate the future of Bitcoin and the fact it didn't work that way today is because of his this war was won by individuals who understood the huge importance of freedom. Thank God for therm or we would all be truly enslaved today!
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- Nelson Carreras
- 17-08-21
Fascinating and entertaining!
I found this audiobook to be a fascinating, entertaining, balanced and well-narrated story. The war framing is engaging and does not compromise the accuracy of the historical facts. I really enjoyed it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-08-21
A great story very well explained
Very interesting!
The book is technical so you need a love and knowledge of bitcoin to enjoy this book.
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- Oliver Moyle
- 11-11-23
Excellent description of the events
A very balanced and detailed account of one of the most important events in Bitcoin.
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- Susie
- 05-01-25
Great way to learn more about the background of bitcoin and crypto compared to where it is now.
Interesting story. Definitely helped us to understand the bitcoin and crypto world a lot better beyond the general basics.
Quite a bit of jargon and can be slightly complicated if you know little to nothing about crypto.
What was also interesting is the clear perspectives on how humans can behave when they are wealthy or want to be in the position of power.
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- jdp
- 15-01-25
Informative but heavily biased
The author is heavily biased towards the “small-blockers” and regularly implies that anyone who disagrees with them is an idiot.
The reality is, without larger blocks, BTC has no real utility—don’t let the dollar price (fuelled by speculation, not by adoption) fool you.
Fortunately, all hope is not lost while BTC is still only a hard fork away from big blocks.
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