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The Blocksize War

The Battle for Control Over Bitcoin’s Protocol Rules

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The Blocksize War

By: Jonathan Bier
Narrated by: Guy Swann
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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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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.

As significant a war as any fought on a batlefield

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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.

Fascinating and entertaining!

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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

Superb

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Very interesting!

The book is technical so you need a love and knowledge of bitcoin to enjoy this book.

A great story very well explained

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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.

Great way to learn more about the background of bitcoin and crypto compared to where it is now.

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