Jonathan Silverblood Profile picture
Jack-of-most-trades that likes to be fascinated with deep subjects like bitcoin, governance and energy.
May 11, 2023 10 tweets 4 min read
I've seen a lot of people think that #BitcoinCash $BCH should go up in value now that #Bitcoin $BTC is wrestling with scalability issues.

In this thread, I'll try to tame your expectations a bit, and keep us all a little more grounded: 1/ Back in 2015, #Bitcoin was viewed as a panacea to a lot of different problems. Each of these problems have different value and the users back then seems to mostly be broad in their interpretations and views.

To make this more tangible, lets consider some (incomplete) examples
Jan 3, 2022 9 tweets 4 min read
A bit over a year ago there was a lot of discussions about #BitcoinCash and the topic of a #Roadmap. Back then, I spent some time with @im_uname to get his views on the path forward but after some exploring of the subject we put it aside.

This thread is a look back on our notes. From a scalability perspective, there's a lot more that can be done, but there was mempool improvements, unconfirmed chain limits was removed and I think there was some delays in transaction relay that was addressed too.