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The Blocksize War

The Battle for Control Over Bitcoin’s Protocol Rules

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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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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.

5 Stars: The book highly exceeded my expectations!

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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.

Must read for those investing in crypto

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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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