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| ===== The Blocksize Wars ===== | ===== The Blocksize Wars ===== | ||
| On August 15, 2015, well-known Bitcoin developers [[:Mike Hearn]] and [[:Gavin Andresen]] released an incompatible version of Bitcoin, sparking what has become known as the Blocksize Wars due to blocksize being the functional difference between this new version, dubbed Bitcoin XT, and the legacy Bitcoin algorithm.((Jonathan Bier | The Blocksize Wars, p. 1)) Many Bitcoiners were immediately worried that the proposition could damage the burgeoning Bitcoin community by splitting it in two. | On August 15, 2015, well-known Bitcoin developers [[:Mike Hearn]] and [[:Gavin Andresen]] released an incompatible version of Bitcoin, sparking what has become known as the Blocksize Wars due to blocksize being the functional difference between this new version, dubbed Bitcoin XT, and the legacy Bitcoin algorithm.((Jonathan Bier | The Blocksize Wars, p. 1)) Many Bitcoiners were immediately worried that the proposition could damage the burgeoning Bitcoin community by splitting it in two. | ||
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