Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Core and hard forks

From: Tom Harding <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:27:09 -0700

On 7/22/2015 9:52 AM, Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> It would be irresponsible and dangerous to the network and thus the 
> users of the software to risk forks, or to take a leading role in 
> pushing dramatic changes.

Count me among those who see allowing bitcoin to become 
space-constrained, without technical reason, as a dramatic change. 
Especially when the reasons cited in support are

  - Various species of vaporware
  - Amateurish economic thinking surrounding fees
  - "We don't support it because not everyone supports it because we 
don't support it because ..." infinite descent