Message from @Deleted User
Discord ID: 358083209055043594
no doubt they are trying to centalize it
Segwit ---> Lightning Network which is a path towards centralization
```Hey this is Zee, I am founder of Space Chain. We have already finish building our first satellite with Qtum and it is welded on rocket and ready for launch soon. We believe satellite nodes add a new dimension of diversity of nodes and make the system more decentralized. Current blockchain technology applications use computer as nodes and adopt ground-network-based transmission channel. The singular network and singular node pose great security risks. Once node computer or transmission network is under attack, the entire blockchain network may be greatly impacted . Therefore, from a security perspective, blockchain needs to have diversified transmission networks and nodes with multiple data storages to enhance system safety and security. It will be connected with ground station to receive/use data, and there are also IOT testing devices. On the first satellite, we creatively use Raspberry Pi to run the Qtum test node. It will the first time that Raspberry got brought to space. In future, what hardware we have on the satellite will be dependent on what kind of services it provides. As I said, the first satellite is finished and welded on the rocket. We expect the first satellite will be launched later this year. If everything goes well, we will have 4-8 satellites up there at the end of 2018.
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Isn't it just a transfer node? If they aren't doing any mining I don't see how this would affect decentralization or why it's worse than what Qtum is doing.
the satellite project was managed/funded whatever by them
thats unrelated
Blockstream as a corporation is funded by Mastercard I believe
~50% of Core devs are employed by Blockstream
they have a dangerous amount of control over the future of Bitcoin
```Mastercard is an investor in Digital Currency Group, the DCG brokers the deal to implement Segwit2X, segwit is a Blockstream baby pushed by Adam Back.```
Segwit is making way for Lightning Network
which will centralize Bitcoin
off-chain bitcoin is scary
it's also less secure
```Just the circumstantial evidence, they are building a banking layer on top of bitcoin. And demand to use it is expected to be enhanced by limiting on chain transactions.
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Ah, understand now. So is this going to actually gain traction or will people against LN be ignored as normies go for the less secure but slightly easier option backed by a large company?
I used to be pro segwit and anti cash but now im seeing this and it is scary
segwit is good but what it helps make possible is not
I fear that we will venture into an ERC-20 ecosystem and a Segwit/LN-ecosystem
qtum pls moon
big money, do you want their dick in your Bitcoin Core/
I honestly see less reason to trust Qtum than BtC
yeah qtum is funded by big gook money
i just dont like Ethereum
because of Vitalik and how retarded he is
also his platform sucks ass
non-existient scaling, another hardfork incoming (casper), high fees for moving tokens, not a store of value -- has a high value
censorship
mutibility
Wonder if there is going to be another platform like early bitcoin.
He'll, I wonder if people would even use it, fucking normies, I swear
bitcoin is literally unusable
once we get into working decentralized exchanges and shit like 0x or even LN Atomic Swaps we can start seeing real world usage
"Oh, I accept ARK payments"
"ok, let me swap my Bitbean for Ark"