CoinGeek Weekly Livestream: Connor Murray looks back at the events of Bitcoin Independence Day

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Connor Murray joined Kurt Wuckert Jr. on the CoinGeek Weekly Livestream to celebrate Bitcoin Independence Day and discuss what’s happening in the Bitcoin SV ecosystem and broader digital currency markets.

15 November – the 4th anniversary of BSV

Wuckert begins by pointing out that November 15th is Bitcoin Independence Day – the day BSV was set free from the rest of the Bitcoin nightmare. This is the third episode CoinGeek has done to celebrate this special date.

Murray begins by outlining his Bitcoin history; he first heard about it in college. This was in and around when the Silk Road saga hit the headlines. Murray continued to follow Bitcoin with a vague interest until around 2015, when he became more involved in the scaling debate. He bought some BCH when the split happened and he went down the rabbit hole from there.

Wuckert recalls how he was a big blocker, but was interested in digital currencies in general and didn’t really have a strong opinion. He realized that Bitcoin could do everything other blockchain claims could do.

Slowly, he began to notice the same cult-like mentality in Bitcoin ABC that he did in BTC Core.

Murray remembers being excited by all the innovation and progress at BCH. Slowly he began to come around to Dr. Craig Wright’s way of thinking. Wuckert remembers how the enigmatic Dr. Wright first came upon him, noting that he kept his distance from him for a while until he could figure him out.

About Roger Ver and the Bitcoin Ecosystem

“Roger seems to have retired from Bitcoin completely at this point,” says Wuckert, reflecting on the head of BCH. He says that Ver was a key person in his own Bitcoin journey and it’s sad to see him burned out and tired of it.

Wuckert asks what would happen if BSV and BCH supporters buried the hatchet and tried again? He asks Murray for his opinion on that, and he replies that he thinks there is so much difference of opinion between the protocol developers that it would not be productive. What he would like to see is more power players in BSV, including miners, developers and others.

Delving further into the Bitcoin ecosystem, Wuckert notes how nChain has so many patents and 300 employees. However, he won’t get to hear their voices as individuals, and Wuckert wants those voices to be added to the conversation because the ideas they express would be valuable. While Murray agrees that this could be valuable, he also believes that enough people are quietly working at BSV that it will be around for a very long time.

About changes and Bitcoin roadmap in general

Speaking of this quiet progress, Wuckert Murray asks for an overview of it. He knows Murray works with a lot of people working on things like Teranode, the IPv6 integration stuff, Liteclient, and more, and he wants to learn more about it.

Murray responds by talking about the ‘set in stone’ mantra. He says that the most important thing anyone can ensure today is that transactions made today will be valid for 100 years. This includes all transactions using any script. There is also an immutable set of rules, such as there are only 21 million coins that must be followed.

Wuckert agrees, noting that it is within BTC that hardline financial planners want to change the rules and change things. This is the antithesis of the free market Bitcoin was supposed to be. In BTC, everyone trusts the BIP editor – he is the gatekeeper, and he can veto anything.

BSV’s open culture and what Connor Murray wanted to change

When the hashish war happened, Wuckert remembers that there was an incredible amount of openness to his questions on the BSV side, and there was none on the ABC side. He would get dismissive, annoyed responses from BCHers, while Bitcoin SV developers would explain things to him in detail.

According to people Wuckert has spoken to inside nChain, the open culture remains today. While Dr. Wright can be fiery and temperamental at times, there’s no question you can’t ask. Research and development and trying new things are also welcome.

If Murray could wave a magic wand and change something in Bitcoin, he would create a common set of shared facts. For example, right now, people can’t even agree on what a node is. Since it seems so difficult to establish basic facts, there needs to be more leadership to get the message out that BSVs have proven them right about Bitcoin via the scientific method.

“We need to be more forceful with how we present ourselves,” he says, noting that it’s time to take off the gloves.

See: BSV Global Blockchain Convention panel, The Future World with Blockchain

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