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by elif 3337 days ago
Yup. I think the authority-less-ness of Bitcoin is what is harming it the most right now. The theft reversion was actually the moment I gained confidence in ethereum and moved half my holdings out of BTC to it. Consensus liked that move and the price went up.

If segwit becomes merged, it suffer the exact same central authority criticism, but the divided community will likely cause a shock selloff.