[Jtsummers]

There's a schism occurring within the bitcoin community (it's not new, just coming to a critical point right now). The title is a paraphrase of Monty Python's "What have the Romans ever done for us?"

For the rest of the context, check out most of the Bitcoin posts that have made it to HN over the past month. They're almost all about the current issues in the system and community.

Edit: typo