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by throwaway248329 1655 days ago
No, individual users decide the outcome of a hard fork.

Coinbase, BitGo, Bitmain all tried to force Bitcoin to use larger blocks because that would've gave them more power, and look where we are.
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wmf 1655 days ago
Nope, the 2X upgrade was derailed by an exchange that decided to list both sides (IIRC it was going to be BTC1 and BTC2) and they were motivated by a (possibly rigged) futures market.
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throwaway248329 1655 days ago
How exactly was it derailed? Creators of 2X stopped the fork because it was clear that majority of users were against it and that miners would be forced to mine it at their expense.
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wmf 1655 days ago
The will of the majority of users was not at all clear to me.
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