# The Blocksize War Content type: Book Summary: A definitive history of the internal conflict that divided the Bitcoin community from 2015 to 2017 regarding the network's scaling path. The book explores the technical and political arguments between 'big blockers' and 'small blockers' that ultimately solidified Bitcoin's decentralized governance. Key concepts: bitcoin, scaling, fork, history, mining, protocol Related resources: - Jonathan Bier (Author): https://theblockchainlibrary.com/authors/null
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The Blocksize War

The Battle for Control over Bitcoin’s Protocol Rules

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A definitive history of the internal conflict that divided the Bitcoin community from 2015 to 2017 regarding the network's scaling path. The book explores the technical and political arguments between 'big blockers' and 'small blockers' that ultimately solidified Bitcoin's decentralized governance.

Author

Jonathan Bier

Language

English

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Topics

bitcoinscalingforkhistoryminingprotocol

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