{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/issues/1178","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/issues/1178/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/issues/1178/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/issues/1178/events","html_url":"https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/1178","id":123957573,"number":1178,"title":"Remove Coinbase from the \"Choose your Wallet\" page","user":{"login":"Cobra-Bitcoin","id":12899428,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12899428?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin","html_url":"https://github.com/Cobra-Bitcoin","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Cobra-Bitcoin/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":134,"created_at":"2015-12-27T02:57:45Z","updated_at":"2015-12-28T00:54:55Z","closed_at":"2015-12-27T16:45:31Z","pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pulls/1178","html_url":"https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/1178","diff_url":"https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/1178.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/1178.patch"},"body":"[Coinbase is now running Bitcoin XT](https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/680902843784544256) in their production servers. XT is an contentious hard fork attempt that will create a new altcoin and split the community and blockchain should it ever go into effect. If this ever happens, Coinbase's customers may find that they no longer own any actual Bitcoin.\r\n\r\nThis pull request removes Coinbase from the \"Choose your Wallet\" page to protect new users from being on the wrong end of a blockchain fork. Bitcoin.org should only promote Bitcoin services. Companies that use XT don't meet this criteria because they support forking off the blockchain and switching to a new incompatible currency without broad consensus.\r\n\r\nBitcoin Core has already announced a road map to address scalability concerns. I don't see why @barmstrong feels the need to try to promote XT in this way. Almost all of the Bitcoin technical community supports the announced road map. It's not like things aren't moving forward.\r\n\r\nI'll merge this soon. Feedback is always appreciated though."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/issues/comments/167451439","html_url":"https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/1178#issuecomment-167451439","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/issues/1178","id":167451439,"user":{"login":"achow101","id":3782274,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3782274?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101","html_url":"https://github.com/achow101","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achow101/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-28T00:54:54Z","updated_at":"2015-12-28T00:54:54Z","body":"@mbevand If you have read the above posts, you would know that Mike Hearn (maintainer of Bitcoin XT) has explicitly stated that he is willing to add checkpoints to force Bitcoin XT nodes onto a forked blockchain even if it isn't the longest one. Because of this statement, it is not reliable to trust that Bitcoin XT will not in the future honor the 75% rule. Since Coinbase (as well as other companies) have explicitly stated support for big blocks, it is possible that they would also upgrade their XT nodes to use that forked blockchain even if it wasn't forked with consensus."}}