{"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":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":34,"created_at":"2015-12-27T02:57:45Z","updated_at":"2015-12-27T07:07:14Z","closed_at":null,"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/167390455","html_url":"https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/1178#issuecomment-167390455","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/issues/1178","id":167390455,"user":{"login":"omarabid","id":909237,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/909237?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid","html_url":"https://github.com/omarabid","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/omarabid/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-27T07:07:14Z","updated_at":"2015-12-27T07:07:14Z","body":"I'm not sure, but it seems to me that users with no Github track record or Core contributions should not have much say in this. @gladoscc you are clearly a troll here.\r\n\r\nRunning XT is an opinion/vote. It's like Luke-jr calling gambling transactions SPAM. In the end, it doesn't matter if they don't get the economic majority.\r\n\r\nI would not worry about Coinbase. It seems to me with their carelessness about their users, they'll soon become irrelevant. And this is after being a 3 year customer with them."}}