I think this statement isn't accurate, is it?
Amaury is lead dev for Bitcoin ABC.
Bitcoin ABC is Bitcoin Cash, ABC controls the project and decides what is happening
Amaury was supposedly paid for 1 years work by bitmain to fork it and get it off the ground
Bitcoin Cash was a contingency plan bitmain is getting their main business taken from under them there was talks of a PoW change and bitmain needed something they could control so their miners couldn't be made obsolete.
The same is happening now with monero fluffy pony tweaked the algorithm to brick bitmains cryptonight miners so they forked off monero classic that supports bitmain (is paid for by) so they can continue to have a coin that is in their control and they can guarantee it's future.
Well, I thought Bitcoin ABC is just a client for Bitcoin Cash along with Unlimited, XT, and few smaller ones, no...?
ABC calls the shots though the others just have to play along
ABC is kind of like the official client and the one every one uses unlimited and xt don't really get a say
The fixed HF schedule is set by ABC and it's ABC that dictates what gets added therefore ABC is BCH
Unlike core and the other Bitcoin clients where the community gets to decide ABC just does what it's paid to do
There is a huge amount of people that supports cash but not the enabling of new opcodes and I expect another split to happen soon 0.17 has been out for maybe close to a week so far and it's showing so far nobody has "upgraded" yet
Doesn't seem like there is huge backlash in regards to the fork also this is a quote from AA back in 2013 in regards to blockstream devs
"It's a perfectly valid answer if there is no possible way to discuss. Forks are the last resort, not the first. The guys are throwing out "go fork" as a way to end debate, rather than as a last resort after debate has died.
It is exactly like those who shout "If you don't like this law, LEAVE the country".
They are so allergic to opposing views and any discussion, they use "go fork" as a way to dismiss the peons.
I for one, was not aware that several of the developers had very low tolerance for different opinions, a very defensive reaction to any critical view and a childish need to make everyone else bend to their decisions. I was expecting a higher level of maturity, but I have been shocked to find a schoolyard atmosphere. The worst part is they portray themselves simultaneously as heroes of bitcoin and victims of terrible oppression by anyone who disagrees. It's quite pathetic really.
Now of course, I think on the topic of press representation at least, the debate is very much over. They will not tolerate any process that has the possibility of an outcome they don't agree with.
Now it is indeed time to fork the press center. I'm starting with the organizational structure and the source of authority - the community of bitcoin users. Users are the source of authority as bitcoin becomes mainstream. Not 3-4 coders of one of the implementation."
if you want to read the whole thread
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/roger-ver-and-jon-matonis-pushed-aside-now-that-bitcoin-is-becoming-mainstream-181168
