That's a touch dramatic.
You've missed a very important piece of information in their signature:It's not like we'd be lost without their nodes.
Exactly. Especially, not now when one can run a pruned node easily (lower storage requirements). 
Topic: How likely is it that future hard-forks will increase the number of bitcoins? - page 2. (Read 1014 times)
March 11, 2016, 12:59:47 PM
March 11, 2016, 12:55:16 PM
Doesnt really matter...
Bitcoin cant stand on its own 2 feet in its current form...
Companies with vested interest in Bitcoin are now propping up the network, so expect them to start sucking the life out out of Bitcoin, before pulling the nodes out of the system
https://www.btcc.com/news/article/btcc-deploys-100-full-bitcoin-nodes-across-five-continents
Wont last long...
Bitcoin cant stand on its own 2 feet in its current form...
Companies with vested interest in Bitcoin are now propping up the network, so expect them to start sucking the life out out of Bitcoin, before pulling the nodes out of the system
https://www.btcc.com/news/article/btcc-deploys-100-full-bitcoin-nodes-across-five-continents
Wont last long...
That's a touch dramatic and alarmist. All they're doing is providing a fast-track service for their customers. Hardly network breaking. It's not like we'd be lost without their nodes.
March 11, 2016, 12:49:33 PM
Doesnt really matter...
Bitcoin cant stand on its own 2 feet in its current form...
Companies with vested interest in Bitcoin are now propping up the network, so expect them to start sucking the life out out of Bitcoin, before pulling the nodes out of the system
https://www.btcc.com/news/article/btcc-deploys-100-full-bitcoin-nodes-across-five-continents
Wont last long...
Bitcoin cant stand on its own 2 feet in its current form...
Companies with vested interest in Bitcoin are now propping up the network, so expect them to start sucking the life out out of Bitcoin, before pulling the nodes out of the system
https://www.btcc.com/news/article/btcc-deploys-100-full-bitcoin-nodes-across-five-continents
Wont last long...
March 11, 2016, 12:49:09 PM
For that to happen almost everyone would have to agree to those rules. Keep in mind that almost everyone is against this. Something like this would most likely have a catastrophic result indeed. You should avoid people who are open to changing the fundamental rules of Bitcoin.
March 11, 2016, 12:44:51 PM
Most of the people keeping bitcoins as investment think that the value will go high, the more users use bitcoins. This is a demand/offer reasoning and it's based on the fact that the current protocol allows only X bitcoins to be mined.
How likely it would be that a future hard-fork removes this limit or just increases the number of bitcoins in circulation? This would destroy the value of bitcoins already mined.
How likely it would be that a future hard-fork removes this limit or just increases the number of bitcoins in circulation? This would destroy the value of bitcoins already mined.
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