It Turns Out Coinbase *is* the Problem

in #bitcoin7 years ago

First of all, for everyone who read my post last week, I am happy to report that Steemdollar.com is back up, since last tuesday at least.

Steemdollar.com may not give the most detailed information about steem price, but when all you want is an at-a-glance checkup of where it's at, you could not ask for better.

But, unfortunately, a more pressing issue has come to light this week.

Let's talk about Coinbase.

I have stood by Coinbase for a long time, and on occasion defended it.

However, I cannot deny that the company has been a problem and is getting worse.

It starts with the fact that Coinbase sets the transaction fee for Bitcoin unnecessarily high, which causes the average fee of all transactions on the network to be higher, costing millions to the Bitcoin network.

That Coinbase also was one of the most influential entities pushing for a block size increase, while at the same time refusing to adopt second-layer solutions like SegWit, demonstrates a hypocrisy within the company.

But most shocking of all was the revelation this week that the long-running spam attack against the Bitcoin network was coming from Coinbase itself. This was revealed when the site went down for a time this past week, and the spam attack stopped at the same moment, then restarted at the moment the site went back up.

That such an attack could happen on Coinbase's platform without its knowledge, and even without its direct control, would be unthinkable.

Coinbase.com is a wolf in sheep's clothing. They are trying to sabotage the Bitcoin network, and action needs to be taken by the larger Bitcoin community to let them know their nonsense will not be tolerated.

Is it too late for Coinbase?

It is not too late for the company to turn themselves around. Coinbase has many good qualities, with a simple face that makes it a good starting point for people who are getting into cryptocurrency. The things about it that are useful are still useful.

But it's on thin ice. The community is united against the idea of network spamming, and a mass exodus would be, in my estimation, appropriate. If Coinbase wishes to prevent such a departure, they must stop attacking the network immediately, as well as adopt SegWit and Lightning.

Otherwise, the community will abandon them, and then they shall go the way of CompuServe.

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@talanhorne,
Actually I didn't know about this! It seems like coinbase is a problem! Anyway I moved to coinpayments.net! Atleast they are trying to do a honest business! Thanks for letting this know!

Cheers~

informative post my friend keep it up

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current price of steem dollar is not bad & thanks for this information

Present its 5.6 usd bro 1sbd equal to..so its not a good rate..it will become 10usd in few days later..so wait for some days to sell to get more profits..who want to buy.

thanks for updating my friend keep it up

That is great information.
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Thanks for the information, it is very valuable and thanks for sharing
Thanks @talanhorne
Have a great day

even those good qualities are missing now they are messing up the stystem