[wemysh]

The current situation reminds me a lot of the time when Firefox replaced Internet Explorer as the most popular browser. And of the time when Chrome replaced Firefox as the most popular browser.

Currently there is only one Bitcoin implementation. And the developers a) refuse to implement what users want. And b) implement bloat that users dont't want.

So Bitcoin will "break up" in a similar way the WWW "broke up" when new browsers were introduced.

It's a good thing.

[rntz]

The WWW's fundamental job is not to establish consensus. It is to communicate information. Incompatible changes to the web and incompatible changes to the bitcoin protocol have very different significance.

[wemysh]

    different significance

Citation needed.

Its not as if somebodies coins will suddenly become worthless.

Bitcoin has a lot of actors. Users, investors, miners, exchanges, shops... And everybody will have some hassle with a fork.

Just like on the WWW where there are webmasters, webdesigners, users, browser vendors, shops... And every has some hassle with browser compatibility.

[JohnTHaller]

Internet Explorer is still the most popular browser among users worldwide. Chrome is the most popular browser among certain techies. Chrome is also popular among users tricked into installing it via forced bundleware with Java updates, free antivirus engine updates, and (ironically) Flash plugin downloads for Firefox.

[pbhjpbhj]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#Su...

[JohnTHaller]

Apologies. I'd skimmed this earlier and thought we were only talking about desktop browser share instead of overall.

[bhousel]

Oh hi 2012, what are you doing here?

[PhasmaFelis]

Just like IE is popular among users tricked into installing it via forced bundleware with Windows?