Bitcoin Unlimited is ready? Roger Ver's tweet leaves the Bitcoin community baffled

Golden Finance News - Recently, the debate about Bitcoin expansion has temporarily subsided. Although Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) still has a higher support rate than Segregated Witness (Segwit), the public opinion on Segregated Witness is higher than Bitcoin Unlimited.

Roger Ver tweeted that Bitcoin Unlimited is ready. Image source: Golden Finance

However, Bitcoin Unlimited supporter Roger Ver does not seem to want to let Segregated Witness gain the upper hand in public opinion. On April 22, Roger Ver issued a statement on Twitter:

“Bitcoin Unlimited is ready.”

Bitcoin unlimited support rate has exceeded 40%. Image source: Golden Finance

This statement seems to have stirred up the relatively calm Bitcoin community. Roger Ver said that BU is ready because the support rate of Bitcoin Unlimited has now exceeded 40%. Although this data is true, Bitcoin Unlimited is still a long way from activation. Anyone with a little bit of rationality knows that it is not that easy to achieve BU.

In terms of data, Bitcoin Unlimited currently has a clear advantage. In the vote using mined blocks as a signal of support, BU has more votes than any other expansion plan, while Segregated Witness is still nearly 8 percentage points behind Bitcoin Unlimited.

Roger Weir's view that Bitcoin Infinite is ready for production is puzzling. Image source: Golden Finance

Senior Bitcoin users analyzed that because Bitcoin miners found that they could make more money from Bitcoin Unlimited, the support rate for BU has remained high. The Bitcoin community generally recognizes that miners can continue to maintain high transaction fees by opposing Segregated Witness.

“Bitcoin Unlimited is now production-ready. BU blocks now account for 40% of total blocks, more than any other Bitcoin version. — Roger Ver (@rogerkver) April 22, 2017”

Roger Weir’s tweet is puzzling. Many people in the Bitcoin community believe that although Bitcoin Unlimited does have its own unique advantages and the support rate is slightly more on the side of BU, it is a bit too optimistic to say that it is “ready”.

Because so far, not to mention that Bitcoin Unlimited has not yet reached the activation value, even Bitcoin Unlimited itself is not perfect. Some time ago, due to the vulnerability of BU, the BU node of the Bitcoin network was forced to go offline, causing considerable losses. How can such a BU program be said to be ready? Roger Weir's point of view is puzzling.

The community hopes that Roger Ver’s tweet will not cause Bitcoin expansion to become permanently stuck in the quagmire. Image source: Golden Finance

The community believes that Roger Ver has been ignoring the fact that even if miners support Bitcoin Unlimited, it does not mean that other Bitcoin service providers and exchanges also support BU. In fact, between users, service providers and exchanges, Segregated Witness is the answer they really want.

The current Bitcoin scaling debate will not change in the short term unless one side makes a bold proposal that is accepted by the majority. However, this is unlikely to happen.

Regarding Roger Weir’s views, the community is worried that these remarks will further delay the time for Bitcoin’s expansion. If this ultimately leads to Bitcoin Unlimited and Segregated Witness failing to gain decisive support, then this situation will be a real heavy blow to Bitcoin.