Segregated Witness Voting - Bitcoin's Election: Mining Pools Should Let Miners Cast Their Own Votes

The vote on Segregated Witness has already begun, but the community is unusually quiet. Especially the mining pools, no one has spoken, as if nothing has happened. But I want to say that avoidance is not a solution to the problem, and it is useless. In the development of Bitcoin, this is just a small episode. I am not a technology geek, today I want to talk about the openness issue of Segregated Witness.

The US election has just ended. Although the process was full of ups and downs and the result made many people dissatisfied, the important thing is that they elected a president, and both Hillary and Obama congratulated Trump. Because the United States can only have one president, the result will definitely not satisfy everyone. But an open attitude is more important than anything else. It is better to have a result than no result, and it is better than doing nothing.

In this vote, it seems that the mining pools are the most entangled, but in fact, there is nothing for the mining pools to be entangled about, because it is the miners who vote this time, not the mining pools . The mining pools have no power to decide the miners' choices, even if the miners give up voting, the mining pools have no right to vote for the miners. This is the most basic logic and industry ethics issue .

Mining pools should be neutral. If there are options such as forks and voting, you should provide technical support for the choices. You have no right to vote for miners. Therefore, for the vote on segregated witness, it is best for mining pools to provide voting parameters or establish sub-pool addresses to facilitate miners to vote. This is what mining pools should do. I seriously despise those mining pools that think they can do things for miners. I suggest that everyone stay away from such mining pools. The fate of miners should be in their own hands.

As for the result, after the vote of at most one year (at least a few weeks), everyone just has to accept it. If you really can't accept a certain result, you can naturally support building a branch yourself (this is much better than the US election). But no matter what, Bitcoin will continue to develop, and any twists and turns are valuable experience. I believe that Bitcoin's self-healing ability and its plasticity will eventually lead to success. This is why I firmly support Bitcoin with an open and inclusive mindset. To be honest, at every intersection, no one knows whether to go left or right, but you have to move forward. As long as the community is there and as long as the open mind is there, you will correct yourself if you go wrong.