There is a massive dis-info campaign going on right now. Someone is pouring a lot of money into it.

At this point no one should talk about the so-called “block size debate” or Bitcoin XT unless they’ve read the article in this submission. You only risk being fooled into thinking this has something to do with “block sizes” if you are uninformed.

The truth is that all of the core devs are on board with increasing the block size. This isn’t about block size, it’s about transferring control of the world’s reserve cryptocurrency into the hands of one person (who I am fairly sure is being backed by some very wealthy interests). And they’ve already implemented a blacklisting mechanism.

See proof of sock puppetry from that twitter thread. I am only one person however. I don’t have the resources to fight this on my own and am out of time.

Again: if you are just learning about this or you haven’t read this article in full, you should avoid expressing an opinion on the matter due to how much dis-info there is out there.

See also the author of Litecoin’s comments on the potentially severe consequences of Bitcoin XT to understand (part of) the gamble being played right now.