Great Segwit 2x / New York Agreement debate between Jimmy Song and Eric Lombrozo - Mad Bitcoins

I watched this and it was pretty enlightening to me about how the New York Agreement really puts Bitcoin on a path away from the cryptoanarchist path that most of us love it for. 

While Segwit and Segwit2x may be great solutions, isn't it a better path to push for true consensus instead of a kind of economic blackmail where large companies force an upgrade that isn't the best path forward? Particularly when the software the large companies agree to does not undergo the same testing and development that past upgrades have.

They also address the issue of a hard fork, with neither side convincing the other. I tend to agree with Eric that it will just be another fork that doesn't really matter. Please comment your thoughts about the potential impact of Jihan's hard fork!

Here's the video:

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One question that I don't see asked or answered is why the UASF is necessarily the best solution to the mining centralization problem. I am not sure I buy Eric's argument that the miner consensus is irrelevant just because Satoshi didn't include it early on.

Please post your thoughts and comments below about how you are preparing for the potential hard fork, if you are concerned about it at all, and if you agree with Jimmy or Eric and why! Thanks for reading and Steem on!