Andre Koster • User • The Register Forums

Bitcoin drops SegWit2x hard fork after community objects

Wednesday 8th November 2017 20:57 GMT Andre Koster

"The average transaction fee is now more than $10, about twice what it was in 2011" -- What a hilarious error. In 2011 transactions fees were basically zero. Until 2015 they were just a few cents. Only when the network started to get congested last year, fees of a dollar or more became the norm.

Segwit2X was the compromise to give create an extra year of time to come up with solutions to scale. People like Dave Harding seem to think only very expensive transactions can provide the pressure for these solutions to mature. He forgets that Bitcoin isn't the only game in town. There are plenty with more capacity than Bitcoin. The market share of Bitcoin has already dropped by one third this year, and users will continue to vote with their wallet and their feet.

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Asus Eee PC 1015PEM

Wednesday 15th December 2010 16:52 GMT Andre Koster

Shifting gears

"you can see the difference shifting up a gear from "High Performance" mode to "Super Performance" makes by looking at the PCMark 05 scores for each, but it's not going to make applications load any more quickly."

I'm a happy user of an Asus Eee PC 1005. And I accept that for the impressive batterylife (7 hours with Wifi on, more than 9 without it) I have to sacrifice on snappiness. The "gear shifting" I use for running those applications, that would otherwise not run properly, e.g. Skype or playing high-res video's. Esp. Skype, with its varying demand on CPU cycles, doesn't work well in Auto-Performance modes.

You don't buy a netbook because it's very fashionable (there are iPads and Airs for that). You buy them because you want a versatile tool while on the road, without getting your shoulder dislocated from carrying it, and without having to plunder your savings when buying it.

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