I will explain:
1: Bitcoin is the name of the longest chain, that means most hash power behind or more than 50% consensus. Bcash didn't reach this and is called Bcash to avoid confusion among newbies (BTW you call it Bitcoin Core, this is a software implementation and not a currency until recently. Since a few months there is a currency Bitcoin Core (BTCC), a fork from Bclashic, but that is not what you mean).
2: Yes I felt threatened by Bcash, that is true. I am all in in Bitcoin because I love the technology and the idea that nobody controls my money and I fully believe in it. If you have read my article you can see that Bitcoin (= my life savings) was almost destroyed by the Segwit2X attempt and later with the 'Bcash flippening attempt' it was very exiting too. Also, Segwit is blocked for more than a year by them, Bitcoin would be much further developed otherwise and thus BTC would be much more valuable as we speak.
3: You don't hold any Bitcoin so maybe you don't understand it very well (otherwise you would be deep in the habit hole like me and have bought some). Please let me know what my lies are? Believe me, I been full time on it for years and I don't make anything up, this are my observations.
4: Bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency that really matters, there is NO single altcoin that is really decentralised. They get all pumped by a marketing team and they delude the mindset where Bitcoin was created with. I don't hate alt coins, but they created a lot of mall investment, confusion and distraction in the market and I think in the long term they don't add anything.
My friend, I've been an outside observer of Bitcoin since the very early days and I fully understand the technology and the FORK which I believed killed Bitcoin. I call it Bitcoin Core because I don't see it as the authentic/original Bitcoin. Neither do I feel Bitcoin Cash is the original either, so don't worry.
However, as much as I don't really like Roger Vey, you can't deny his arguments nor his motives for creating Bitcoin Cash. It was the Bitcoin Core team who wanted to change Bitcoin and went AGAINST the consensus. Forcing Roger Vey. I hate all of the arguments in the Bitcoin space. There is some very mean-spirited and spiteful people who demonstrate levels of arrogance like nowhere else on the internet.
I am sorry to hear you are so heavily invested and for your sake I really do hope you reach your target. I think you probably will if it's realistic but might I recommend a bit of diversification to protect yourself.
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Look I understand that segwit did change somewhat how Bitcoin worked but to many it was a necessary change. There was consensus for segwit majorly the miners just did not want it. Maybe you can call it a flaw in POW but there was consensus for segwit. Not 100% mind you but more than 70%. Roger Ver arguments are flawed. Give me his and I can disprove them all. Roger Ver was someone I respected but he has a much flawed idea on how Bitcoins works...
And please don't say Blockstream controls bitcoin-that got to be one of the most dumbest theories I ever saw.
And most of what @michiel said is true, there are part he exaggerated majorly.
Plus if we have the follow the whitepaper and Nakamoto...
He did give the idea of the LN and he did say the thing that keeps Bitcoin, Bitcoin is the hashpower. Bitcoin cash or BCH can try to defeat Bitcoin to become the real Bitcoin but until then BTC is Bitcoin and BCH is an altcoin/not Bitcoin.
And I share this view while being diversified as well.
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Consensus is not only reached by the miners, but by the entire community. Users are able to pull miners in a certain direction by creating incentive for miners to mine the most valuable chain which is decided by the users by supply and demand. This multi layer decentralisation is not a flaw but a feature. Bitcoin would have failed already otherwise.
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Bitcoin is exactly the same as pre-Segwit Bitcoin, you can still use the same software and make transactions without Segwit if you wish. Segwit was a softfork thus 100% voluntary and if you don't want to use it Bitcoin will still function EXACTLY the same for you. Try to run Bcash with older software LOL
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