# @Samourai Wallet Retweeted Eric Lombrozo
### Users should run BIP148. Segwit2x isn't for you, it's for miners to save face. Run BIP148 to keep miners honest and enforce user demands.

https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/877049482009071616

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### <a href="https://medium.com/@elombrozo/why-i-support-bip148-4b4c0a9feb4d">Why I support BIP148</a> - by Eric Lombrozo on May 29/17
When I first started working on Bitcoin applications nearly six years ago, I worked under the assumption that even though the Bitcoin software itself might evolve, the consensus rules that allow the system to converge to a single ledger state were essentially immutable. At the time I didn’t own a lot of bitcoins — I mostly thought of it as a cool new technology, but I did understand the value of a network that prevented malicious actors from being able to easily alter the ledger or its rules.
In the early days, I thought the technology held great promise — but I was realistic in acknowledging that even though it was tremendously useful for storing significant amounts of money very cheaply (i.e. you can store over $1 million pretty securely with just a relatively tiny transaction fee and a couple pieces of paper), significant technological innovation would be required to allow the system to scale to compete with existing payment systems such as credit cards, PayPal, or cash.
A little over two years ago, the scaling issue was brought to the bitcoin-dev mailing list. Specifically, a 20MB hard fork proposal that had been sold behind closed doors to industry had been leaked to the mailing list. This was the first time since I had started working on Bitcoin that I feared the single property I most cherished about Bitcoin was at risk — that the rules underlying how the ledger converges might be altered arbitrarily just because a few people got together in a room and agreed on something in private. (If you see people cringing at these sorts of things now, there’s good precedent for it. No matter how well-intended, a significant chunk of Bitcoin users will oppose no matter what.)
Since then, I worked diligently to try to listen to industry concerns and meet with stakeholders. I tried to listen to all points of view and to seek a solution that would best satisfy all interests with as little disruption to the network and without sacrificing that most cherished property mentioned earlier. And to ensure that the discussion take place in full public view with participation from the entire community.

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