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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: xvc on February 24, 2013, 12:38:17 PM



Title: Algo change
Post by: xvc on February 24, 2013, 12:38:17 PM
Hi

What do You think ? Is there any chance that BTC algo will be changed ?


Title: Re: Algo change
Post by: smogbog on February 24, 2013, 12:59:49 PM
dubious.


Title: Re: Algo change
Post by: Stephen Gornick on February 24, 2013, 09:46:53 PM
Hi

What do You think ? Is there any chance that BTC algo will be changed ?

There have been changes in the Bitcoin.org client that have been incompatible with previous releases, several times already.

Will an algo change that devalues the currency be possible?    Probably not, the economic majority is who decides what changes are allowed.
 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Economic_majority