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It is now time to fork bitcoin.  There is no reason to have only one. 

With new efforts to integrate user identities - there is now a very big divide between two competing schools of thought.  Each can go down their respective paths without interfering with the progress of the others.  The one thing necessary for this to occur - exists wonderfully. 

To create Bitcoin1 and Bitcoin2, we'd need to divide the processing power.  Fortunately, we presently have more than twice the processing power that is necessary.  The network is a perfect capacity for being split. 

Bitcoin1 can go on with the anarchists/outlaws who hate all government involvement and despises law and order.  Bitcoin2 can intergrate things which improve decent use in an orderly society. 

Time to Fork Bitcoin. 

Time to Fork Dollar.

Dollar1 can go on with the outlaws who want to sell drogues and illegal things. Dollar2 can be use for buy and sell good things in an orderly society.

I don't think a fork is healthy for Bitcoin, so we shouldn't strive for it.
Every owner of Bitcoins would have equally much Bitcoin1 and Bitcoin2 and could dump the ones he doesn't like on the market.
Add the confusion that will spread (do they trade Bitcoin1 or 2 on that exchange?), this could hurt Bitcoin a lot.

Take a deep breath and calm down.

The Boy Who Cried Fork?

Neither fork would be be better off. First, the idea of Bitcoin itself has to succeed.

Ok.  Does Bitcoin1 still use a distributed blockchain?  If so, I am going to create a businesses that blacklists/whitelists coins and addresses in Bitcoin1's blockchain.

Continue to fight to keep bitcoin from being corrupted....if it actually happens.

No need to fork bitcoin, as you can buy/use/support a viable fork in litecoin.

Does litecoin still use a distributed blockchain?  If so, I am going to create a businesses that blacklists/whitelists coins and addresses in litecoin's blockchain.

Litecoin is actually pretty similar to what a bitcoin fork would feel like. On top of that, it doesn't take infrastructure away from Bitcoin.

Use Litecoin if you're unhappy with Bitcoin?

This thread is stupid, this board is stupid, Bitcoin is stupid.

You lost me there in the end. ;)

You know what it is time for ?
For the Bitcoin Foundation as it is to be scrapped and have this ridiculous idea of black/red whatever listing banned.

Let's go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPf6DwFoZUI  8)

https://www.gldtalk.org/devteam/bubble.png


Maybe we should just wait for the bubble to burst then all sit down together and regroup?

Namecoin, as second creation of the great Satoshi, will always remain decentralized.

NMC is a huge discount compared to BTC -- they both essentially run the same code and have similar computing power in their network. It makes sense that NMC should also start increasing in $price.

Go ahead, fork it, I'm SURE around 50% of miners and node owners will follow you... ;D

yes you could do this. Litecoin is a "backup" and forces bitcoin to go in the "right" direction.

Let those who wants to make it another fiat currency fork it. The rest of us should just stick to clients using the original protocol, and possibly implement better anonymity.

Fork off. It's never going to happen.

To the OP ... go ahead.  Have fun trying to explain to users how "your Bitcoin" isn't the same "Bitcoin" as everyone else when they say "Bitcoin".

Lasting forks are the worst possible scenario for Bitcoin.  They should be avoided at all possible cost. 

Why fork ?  If you want change Bitcoin protocol, just make new alt coin  ;)

Fork it! Fork it all! You've all gone and forked it up! Motherforkers!

go ahead, i fully understand what you are trying to do and I will back it.

 let those who support red-listing put their money where their mouth is and we will do the same.

The rules of the game has been set by Satoshi.  Banks and governments were never invited.  To let them have a claim to a part of the protocol now is to give away your liberties to the existing system that we all hoped to improve by joining the Bitcoin revolution.  Don't encourage division, maintain fundgeability and unity.  If the governments want to improve on Bitcoin, let them issue their own fiat cryptocurrancies and we will see which design wins the hearts and minds of free men.

 

I suggest we call this one the torch and pitchfork ;D

The idea of a fork has been pitched, now lets torch it!

This is nonsense. I'm going to go out on a limb and say you are new to bitcoin. If there is something you don't like, get involved and change it. Forking something just for the heck of it doesn't make sense. If you want and anarchist bitcoin, just use the bitcoin testnet. It's anarchy there anyway. And yes, it's built into your bitcoin client. Just google it. Enjoy, you already have your bitcoin2 and you didn't even know it. :-)

Or advocate to keep Bitcoin fungible.  Don't support compnies which seek to harm the fungibility.  Don't support the investors other projects.  Edcuate other users on the dangers.   Make sure your favorite merchants know if they implement it they will lose your business.  Support improvements like Luke's miner patch, coinjoin, and other projects which will make it tougher for the "validators" to accomplish their goals.

When Bitcoin forks, the prices will fall.
How about saving the coins in Namecoins ?
Namecoin prices are very stable.

IF luke JR and mike hearn add their patches into the next version of bitcoin to be more government friendly. and people are left to decide to upgrade to this new QT update.. lets call that update the U.SGovcoin. and people vote on moving over to U.SGovCoin or staying with bitcoin in its current state.

bitcoin is international.

we dont want our funds audited by americans.

We don't need to fork BTC, we need to Spork it!

you know they are going to play dirty and make it seem like the is just a regular update

its up to us to make some noise

the beauty of open source.. even though it will take time to read the code to find Mike H and Luke J's patches, they will be found

That escalated quickly  :-X

Bitcoin is using free Github, which has forced openness of the repository, so that isn't even necessary.

we can also use Confidence Chains.  They require practically no processing power.

May i introduce you to the altcoin forum.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=67.0

Could you show your work on the math that you did to calculate how much processing power the network needs?


Kind of ad homineming, there - I'm an anarchist because I love order, not because I despise it.  I believe anarchy and Bitcoin as it is improve a decent and orderly society.

Anyway, as far as forking Bitcoin - aren't you too late?  Hasn't it already been done?

FUD.

Luke Jr patch is for miners.  It doesn't make tx easier to audit by the government if anything it makes it marginally more difficult.

To combine that with Mike Hearn's nonsense shows a lot of ignorance (or agenda).

Forking is a stupid idea, it would destroy the value.