Title: Live Blog - Future of the Protocol - Bitcoin 2013 Post by: Cubic Earth on May 18, 2013, 11:11:20 PM Mike Hearn, Chirs Odom, Michael Gronager, J.R. Willet, Jeff Garzek
I missed the first 5 minutes. Jeff: The future is adding layers onto bitcoin. Layers such as: credit cards, bonds, stocks, etc. A particular bitcoin would represent a stock share, or a bond. J.R.: Backward compatibility is important for software, alt chains are not backward compatible. Use layers. Jeff: Merged mining is a good way to anchor new currencies. Everyone is nodding to the concept of other currencies that are based on bitcoin. Title: Re: Live Blog - Future of the Protocall - Bitcoin 2013 Post by: Cubic Earth on May 18, 2013, 11:18:29 PM Chirs - Talking about capital gains tax on gold as an issue with its use. Taking about color coins.
J.R. - But how to invest in color coins? a color coin is when an issuer declares that a particular bitcoin or satoshi represents another asset, a dollar, an ounce of gold, etc. Chirs - trust is something to consider with a color coin --- side note - over 200 people in room --- Mike - Legal impication of color coins? Jeff - that would invite regulation. we need derivatives, shorting, options to stabilize that market Title: Re: Live Blog - Future of the Protocall - Bitcoin 2013 Post by: Cubic Earth on May 18, 2013, 11:24:25 PM Chris - bitcoin big in africa. will leapfrog stable fiat currencies their, just as cell phones skipped the landline phase. point being that those governments are really bad a regulation
Mike - tax implications? Michael - the same as cash income tax discussion. Chris - bitcoin will have implications for income tax, but tax will survive. Taxes will focus on the physical Title: Re: Live Blog - Future of the Protocall - Bitcoin 2013 Post by: Cubic Earth on May 18, 2013, 11:31:44 PM scalability discussion
Mike: Will bitcoin look like visa card in use J.R.: yes Discussion continuing, live blog over. I need some coffee. Title: Re: Live Blog - Future of the Protocall - Bitcoin 2013 Post by: solex on May 18, 2013, 11:37:58 PM scalability discussion Mike: Will bitcoin look like visa card in use J.R.: yes Discussion continuing, live blog over. I need some coffee. CE.What was the consensus from the scalability discussion? (Also, need to change title: protocol) Title: Re: Live Blog - Future of the Protocall - Bitcoin 2013 Post by: bitjoint on May 19, 2013, 12:02:47 AM scalability discussion Mike: Will bitcoin look like visa card in use J.R.: yes Discussion continuing, live blog over. I need some coffee. Thanks for covering it! I can't believe not a single tech blog is doing it. Maybe in the future! :D Title: Re: Live Blog - Future of the Protocall - Bitcoin 2013 Post by: Cubic Earth on May 19, 2013, 07:02:40 AM CE.What was the consensus from the scalability discussion? (Also, need to change title: protocol) The discussion was somewhat fractured and I might be confusing ideas from Gavin and the devs at other discussions, but I think the consensus is that scaling is going to happen. Micro transactions probably be handled off chain. |