disabling ad campaigns is disabling freedom :> let us have our signature campaigns and just ban bumpers etc easiest way imo.
Why is it disabling freedom? Facebook doesn't have signatures and I've never seen anyone complain about it. Neither does Twitter, or commenting platforms such as Disqus. |
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Bitcoin was created for the purpose of being a currency. Why do you want it to be a judiciary?
It's the police's job to follow the connections between transactions and arrest the person who wants to buy a car with stolen money... or does he? What if he is innocent but happened to receive a payment from other person (and this one was related to the crime)? Finding who's to blame can't be just programmed in a protocol.
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A friend of mine had this theory that the gov created bitcoin to keep track of the illegal black market transactions.
And all the math and cryptography are there just because. |
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Have you heard of it? Do you like it? What do you think?
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Is anonymity required for something to be cash? That's the citation I'm talking about.
Generally yes. Cash is able to be transferred from one person to another without any record as to who was transferring it to whom. Technically speaking bitcoin allows for the same feature (although it would be a horrible security practice) as someone can transfer their private keys from person to person You say it's able to be transferred without any record, but is it required for something to be cash? |
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I didn't realize there was a thread already (I created a new one in the New Forum Software section), but yeah, I support removing the signatures.
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Bitcoin has a BIG potential but we limit it, a max 20MB block size is not a drama. Come on guys, the actual block size (1 Mb) is not for ever. As "technology" the "changes" are obligated.
use Altcoins. they are no so limited.  They are not so useful. |
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Just in case you were curious about mining bitcoin on other planets..  And this is relevant because...? |
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If "enough" miners don't require a fee, then some transactors will not send transactions with a fee, and many others will simply send insignificant fees (like now). Some miners that were mining for a profit will no longer be able to make a profit, and they will stop mining.
This can happen anytime now. Why would it be any different after the fork? Despite what someone else claimed, this does not make confirmations take longer, increasing the price of transactions, and incentivizing more miners to mine, because of the fixed time to mine a block.
Either this will reduce the security of the bitcoin network, or stakeholders will mine "at a loss" to avoid losing their bitcoins.
And, it's silly to make stakeholders do PoW.
I still don't get how you go from “Miners are mining at a loss” to “This is proof of stake”. |
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What about Android?
Most of people who got scammed lost their BTC on shady exchanges, how's OS relevant in this case?
It says mobile OS, and I think this is more to deal with Keyloggers and software that can steal information. I would assume windows to be the highest since it is the most popular OS and linux probably the safest. Most of these problems can all be solved by hardware wallets as well. I'm sure Android is capable of running a keylogger. About iOS and Windows Phone, I'm not so sure. |
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There's a fork there, and a helmet is hard, so... HARD FORK CONFIRMED. |
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That's sexist.
back2rebbit What's this rebbit thing you talk about? |
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That's definitely not how it works. You can't just choose which miner will process your transaction.
Yeah, if I want my transaction to be picked up by a miner who doesn't require fees, I can just sit patiently. What? A miner that accepts transactions with no fees is not actively blocking transactions with fees. This point makes no sense. This is all based on your assumption that miners will start leaving, which simply isn't true. There's no motivation for them to leave.
Miners leave all the time when they're no longer profitable... Why are they no longer profitable? Your hypothesis about people not wanting to be with them (which, how will they choose? You CAN'T CHOOSE a miner) is incorrect. |
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If "enough" (1 large or many small) miners are willing to fill 20 MB blocks of ~0 fee transactions,
Why would they be motivated to do so? If there's no motivation, then the rest of the argument does not stand. then some bitcoin users will send ~0 fee transactions, and some miners that mine for transaction fees will stop mining, which weakens the security of the bitcoin network.
Why would these ones stop mining? They would still be profiting. I don't get it. They'd stop mining because they wouldn't be profiting. It would be like if Amazon lowered the price of hot cakes to $0. Some other retailers would stop selling hot cakes. That's definitely not how it works. You can't just choose which miner will process your transaction. Increasing the block size limit reduces transaction fees. Eventually, miners are not mining for transaction fees, but mining as stakeholders to maintain the integrity of the blockchain. Only stakeholders mining doing PoW is like a really inefficient PoS.
What's the logic here? If miners are not mining for transactions fees, they are still mining for the subsidy. Either that or it would be a truly altruistic act. And even if it was, they are not proving their stakes at all. They are still proving they have done some work. As the bounty decreases, and if the transaction fees decrease (as a result of block size increasing), then non-stakeholders will have no (or decreasing) incentive to mine. Stakeholders, on the other hand, will need to mine to keep their bitcoins safe. This is all based on your assumption that miners will start leaving, which simply isn't true. There's no motivation for them to leave. |
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Get a tampon and deal with it i understand times of the month can be bad for some
That's sexist. |
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Doesn't matter anyway. I'm going to release 250KB coin and blow everyone out the water. If 1MB is better than 20MB, then logic says 250KB must be better than 1MB, right?
Brace yourself, 0.5tps here we come...
Ah, so it's like homeopathy. I should've known better. |
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If "enough" (1 large or many small) miners are willing to fill 20 MB blocks of ~0 fee transactions,
Why would they be motivated to do so? If there's no motivation, then the rest of the argument does not stand. then some bitcoin users will send ~0 fee transactions, and some miners that mine for transaction fees will stop mining, which weakens the security of the bitcoin network.
Why would these ones stop mining? They would still be profiting. I don't get it. Increasing the block size limit reduces transaction fees. Eventually, miners are not mining for transaction fees, but mining as stakeholders to maintain the integrity of the blockchain. Only stakeholders mining doing PoW is like a really inefficient PoS.
What's the logic here? If miners are not mining for transactions fees, they are still mining for the subsidy. Either that or it would be a truly altruistic act. And even if it was, they are not proving their stakes at all. They are still proving they have done some work. |
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Thanks, this is very helpful. |
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All it takes for transaction fees to go down to ~zero is a benevolent or a malevolent miner occasionally accepting 0 fee transactions.
One miner accepts 0 fee transactions. Why would the other follow their example? Increasing the block size limit is a poor implementation of PoS.
Bitcoin is not implementing POS. I don't know what gave you that impression. |
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Fucking autocorrect.
There won't be any war.
Fact : Gavin will release Gavincoin Fact : Mircea (and friends) will try to dump their Gavincoins and buy Mirceacoins These facts need a percentage. How many people support Gavin? How many people support Mircea? This is not a vote. It is a show of strength, of power. The amount of BTC they own is all that matters. I was not talking about votes. The analogy here is war. Then how many people will be fighting at each side? That's my question. If the difference is too big, then this doesn't make sense. |
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