That's a good question that's often overlooked. The three biggest problems that Decred takes note of when looking at Bitcoin are issues grouped under (1) project governance, (2) funding development, and (3) proof-of-work (PoW) miners having too much power. These observations are documented in a blog post by one of the stakeholders (c0) in Decred's multi-stakeholder development ecosystem. In addition, these stem from over 2.5 years of active contribution to the larger ecosystem by Bitcoin developers employed through c0 - the majority of guys who built and maintain btcsuite. This is the first time in history that such a group of developers - who come from a Bitcoin development environment - are sailing into alternative cryptocurrency waters. Alts have gotten a bad rap - for good reason - but that does not mean all alts have to carry that burden. It is possible to create a future where a symbiotic technological relationship exists between cryptocurrency systems. Good things in Bitcoin come to Decred, and good things in Decred will go to Bitcoin. That's the crux of the relationship Decred envisions between it and Bitcoin.

To work backwards, the technology hopes to address (3) by hybridizing PoW with proof-of-stake (PoS) where PoS becomes a "2nd authentication factor" on the content of blocks created by the PoW miners - and thereby providing a check on the power of PoW miners. PoS can effectively force soft and hard fork upgrades by voting against PoW blocks that do not adhere to the new rules - which creates a notion of continuity across forks that is not possible when using pure PoW. Furthermore, PoS helps to "democratize" the process of deciding what software upgrades should and should not happen. Finally, PoS rewards create an incentive for users to hold their coins and participate in the PoS consensus process. As a summary, these ideas are not possible in a pure PoW system - which has its merits, of course - but Decred argues we need a more robust consensus system. That is the heart of the technological system. There are endless architectural differences between btcsuite packages and the Bitcoin Core client that have been built, tested, and documented over the years - and improvements are worked on every day. All of that comes to Decred and dcrd would for example push contributions back to btcd in the future. If you are curious about (3), definitely have a look at DTB001 as a .pdf or on the wiki.

When we talk about (2), it becomes critical to generate funding internally. Bitcoin has to rely on funding from external parties, where transparency isn't always possible. This may have a corrosive effect on the overall system if the influence of those parties are not aligned with the interests of Bitcoin users. By including a development subsidy as a consensus rule, what is essentially said is that the financial influence over the project is shifted to the users where you don't have to rely on donations. If the users don't agree with the direction of the project, they don't mine and use the software, which acts as a check on those who have to administer it. What you do end up with, if handled responsibly, is a self-funded development mechanism that remains sustainable as the network grows. The upside in Decred's case is that there's a legitimate track record of quality development by way of btcsuite, as well as the other free and open-source projects the devs have produced that haven't been mentioned here yet.

Finally, (1) is where all of us as a community will play a very active role. The current proposal is for a meritocratic form of open governance. Bear in mind this is a proposal, so it's open for discussion as well, and will mature with community input. The goal is a system where your contribution, not your status, carries influence and has attrition built into the design. This is to say that if you contribute lots of code, but then stop, that influence diminishes - so you can't call shots just because you contributed lots in the past. It must therefore remain consistent. This gives newcomers the ability to become just as influential as people that were part of Decred from the beginning - entirely based on continued contribution to the ecosystem. This is again based on observations in the Bitcoin development ecosystem over the years.

Hopefully that gives some insight what Decred is about in terms of its relationship to systems like Bitcoin's. Not entirely familiar with the deeper systems involved in Monero, but if anyone would like to add in where we can improve as a system or technology relative to Monero, that would be very helpful in guiding development. tacotime, for example, represents another stakeholder in the multi-stakeholder ecosystem described above, and has been very active in Monero technologically - so he may be well aware of how the finer Decred points operate relative to that system. Having said that, any new stakeholder from Monero can plug into Decred without fear of missing out on the early Decred days, same goes for anyone. The goal isn't to create more competition, it's to bring an entirely different way of thinking about how we relate to one another.

Isn't it obvious?

OH MY GOD don't get me started fuuuuuuuck..

I have an old buddy who use to check his mail on my PC after work and he went on and on arguing with me
about how his Niferian scammer was legit.
And i kept telling him Google Man .. seriously LOL
When i met him i *warned* him i am a computer nerd..
He quickly told me "ME TOO" and that had had hacked a Bank for a million dollars and did jail time for it.
Then when he came by to use my Computer i could tell he was good at using his Yahoo email account ROFL

A lot of people -DO- believe in Nigerian scams and argue about it until the end of time.
The one my buddy got was a text book bit for bit exact classic scam and was easy to spot.
he got what every other guy on earth got.. some people really are -THAT- dumb :/

EDIT:
later my buddy moved to another town where he met a girl on a dating web site..
I told him don't move to Northern BC Canada in the winter.. it's cold dude !
Then he moved and after a couple weeks she threw him out for using her computer
to pick up more chick on dating sites ROFL
He called me asking if he could come back to Kelowna and move in with me..
i told him fuck no ..cya buddy have a nice life LOL

Wasting their time is an excellent way to discourage them, well played !

Did you know the Nigerian Princes give you a crazy story on purpose ? They do this to filter out the intelligent people that can think in  a critical manner, because that raises their success rate once people do reply

Wasting their time is an excellent way to discourage them, well played !

Did you know the Nigerian Princes give you a crazy story on purpose ? They do this to filter out the intelligent people that can think in  a critical manner, because that raises their success rate once people do reply

are you unable to keep up with multiple questions?

Oh really Fodor ?
So you posted proof you have the estimated 128 BTC ?
Damn i missed it
Can someone post me a link to Fodor coming clean finally ?
And i take it this topic will be locked now right ?

Oh 'Pinoy.. your such a Fodor ROFL
Quit Terrik'ing around and Cryptsy us the goods already !

I'm confused. 0.03 BTC only equals $13.83 at the current rate, not $30. And, within a couple days I'll be giving you $50 worth of BTC once it's remitted back to me. What am I missing? I assume you know what remitted means, don't you?

I know you need it, hence trying to help. Yes, I do have another account with a higher rank. Would that help you?

great. signature campaign is great. which one are you joining?

now as in what? I'm confused. Tomorrow not soon enough for $50?

okay sir I will wait tommorow ...
can I use your extra account ? so I can earn some satoshi? iwant  to join  on campaign on high paying

hola

No problem. What's the latest?

Still waiting for guy to return to me?

What about that $50?

Okay. I'll give my account to somebody else then to use to make money via a sig campaign even though you were my first choice. $50 it still is? Thank you.

Almost got it. What time is it where you are at?

Okay, sent. Check your DogeCoin wallet to make sure you got it and Merry Christmas.

I replied to you by mistake. I was sending Doge to another person. Too bad you don't have a Doge wallet. I'm still almost waiting for the other person to remit to me the $50 back that I sent to him by mistake thinking it was your bitcoin wallet address I was sending to hoping that he doesn't scam me out of it seeing now that it looks like he's jacking me if you know what I mean by that not trying to be rude or anything in case you are a woman or a man having values which sometimes I do not which I do apologize if that is the case so please forgive me.

I am so sorry. I truly didn't know you were sick. If you don't mind me asking, how much time do you have left before you meet your maker assuming you're a believer which reminds me of that Beatles song (or is it The Monkeys?) "I'm a Believer" not to be confused with "I'm a Bieleber" which is a parody mocking Justin Bieber but I digress.

Tomorrow may be good. Thank you.

Please let me know what your big big problem is that I can see how fast to send it. The bigger the problem, the faster I send.

Holy shit, man! Really? Bacteria on water? I had to Google that and read that people die from that shit. Hey, I don't think my $50 will be enough for you. Here's what I'm goin' to do for you. PM this guy (Mike) - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35 - and tell him to give $500 worth of bitcoins outta my account.

Please let me know if you need more.

Your friend, Bruno

You're in luck! Send PM like I told you and you get $500 now.

Your friend, Bruno

i like how your scammer started changing the story as to WHY she wants the money LOL

Run the horse around the pen until it's tired i say !

See i consider myself to be a purveyor of the dark arts
but i never thought of that when i got mine..
I simply ignored it and negged that person.

This is why you are diabolical  

I could learn something from you.. be more evil ahhaha
'cause it's fun 

With apologies, I'm still waiting for the other party to return that misdirected $50 to me so that I can remit it you so that you'll have it by Christmas.

That's only fourteen bucks. Shortly, I have I've that fifty bucks for you unless you're now desiring a lot less.

Great! Then the $50 should be in your hands in a day or two. I'm just finalizing the repayment now from the other party. He realizes that I made a mistake and wants to make it right with me knowing full well that you're on the sidelines awaiting said fifty bucks.

I think you're confused. The fifty dollars worth of bitcoins I'm going to send you once they're returned to me is a gift, not a loan, thus you don't have to pay it back. You can do whatever you want with the money once you receive it.

YUP that is pretty damn funny Gleb !

Also i do not log Cryptsy Troll box but the IRC ones are auto logged.
I just look at their chat on random occasions and i see funny stuff.
Like right now some guy said this..

Lol , now that's some funny shit Theymos probably read the P.M but ignored it , he probably get a lot of these PM's daily or at laest somethings similar .
I'm still wondering how those users target people exactly ? because It never happened to me.

Ya maybe i am wrong about that WhatsBitcoin guy being Fodor LOL

I am Lurking Cryptsy chat.. seen this..


and i guess Paul Vernon registered that domain for them too under Project Investors LOL

WHAT ? am i talking about ? CRYPTSY CHINA

EDIT:
Anyone witness this comment first hand from Jshock ?

In case people didn't get it..
Guys are on Cryptsy chat right now saying JShock a Cryptsy staff admitted to selling a copy of the site to Chinese people
who then went on to launch the new Cryptsy clone site in China.
And this also all went down as BigVern was said to be away in China JShock said.
AND.. while they have had a pile of problems including DDOS attacks etc.
Kind of funny none of the other exchanges mentioned any problems at all  

^wat a Fodor

Nice negative rating you put on Gleb..


hmm that sounds awfully familiar.. where did i hear that before ?
Hmm i don't suppose it was from Spoetnick on IRC the other day ?

EDIT:
Leroy Fodor stole my name on IRC then Trolled Gleb Gamow for an hour about that point i quoted non stop.
I have all of it logged too.. (from a couple days ago)

EDIT2:

..from my IRC log


Spoetnick was proven beyond a reasonable doubt to be Leroy Fodor AKA: cyberpinoy
So what are the odd's the guy above me is NOT FODOR ?
It's him !

Little coward using a stream of dummy accounts and fake names.. what an asset to Crypto  

EDIT3:

Advice on "TROLLS" from this Fodor..