I was reading the EBA Opinion on ‘virtual currencies’ (http://www.eba.europa.eu/documents/10180/657547/EBA-Op-2014-08+Opinion+on+Virtual+Currencies.pdf) and it made me think of something that might be a good or bad idea. But I thought it might at least make for a cool discussion even if it's not workable. Please shoot these ideas down and/or improve on them.

What if we had guiding principles in place for the Bitcoin protocol? Preferably codded into the protocol - making it necessary to hard-fork for a change in this "constitution."

Here are some possible principles that might be included:

• No one can be restricted from transmitting any amount they want
• The code will always be open
• No entity smaller than 51% of total users/minors/nodes can govern Bitcoin (Obviously this one will require huge debate about what it means.)
• Contributions to the core network will be rewarded (Could we create a pool of transaction fees that rewards Coders? Minors? Noders?)
• Some sort of sanctity/equality of transactions? We don't want to stifle free market, but we also don't want to have transactions not go through which also might affect the free market.
• No special treatment for any entity (government, exchange, user, etc.)

You get the idea. Discus!

Hey everyone. It's now very easy to donate to the OpenBazaar project on their main page (http://openbazaar.org/)

They are planning on presenting OpenBazaar to the Bitcoin Beltway Conference on June 20-22 and could use some funds to make that happen. Let's get them some bitcoin!

I'm an Amazon and Ebay seller that would love to have another option for making a living. I've already donated because I think this is the next logical step for online sales and get all excited just thinking about the possibilities. Let us have a truly free market!

If this isn't in the right forum I'm sorry, you can move it.

Just got a phishing email "from" Coinbase asking me to agree to new terms of service. It wasn't really the Coinbase site though. Look out.