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Question: On 3/29/11, I did a poll, and asked: "The fact that 25% of BTC are already in circulation, but far less than 0.1% of Bitcoin's ideal mature community is here..." So, now what do you think?
Made for interesting trivia, but ultimately is not a concern - 3 (37.5%)
May have turned off newcomers, but nothing was broken nor needed fixing - 0 (0%)
May have made BTC less fair than intended (enriching earlier participants at expense of later), but good thing nothing was done - 1 (12.5%)
May have made BTC less fair than intended, but anything that could have been done would have done more harm than good - 2 (25%)
It was bound to be a growing problem to begin with, and newcomers have been disadvantaged because of it. - 2 (25%)
Total Voters: 8

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June 12, 2011, 02:13:28 AM
Last edit: June 12, 2011, 02:43:26 AM by casascius
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On March 29, 2011, I presented the following poll (found here: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=5105.0)
Here are the answers that were given to the original poll:

Question: The fact that 25% of BTC are already in circulation, but far less than 0.1% of Bitcoin's ideal mature community is here...
  • Makes for interesting trivia, but it's not a concern  10 (33.3%)
  • May turn off newcomers, but let's not fix what's not broken.  5 (16.7%)
  • May make BTC less fair than intended (enriching earlier participants at expense of later), but still nothing should be done  4 (13.3%)
  • May make BTC less fair than intended, but anything we could do would be more harm than good  3 (10%)
  • It is bound to be a growing problem, and might entice newcomers to fork or restart the blockchain.  8 (26.7%)
Total Voters: 30

Now that there's more than 30 of us, I ask you to please vote and tell me what you think now.

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June 12, 2011, 02:17:39 AM
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We'll find out monday... making assertions/assumptions about the BTC on a weekend is stupid as fuck (and I don't even consider myself an econ expert, not by a long shot).

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June 12, 2011, 02:24:17 AM
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Way to write an honest poll there, buddy.

As a wise prophet once said, "Let's not start sucking each other's dicks just yet."
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