2013-07-26 Bitcoin activists propose hard fork to Bitcoin to keep it anonymous a

[patricktim]

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-activists-suggest-hard-fork-to-bitcoin-to-keep-it-anonymous-and-regulation-free/

The paper, entitled Bitcoin 2: Freedom of Transaction, points out several things that it says are problems for Bitcoin, and worries that the protocol could “develop into a system that is a complete perversion of the original vision – a completely transparent payment system with very few points of control which has been totally absorbed by the established financial and regulatory environment.”

[bitcool]

To the reformers:
     Go altcoins

To the fundamentalists:
     We need a Bitcoin Constitution

[BCB]

To the reformers:
     Go altcoins

To the fundamentalists:
     We need a Bitcoin Constitution

A bitcoin constitution??

[elor70]

what is hard fork?

[thefiniteidea]

Bitcoin Constitution:

https://github.com/bitcoin

[bitcool]

To the reformers:
     Go altcoins

To the fundamentalists:
     We need a Bitcoin Constitution

A bitcoin constitution??

yeah... something like this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=20866.0

[TraderTimm]

Bitcoin is a "poison pill" to the regulatory and conventional banking system. What most miss, is that by 'complying', Bitcoin has gained an entry vector to its host so it may replicate and become even stronger. The end game is Bitcoin wins, and the host dwindles or vanishes completely.

[zeroday]

The paper argues that the increasing block chain size makes full clients less feasible over time, increasing centralization.
Instead, this protocol would delete the oldest block from the chain when a new one was added, to keep the block chain at a set length. Any money still held from transactions in these blocks would be freed up, and released back to the network in the form of a lottery.

Yet another idiotic idea.

[westkybitcoins]

The paper argues that the increasing block chain size makes full clients less feasible over time, increasing centralization.
Instead, this protocol would delete the oldest block from the chain when a new one was added, to keep the block chain at a set length. Any money still held from transactions in these blocks would be freed up, and released back to the network in the form of a lottery.

Yet another idiotic idea.

Yup.

When will people get it into their heads? Don't attempt to redistribute my coins. Period.

If this is what's in Bitcoin 2, count me out. In fact, count on me to actively discourage it's adoption by anyone else too (not that I'll care that much, as I'll never choose to use it.)

[MikeH]

They should be slammed about labelling it bitcoin 2 - it sounds like an attempt to hijack bitcoin, newcomers might buy in assuming it's the original.

[jgarzik]

They should be slammed about labelling it bitcoin 2 - it sounds like an attempt to hijack bitcoin, newcomers might buy in assuming it's the original.

"They are attempting to ride the coattails of the Bitcoin brand"

[Gabi]

There are already tons of hard forks of bitcoin, there is even a section of this forum dedicated to them. Nothing new

[marketalchemy]

I think the Bitcoin currency (or the concept of the Bitcoin currency) will most likely morph as more people become exposed to the idea  of using Bitcoins, and Bitcoins become more accepted in commerce. Because Bitcoins are not centralized, however, I wonder what kind of changes that Bitcoin will inevitably go through and how this change will affect current users of Bitcoin.