LoL , I think this is all just about saving face.
@Geobees,
You listed thousands of lines of code and several new features. That's fine.
But you still haven't answered the only question that actually matters.
If BC2 was successful, actively developed, had a strong community, a healthy node network, and six active developers as you claim...
Why wasn't every single one of those features implemented on BC2?
ML-DSA?
Protocol upgrade.
P2QR?
Consensus upgrade.
Wallet rewrite?
Software update.
Network improvements?
Protocol version upgrade.
None of those features technically require abandoning an existing blockchain and creating a brand-new coin with a brand-new ticker.
Bitcoin added SegWit, Schnorr signatures, Taproot, descriptor wallets, compact blocks, and many other protocol improvements without becoming Bitcoin2, Bitcoin3, or Bitcoin4.
That is how mature blockchain development works.
Innovation is measured by improving the protocol—not by launching a new coin every time a new idea appears.
Your own list proves my point.
The question is not whether you wrote 34,000 lines of code.
The question is why those 34,000 lines couldn't become BC2 v2 instead of CapStash... and then KV5.
If every major upgrade results in a brand-new blockchain, what confidence should users have that KV5 won't eventually become another archived project replaced by KV6?
That's the question you continue to avoid.
Here's the answer to your question:
BitcoinII was, and still is, a literal 1:1 re-launch of the Bitcoin protocol as the protocol (and all consensus rules) existed as of Bitcoin Core v27, and later Bitcoin Core v29 respectively. There were only very minimal changes made: Genesis Block, Ports, etc.
It's entire "design philosophy" is to be able to pick and choose upgrades from upstream Bitcoin Core. Integrating anything "new" that does not exist in upstream Bitcoin Core makes future upgrades and maintenance by future developers (I'm not disillusioned to the fact that I wont live forever)
more complicated, while simultaneously shifting away from what BitcoinII was launched as and what it's White Paper states as it's "mission" or "purpose of existence".
In short, BC2 is DELIBERATELY not "experimented on". The large majority of it's holders seem to prefer this, as they often talk about how it is "Identical to BTC except for price". The majority of those who seem to care and voice their opinions on the state of the network voted to retain the original BTC DA
because they believe that changing it moves it away from what it was intended to be.
I've funded somewhere in the range of 50% of the total cost of all exchange listings for it in one way or another: Either through funding with fiat, or funding from my own holdings.
CapStash exists for an entirely different reason: It was built as an educational tool for the BC2 Community to help some of them learn the ins and outs of mining (It's GUI includes controls for the build in CPU miner, including Coinbase Tag entry fields), and to be practically "unkillable" in the event the majority of the
world's ASIC mining infrastructure is taken offline for one reason or another. You can think of it as "The Cockroach that survives Nuclear War.", so to speak. It was a fun build, and new things are being thought of and built for it often.
Myself and a small group of people funded that NonKYC listing too, true enough.
Kvanta5 exists for an entirely different reason than BitcoinII and CapStash. It's intended use cases are pretty clearly spelled out throughout the entirety of this announcement post.
And to your insinuations about fiat: I've not realized one red American cent in profit from any of these. In fact, I've got less fiat currency to my name now than I did before BitcoinII was launched. When I decide to do something, I go in 100%, and it all goes back into these chains in some way or another, whether it be infrastructure bills,
infrastructure upgrades, listing fees, mining to support the networks, etc.
It's practically a guarantee that I myself will never get rich from all of this, and that's perfectly fine. I do it because I enjoy it. I do it because maybe, just maybe, it'll help someone else. Heck, maybe it'll even help you.
Have a good day.