Matonis: If Bitcoin XT Succeeds You Can Kiss 21 Million Cap Goodbye - page 3.

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Quote from: MicroGuy on June 27, 2015, 05:14:56 PM

Quote from: Alley on June 27, 2015, 05:08:41 PM

People would just switch back to core. This is a non issue.

Jon explains in the video that he believes user consensus will eventually support a 21 million cap change. He uses various welfare programs as examples.

If you want to pay me what my bitcoins are worth @ the 21 million cap level then fine, if not then no way i support the change, think most of other people would see it this way until bitcoin is more mainstream.

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Quote from: belltown on June 27, 2015, 10:13:51 PM

Given how hard it is to agree on a minor and obviously beneficial block size increase to 8 or 20MB, I doubt such a large and destructive change to increase 21M cap can have any chance to happen. Ever.

Why wouldn't miners support an increase in cap? If they can keep mining 25 coins instead of 12.5, ofcourse they are in! Price won't be cut in half, so they win out..

Because that would lead to inflation, which reduces the value of each coin. They might get more coins, but each coin would be worth less. You have no way of guaranteeing that the price wouldn't be cut in half, or worse. If enough people dumped their coins and jumped ship because they don't approve of that change, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that Bitcoin could return to sub $1 prices. But again, it's barely even possible that enough people would support that change for even the slightest chance of it actually happening. So it's not an issue. And also to reiterate again, attempting to tie this highly unlikely scenario to what's currently happening with XT is baseless and unwarranted.

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Terminated.

If only the Core developers would finally agree to raising the block limit we would not have these problems. I've always questioned the hidden motives from both parties.
We can't really know what they are up to, we can just speculate.

I'm pretty sure that even if it comes to this, everyone would either: a) return to Core; b) abandon Bitcoin.
There's no way that I'm staying if it comes to that. Such a move would put Bitcoin in the same bag as the Federal Reserve.

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Quote from: belltown on June 27, 2015, 10:13:51 PM

Given how hard it is to agree on a minor and obviously beneficial block size increase to 8 or 20MB, I doubt such a large and destructive change to increase 21M cap can have any chance to happen. Ever.

Why wouldn't miners support an increase in cap? If they can keep mining 25 coins instead of 12.5, ofcourse they are in! Price won't be cut in half, so they win out..

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Quote from: jonald_fyookball on June 28, 2015, 01:18:18 AM

The so called 'alert key' is just part of the code, it doesn't do anything except send a warning message, and it too can be forked away from Gavin should the community arrive at a consensus to do so.

I think that right there is a much more interesting topic!!!

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well, there is that thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/please-list-arguments-against-the-idea-of-taking-away-gavins-alert-keys-1102455

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Quote from: belltown on June 27, 2015, 10:13:51 PM

Given how hard it is to agree on a minor and obviously beneficial block size increase to 8 or 20MB, I doubt such a large and destructive change to increase 21M cap can have any chance to happen. Ever.

Well, once it comes up there "won't be an alternative" because "network security" and there will also be this mob of sheep-zombies that support that shit much in the same way they support Gavincoin now. Raising the 21M limit will be sold to you as "what the community wants" and "what will bring in big money" and all that punchlines ...

And i mean... after sheep fell for Gavincoin it's really not that big of an issue to raise the limit on coins, really. It could become even inevitable when after a blocksize increase the growth predictions for txs don't happen and that fee market is never established because of it. Running a bloated blockchain with lots of microtx-spam on hot air is hard to do (mind you blocks should grow automatically instead of raising fees in Gavins' phantasy, so with Gavin there will be no fees only endless increase in blocksize). So raising the limit on max coins will be easy once the projected growth isn't happening. People will cheer "network security" and "longevity" to that and there will be talks about big investors now finally buying that BS and so on and so forth ...

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uhh, I'm interested in Bitcoin, just because there is already known cap and until now I lived in some stupid dream, that it is "mantra" which can't be changed by any circumstances..omg, first this block size discussion, now this shit..

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this is one of those unnecessary changes, just for the sake of changes... instead of concentrating on more important thing like the tx limit, they waste time talking about thing that do not need any fix and they work fine

one thing that could be changed in the future is the minimum divisibility of bitcoin, if 1 satoshi will be too big in value(aka 1 dollar ecc...)

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Quote from: MicroGuy on June 28, 2015, 01:05:21 AM

If there was no one holding a gun to my head, I would say let's go with core developer consensus. The BIP process and democratic methods of core seem to be in the best spirit and best interest of Bitcoin.

However, there is a gun to my head. And I don't want to be murdered in cold blood. Thus, I must side with the person that has his paws on Bitcoin's alert key. I don't see how a consensus, on any level, can overturn the rule and mandate of our mighty Bitcoin Führer.

Are you serious? You run an altcoin and a crypto news site and you can't figure out how consensus works? I have to thing you aren't that dumb and are just fudding.

The so called 'alert key' is just part of the code, it doesn't do anything except send a warning message, and it too can be forked away from Gavin should the community arrive at a consensus to do so.

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If there was no one holding a gun to my head, I would say let's go with core developer consensus. The BIP process and democratic methods of core seem to be in the best spirit and best interest of Bitcoin.

However, there is a gun to my head. And I don't want to be murdered in cold blood. Thus, I must side with the person that has his paws on Bitcoin's alert key. I don't see how a consensus, on any level, can overturn the rule and mandate of our mighty Bitcoin Führer.

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Quote from: croTek4 on June 27, 2015, 10:18:10 PM

Quote from: belltown on June 27, 2015, 10:13:51 PM

Given how hard it is to agree on a minor and obviously beneficial block size increase to 8 or 20MB, I doubt such a large and destructive change to increase 21M cap can have any chance to happen. Ever.

agree with this statement. Raising coin cap would never ever reach consensus. No one would ever be fool enough to even present this sort of change to the core principles of bitcoin.

Great interview, lots of good topics, specially touching foundation topics from the money raised from members and advocacy of the bitcoiners, he actually has some good points about the foundation turning wrong into crafting regulations.

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Quote from: belltown on June 27, 2015, 10:13:51 PM

Given how hard it is to agree on a minor and obviously beneficial block size increase to 8 or 20MB, I doubt such a large and destructive change to increase 21M cap can have any chance to happen. Ever.

agree with this statement. Raising coin cap would never ever reach consensus. No one would ever be fool enough to even present this sort of change to the core principles of bitcoin.

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Given how hard it is to agree on a minor and obviously beneficial block size increase to 8 or 20MB, I doubt such a large and destructive change to increase 21M cap can have any chance to happen. Ever.

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even if right you would just see LTC or something else take over, and not make the same mistake.

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Quote from: MicroGuy on June 27, 2015, 05:14:56 PM

Quote from: Alley on June 27, 2015, 05:08:41 PM

People would just switch back to core. This is a non issue.

Jon explains in the video that he believes user consensus will eventually support a 21 million cap change. He uses various welfare programs as examples.

Not that won't work as you will just fork to new coin while everyone else runs the 21 M version.

Welfare programs are not comparable because you don't have a choice to opt out fiat money supply/fractional reserve banking/be the bank....until now.

Bitcoin enable the elision of sovereignty to the individual, empowered by choice force for the first time in history.

This not something any rational actor gives up.

Non rational actors exist but they die out pretty fast or are marginalized.

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Then let's officially call XT as Gavincoin just to get it's official altcoin tag out there. GVC.

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Quote from: tokeweed on June 27, 2015, 09:05:24 PM

Then I guess there are more ulterior motives behind XT than a 20mb block.

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Then I guess there are more ulterior motives behind XT than a 20mb block.

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to be honest, I find it scary that we are even having this discussion at all ..

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meh who gives a damn about the bitcoin foundation. increase how divisible it is, not how many if you are going to do anything.

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