Topic: NXT :: descendant of Bitcoin - Updated Information - page 1341. (Read 2761645 times)

I had no idea that talking about the single most pressing and confirmed issue in science in the recent decades would open a can of worms.

Let me first say:
I respect that there are people who have not read the scientific literature on the matter.
The "opponents" of global warming has managed to do a great job psychologically in making a lot of people believe that global warming is some sort of scam or somehow that it's just another hypothesis.
To me this is actually quite mindboggling with all the emperical data that exist and the borderline unprecedented consensus within the scientifiy community.
Even gravity is more controversial than global warming at this point, at least gravity is irreconcilable with relativistic quantum mechanics.
Proof of consensus on global warming and climate change: http://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus

So why do I mention this instead of just playing it neutral to not step anyone on their toes? Because it is real and I refuse to ignore this just because it "might" offend some redneck idiot because we might lose a few dollars over it. That is worse than what the banks is doing today, at least they just steal money and don't force people to remain ignorant and dumb.

As one of the guys who actually got into cryptos because I also actually believe in the need for change I will not piss on my principles.

But hey, I am not going to create the video so sure it's up for vote if we are going to include the fact that NXT is important due to the insane amounts of energy Bitcoin uses which is detrimental to the worlds ecosystem.

If you happen to lack knowledge about global warming and don't want it to be included: feel free to vote against it, since it's decentralized and democratic you have all the right to ignore reality.
But I honestly think it would be a much, much more honest and influential way to show just how important it is that a mining altcoin don't become THE FUTURE.

And since you bring up cows, the biggest problem with cows is methane, not CO2 This is 5th grade science man.
And again: who invented the system of livestock ? Humans. Do you really think there was this many cows roaming around pre-the industrial era? lol

It's saddening to see that it seems almsot the majority of NXTers are living in the 18th century. Next thing you know evolution must be removed from our marketing. "Nono cant say NXT is the nxt generation in the evolution of cryptos, evolution is just a theory yo!!"

I'm in favor of one vote per NXT.  That maximizes the value of each NXT rather than the value of having multiple accounts, or paying people to scam the system for you in some other way.

Any time you try to decentralized system that makes it difficult to game the system, you restrict the people who game the system to people who are willing to go against the implied moral contract of the platform (that you'll play by the rules).   In that way, I suggest it is better to allow everybody to "cheat" so that "cheating" is performed by good actors AND bad actors instead of just by actors willing to be bad.

NXT has a major concentration of wealth right now, but that's changing pretty quickly and if it gets popular I've got to imagine the temptation to sell part of their stakes will be too great for most.

It's really interesting watching this community - you guys are the only "headless" metalayer, lacking a founder or team and yet delivering with real working software.   

Keep up the good work

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Energy efficiency over Bitcoin is a valid point.  Saying switching to NXT is going to Save The World is a stretch.  We should not go there.

In the end, noone will ever use that voting system for a global view on things.

Alright, this is all I'm going to say on the subject. Global warming is based on a small snapshot of data, just as global cooling was in the 70's. Zoom the data out using ice cores and rock samples, and it becomes clear this is a natural cycle and the Earth is far cooler than it has been in the past while supporting life. Global warming alarmist ignore the expansion of the ice shelves the last few years and that global avreage temperature has actually been cooler, because it doesn't fit their need for a crisis. Less than 40 years ago we thought the world was going to freeze, now we think it's going to burn up? I'm all for conservation and reducing our footprint, but stop screaming that the sky is falling. It isn't.

Humans have released about 4% of the Earth's CO2 through our entire existence. Cows.....yes, cows release more CO2 per year than humans.

Every generation needs a crisis, and this is ours. Global Warming is an industry, not reality.

These won't work. They are easily defeated by splitting your wealth over several accounts.

I was thinking of the voting issue as well. So far, a pattern is emerging.

Let v be the voting function, mapping the amount x in one account to it's voting weight: v(x) -> weight of voting. Let's further assume v is monotonically increasing (the more you have the more your vote weigh in) and differentiable (so we have a v').

There are three cases:

1) v' is increasing => merging accounts is more valuable regarding voting => merging encouraged
2) v' is constant => 1 Nxt = 1 Vote; conservative; no change encouraged
3) v' is decreasing => splitting accounts is more valuable regarding voting => splitting encouraged

From my perspective, distribution of nxts is a good thing. So, higher amounts of fees are a good thing. Therefore, splitting and merging accounts should be encouraged as big shareholders then have to give away fees. These fees are then given to the ones forging and stabilizing the network.

On the other hand, splitting and merging just because somebody wants to act in the best interest of the network seem to me like spoon-feeding that somebody.

So, why not making v dependent of the amount of fee somebody is willing to pay for it. I favor a logarithmic scale: v(fee) = log(fee).
In that case, one could even imagine that these special fees aren't just given to block forgers but are evenly distributed among 'all voters' or 'winners' or 'loosers' of the voting session.
So, voting is encouraged.

I am being condescending to those who are disrespectful to the people who have devoted their entire lifes to seek the truth and illuminate the public about this. Yes. I am 100% proud of being condescending towards those people.
This is not a matter of politics and opinions, this is a matter of life and death for MILLIONS of people in this world, today, not some projected dystopian future scenario. This is occuring today!

If you do not accept science as a GPS then wtf do you accept? Your own fantasy? Then you are a solipsist.


AND AGAIN: I AM NOT THE ONE who wanted drama. I am simply stating the current state of science and highlighting how we can gain a HUGE marketing advantage due to it.
If we send the math to different sci and tech magazines they will run a lot of stories comparing NXT to Bitcoin in the grand scheme of things.
If you google Bitcoin + emissions you will see that there are already hundreds of articles on this. How the fuck are we going to turn down that oppourtunity due to a few ignorants?

Are we going to become the CyberWallstreet? Devoid of morals and only caring about our own wallets? Am I the only one here who actually cares about NXTs potential to make a huge impact on the worlds economy and environment?