This is true. Just like you can have a lot of coins, support a certain change that you believe might raise the price, actually get it to raise or wait for it to raise and then dump. I agree that having a lot of coins most likely makes you are very interested in Bitcoin and it is unlikely that there are people like this that will just dump when they see a price they deem to be good. However I don't have many coins and I'm deeply interested in seeing Bitcoin succeed, for reasons much bigger than private profit and/or monetary gains and I want to be regarded and listened to if I have an idea that's really worth implementing.
I dont have a lot of coins, but I`m still interested in bitcoin.
This is unpowering the poor, exactly like the monetary system we already have in place, and I have to disagree with it. I can see what you mean with your voting system proposal, but I still don't think it's reasonable to have this. The risk of having a rogue party trying to disrupt Bitcoin is, I think, nothing compared to having a poor party trying to get a good point across and failing to be heard, in a system where you pay to be heard, or at least where you pay to get changes implemented. Governments would then be able to have a large stake on what concerns Bitcoin...
The poor is already unpowered by being poor. But in a free market they have the opportunity to rise above.
They can climb up the ladder anytime, but this is a ranking system and only those that earned their ranks can have the benefits of it.
Think of it like your forum account, you are a hero member, and that proves that you have earned it and are far above a newbie.
And that is how it should be.
If one is not willing to risk this amount for a greater good of Bitcoin, then I think one has to reconsider his stake in Bitcoin... Power comes with responsability. We would be doomed if a person with such power would be irresponsible.
Please don't take my replies as a negative criticism. It's just my opinion
I have a pretty strong opinion on this subject and I hope I got my point across just as nicely as you've been getting yours.
That is just theory, but in reality, those that hold larger sums are much more responsible than their many counterparts with less funds. Otherwise they would have lost it long time ago.
Of course too much centralized power is not good either. We must find the perfect balance between that, and the free market will sort that out.
However I`d rather trust 20-30 professional and wealthy bitcoin entrepreneurs or specialists than 10,000 faucet newbies.