no surprising re-namings, no fishy optimized miners
Here's the facts: optimized miners, specially secret optimized miners are a reality in all kinds of coins, like specialized mineral mining equipment, the thing is, while you cannot make sure everyone at all times have access to the same amount of hashing power and algo optimization, (and even money to buy coins) you can make sure they are playing on equal grounds, no tampering with emission and making asics virtually impossible of mining the coin, thats the situation we have with Monero. In Bitcoin history individuals had access to optimized miners from the very beginning, coins are dumped and distributed into the market,
but this argument is only fair if you do not change the rules of the game aka screwing late adopters forever, thats what crypto is about, any coin that goes away with consensus is no better than FIAT!I like the non bolded part but your comment in bold is confusing. I mean can you say BTC is no better than governent fiat, yet it holds its value (no huge governmental inflation), has a host of other benefits, etc. Sounds like you are giving us an either or thing here, and it ain't that. It is disruptive and it's affect is not separate from the interconnect system. It's effects will be felt in far reaching ways. (e.g. Blockchain tech.)
As a normal human being I don't find it being screwed to have money that isn't used for war and holds it's value as opposed to being inflated away (e.g. Euro down 30% plus, maybe as high as 37% in a year!) Can it be better? Yea sure, but it seems like a logical (and heartfelt) step to take. It is for the benefit of the planet. Think about that, what Crypto can do here.
Right now BTC, Monero, etc. is just getting started but once there is a foothold you will be square in the middle of a financial revolution but don't worry, it won't go unnoticed.
We basically need something to get us through the coming years of what looks like coming Economic collapse. This might be our best chance guys and gals. We have to take money into our own hands. That is sort of like a government via expression, not one that has power over us via corruption and such.
In the future, when we decide as it is up to us, money won't be a thing of power. But till then, BTC/XMR/Crypto will help destabilize a corrupt system and allow a nice intermediary when we are ready for it.