On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Zooko Wilcox-OHearn < zooko@leastauthority.com> wrote: > jgarzik wrote: > > 1) Rule changes. We don't want these. > > In general? What constitutes a rule change? > I'm sure he means rule changes with economical impact, such as miner block reward, total number of bitcoins, block speed. Mostly non-interesting from a technical view point, but the only changes most altcoins seem to be making... In any case, these are set in stone and cannot ever be changed for bitcoin or all hell will break loose. See also https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardfork_Wishlist. Wladimir