Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Finite monetary supply for Bitcoin

From: Jorge Timón <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 23:42:53 +0200

On 4/1/14, Matt Corallo <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Also, should we really do this with a soft fork when we can take this
> opportunity to redesign the whole system with a hard fork? This is out
> chance to switch to a whole new script engine!

+1
The hard fork also forces the whole community and not a few miners to decide.
Well, if it is possible for the community to reach an agreement with
such a short time frame...

> Matt
>
> On April 1, 2014 3:00:07 PM EDT, Pieter Wuille <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I understand this is a controversial proposal, but bear with me please.
>>
>>I believe we cannot accept the current subsidy schedule anymore, so I
>>wrote a small draft BIP with a proposal to turn Bitcoin into a
>>limited-supply currency. Dogecoin has already shown how easy such
>>changes are, so I consider this a worthwhile idea to be explored.
>>
>>The text can be found here: https://gist.github.com/sipa/9920696
>>
>>Please comment!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>--
>>Pieter
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