Unless of course everlasting physical "bitcoins" are much more important than smart property and colored coins...
On 3/11/13, Jorge Timón <jtimo...@gmail.com> wrote: > "The Bitcoin network will destroy your coins IF you don't move your coins" > Is pretty different. By the way, doesn't have to destroy them, can > just give them to miners. > > In any case, what's wrong with my reasoning? > Smart property/colored coins are not spam transactions because they pay > fees. > > The problem for the network are not transactions that move less coins > than they pay fees, but old UNSPENT OUTPUTS. So why don't you focus on > that instead of a formula to check what transactions make "economic > sense"? > > I even prefer the sudden "destruction" (or re-generation by miners) of > the account after the X period (killerstorm's proposal) instead of > just rejecting great potential use cases for the chain. > > I mean, I still prefer a small fixed demurrage fee after those X > blocks without moving them, but since this community is demurrage > allergic and that possibility cannot even be considered (doesn't > matter what reflects better the costs for miners/the network I guess), > I'll go with the second best option IMO. > > This would be just a fee for a resource that users are enjoying and > has real costs for the network. Why would constant demurrage fees > after a free storage period would be perceived so different from > transaction fees? > > I haven't heard anyone complaining about "the bitcoin developers are > destroying part of YOUR coins every time you move them!!" > > > On 3/11/13, Gavin Andresen <gavinandre...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Just activate a non-proportional demurrage >> >> demurrage of any kind will never, ever happen, just give up on that idea. >> >> The negative publicity of "the bitcoin developers are destroying YOUR >> coins!" would be devastating. >> >> -- >> -- >> Gavin Andresen >> > > > -- > Jorge Timón > > http://freico.in/ > http://archive.ripple-project.org/ > -- Jorge Timón http://freico.in/ http://archive.ripple-project.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
