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Shut it down. Can a couple of these people agree that a well-coordinated merge & release to sabotage proof of work is ethical. https://github.com/orgs/bitcoin

by danfo 7y ago

Shut it down. Can a couple of these people agree that a well-coordinated merge & release to sabotage proof of work is ethical. https://github.com/orgs/bitcoin/people https://github.com/orgs/bitcoin/people

kinghajj 7y ago
Even if you got a maintainer to commit and release code to disable PoW, you'd still have to get enough node operators to update, which... I doubt would happen.
- danfo 7y ago
  You may not be able to be so forthcoming about the transition
  - cwkoss 7y ago
    You greatly underestimate the resiliency of the Bitcoin network.
k-ian 7y ago
That would be difficult to pull off. bitcoin code merges are highly scrutinized, and disagreements in blockchain projects just result in forks and new networks. A better way would be a global ban coordinated among every nation, and even then that would be difficult to pull off.
- danfo 7y ago
  Difficult to pull off, but they could make it happen. The earned value would need to transition to the non-proof-of-work favoured network. Turmoil would take care of the $ value of the forks (crypto confidence is rattled enough as it is)