Post
Topic
Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Fork off
by
DooMAD
on 25/01/2015, 13:09:18 UTC

Bitcoin's ability to destroy socialism is not strengthened by the inclusion of every Tom, Dick, and Harry that has two cents to scrape together.

I wasn't aware that everyone had agreed on this being one of Bitcoin's aims.  While you're entitled to have your own agendas, conflating them with Bitcoin seems rather naive.  It's an open source protocol, people can do whatever they want with it.  There are people, myself included, who would like to see the inclusion of everyone in this technology and you can't do anything to change that.  If anything, your insistence to the contrary only reinforces my view that a fork would beneficial, since clearly there are different ideals at work in various corners of the community that aren't compatible.  There are those whose only concern is worshiping at the altar of money and turning a profit, whereas others see Bitcoin as a tool for social and political revolution.  Ultimately, we're all going to use it in the way our own personal ideals deem best, but try to understand that you can't force your view onto others. 



Who are you to make such grand decisions?

An individual with a mind of his own who is entitled to make his own decisions, much like everyone else.  Anyone who wants to propose a fork can do so, but similarly can't force anyone to go along with it.  Anyone can choose to ignore someone else's view on the matter and can encourage others to do the same if they so choose.  Again, personal freedom.  For what it's worth, if there is a fork, I'll happily go along with it.  Feel free to tell me why you don't agree, but you can't stop me.  Such is the beauty of decentralisation.