Quote from: dna_gym on December 12, 2015, 03:20:27 AM

technique can also be used to effectively raise the 21M limit

moderate scarcity will be achieved.

Um no.. I am not for any increase of maximum coins over 21 million. I much prefer true scarcity over moderate scarcity any day. An increase of total coins in my eye is a betrayal and unneeded. If this were to happen I would probably get out, and I bet many many others would rush out too.

And for what? To pay the miners? Why would we need to subsidize the miners?
The miners made an investment, a bet, that they could ROI/profit whatever. If they bet wrong why should we give up the value of our coins to help them out?

Sorry you guys bought up all these miners and created a mining bubble that may be about to burst, but tough shit. I don't see anybody subsidizing me when I make a bad trade.

When the halving comes if BTC doesn't rise enough for all the miners to be profitable then I guess half of them will have to shut down before the remaining half will be operating in the green. It will still surely be plenty of hash to keep the network secure no?

"Lets increase the amount of total bitcoins to get these people out of a bad investment"... I think not..

When you invest in miners or anything you risk taking a loss VS the chance to profit. Yeah it sucks when you make a bad investment but that's the way it is and you should EAT IT just like everyone else.. I eat em all the time, why shouldn't the miners?