^That's why I said: "Maybe it is a failed project."
These thoughts didn't come to instantly. It started few months ago while I was translating nullius' famous post (
Bitcoin: The Social Phenomenon) to Turkish. It is a brilliant post but something, something bugged the fuck out of me. Let's see this part for example:
Newbies and people who never used Bitcoin may wonder why Bitcoiners get angry about fake-“Bitcoin” forks.
Some of that anger is principled outrage. There are people who deeply believe in Bitcoin’s principles of financial freedom. Some of them have devoted to those principles their careers, their passions—they have devoted their lives to Bitcoin! Of course, they will be angry when they see Bitcoin attacked by liars and scammers promoting fake-“Bitcoin”.
... replace bitcoin with bcash now...
Part of the genius of Bitcoin is that it turns greed and selfishness toward the common good: If you have Bitcoin, you want to protect your savings, so you must stand against people who try to devalue it. Otherwise, you risk losing your savings.
Everybody who has Bitcoin, has an incentive to protect Bitcoin. If you have Bitcoin, then you are making the world a better place when you defend the value of your own money. You can’t avoid protecting Bitcoin, if you want to protect your own money. And if you have Bitcoin, then an attack against Bitcoin is not only an attack against some idealistic theory: It’s a financial attack on you, personally! Of course, you should be angry about that.
It hit me like lightning... This exact same thing could be said for the eth (or bch) holders too. If you fight to protect your wealth, they'll fight back too. In the end, biggest troll army with the most funding will win.
Gold has no problems like that.