Re: [ANN][XCP] Counterparty Protocol, Client and Coin (built on Bitcoin) - Official
Benefits for Bitcoin users
Counterparty provides us (Bitcoins users) the ability issue shares, pay dividends and trade on a distributed exchange using BTC (without the need for XCP). This is a valuable functionality for all Bitcoin users and increases Bitcoin's value proposition. It is not in the best interest of Bitcoin users to shutdown this valuable functionality. Especially when there are competitors like - - Ethereum, Nxt, Protoshares, eMunie whom will have asset trading platforms built into their blockchain.
Unfortunately, it sounds like the Counterparty team is not interested in being a teamplayer and working with Bitcoin development, and giving Bitcoin no choice but to activate self-defences.Counterparty provides us (Bitcoins users) the ability issue shares, pay dividends and trade on a distributed exchange using BTC (without the need for XCP). This is a valuable functionality for all Bitcoin users and increases Bitcoin's value proposition. It is not in the best interest of Bitcoin users to shutdown this valuable functionality. Especially when there are competitors like - - Ethereum, Nxt, Protoshares, eMunie whom will have asset trading platforms built into their blockchain.
Luke, thank you for playing your role to the T
The only way the cryptocurrency ecosystem can truly break away from the paradigm of "Bitcoin as sole superpower" is if people like you become antagonistic towards metalayers, chasing their valuable features off the Bitcoin chain and onto other chains, giving them a chance to differentiate and succeed in a way not otherwise possible if Bitcoin already offers those features albiet with worse stats (block time as action granularity)Man i'm loving this. No matter what happens users like me win, and it might be a great speculative opportunity on which fast alt picks up the metalayers.