Re: [600 TH] p2pool: Decentralized, DoS-resistant, Hop-Proof pool
It certainly looks like you're saying you want to move it away from being Open Source, tbh:
Personally, I got into Bitcoin because I believe that it has the potential to change the world & dismantle the corrupt Banking systems, & I'm happy if I break even or even make a loss if it succeeds in doing so. I want BTC to replace money, & I also know I'm not alone in believing it can. I'm totally not interested in getting rich, and if I were, mining BTC is not the way I'd go about it
There is far more worth in BTC than making a quick profit. The long term potentials are limitless. World changing even.
Well, since you point it out that way... It reads different than the way it sounded in my head. Open source and free will only take any project to a certain level, as long as people are willing to donate to foster a better cause. I don't think this works in the BTC world, since we're all doing this for one reason - to mine BTC and make money......
Personally, I got into Bitcoin because I believe that it has the potential to change the world & dismantle the corrupt Banking systems, & I'm happy if I break even or even make a loss if it succeeds in doing so. I want BTC to replace money, & I also know I'm not alone in believing it can. I'm totally not interested in getting rich, and if I were, mining BTC is not the way I'd go about it
There is far more worth in BTC than making a quick profit. The long term potentials are limitless. World changing even.
I probably should have left it at "free", and omitted the Open Source phrase from the sentence.
As anyone who has been involved with O.S. for any length of time knows, there is a point where people can no longer contribute because of other "real world" issues and as a project grows it needs more care and feeding and people to help - exactly the case of what happened here with forrestv. At some point you run short of help and goals either become less achievable or frequently attained, or you need to seek alternatives to continue meeting them on time as needed.
We already have seen the challenges here with the main developer stepping away. To date, no one has stepped up to fill the holes voluntarily, so it seems like there's a need now to explore the alternative means - i.e. money - to help fix what's broke and continue moving forward.
So, yeah, in summary, I didn't mean to insinuate it should be closed off... just that it might end up not being free (as in money) for long if things don't change.
PS - I agree wholeheartedly with your last sentence, I just didn't feel like separately blockquoting it...