Quote from: BitcoinEXpress on October 03, 2014, 03:46:45 PM

I don't think anything but a coin with perhaps better technology will kill BTC.

Would you want to buy or destroy such a coin?

Quote from: Oscilson on October 03, 2014, 04:02:56 PM

I think so too. But BTC will evolve.

Hard forks are politically very difficult. It can't evolve or at least not at a rapid enough pace to defeat an upstart with sufficient brain power.

Afaics thus far such an upstart has not presented itself publicly.

Quote from: nakaone on October 03, 2014, 04:09:36 PM

forced evolution is a strange argument, because it only counts if you are seriously interested in the currency/ technology. you were ask to help if you knew a flaw in the technology

Forced evolution could also potentially clear the way for suitable technologies and/or it can reveal which organization is able to adapt to its environment.

For example, yesterday I wrote down a mathematical proof for an innovation that yields a higher than 25% threshold for selfish mining, regardless of the attacker's network advantage. And it doesn't require unforgeable timestamps.

Quote from: NewLiberty on October 03, 2014, 06:30:18 PM

At least we know the real reason why now, Smoothie.
BCX is concerned that XMR may become 'better than bitcoin' or 'better than litecoin' and is trying to protect existing holdings from that.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789978.msg9068159#msg9068159

So much for 'forced evolution', though we got that too.

Please note your confirmation bias. There are numerous possible motivations.