Regardless of the poll numbers, a rough consensus (that the possible benefits of slower emission are outweighed by the 100% certain loss of trust resulting from breaking the social contract) did emerge from the discussion on that and other threads, which is why the emission wasn't changed.
And the debate did die down for a few months, until a little bit of mean reversion caused a whale with delusions of grandeur to freak out and demand Something Be DoneTM.
And the debate did die down for a few months, until a little bit of mean reversion caused a whale with delusions of grandeur to freak out and demand Something Be DoneTM.
The MEW is the organ of voting exactly for the reason that here people like you who have no stake at all in the game (except perhaps on the other side of the table) can speak however much you want and be taken (about) as seriously as any anonymous person with a bit longer forum history.
It is called "put up or shut up principle"
"No stake at all in the game?" How do you know what my stake is or is not? Did the voices in your head tell you?
"Perhaps on the other side of the table?" Why would I advertise XMR in my sig, defend/explain/endorse it all over this board, and develop a popular idea for funding it, if I was shorting XMR? Paranoia is a symptom of mental illness.
"A bit longer forum history?" I'm a 2011 Hero Member and if you can't tell the difference between that and "any anonymous person" you need to up the dosage on your meds.
The free market, not the MEW, is the organ of voting via supply and demand's pricing mechanism. The free market has decided the FUD created by your revival and rehashing of the long-settled emission debate is Bad News for XMR.
Nobody with actual github privileges is going to break XMR's famously honest social contract by changing the emission rate just to satisfy your need for a cheap pump and retroactive ninja-mine. Even if they did, the community of miners would simply keep running the original code, resulting in a fork which would destroy both versions.
It is called the "build a bridge and get over it" principle.
