Decius comments on Bitcoins are not digital greenbacks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Decius 23 April 2013 07:34:23AM 0 points [-]

I'm confused; surely there could exist a client that can parse both Bitcoin and NotBitcoin, even if it uses an identical protocol to talk about them.

The entire proposal still seems more absurd than a 8-1 or 10-1 split (with the instant inflation that is efficient for such a split) which would be the actual result of adding a byte or decimal point to the maximum precision.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 April 2013 07:54:52AM 3 points [-]

I'm confused; surely there could exist a client that can parse both Bitcoin and NotBitcoin, even if it uses an identical protocol to talk about them.

Yes. the creation of such a client does not seem to be a technical difficulty. Convincing people to use it and treat the two currencies as equivalent is what isn't trivial.