Clarity comments on Open thread, Nov. 23 - Nov. 29, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Clarity 23 November 2015 10:15:35AM -2 points [-]

What would happen if a altcoin was developed where users had to precommit not to forking that coin?

Comment author: Viliam 23 November 2015 11:59:06AM 4 points [-]

How exactly could users of something anonymous precommit to not do something?

Comment author: ChristianKl 23 November 2015 12:34:29PM 0 points [-]

It wouldn't be much different than the status quo. No one of the direct forks of bitcoin currently compete with bitcoin for the core purpose of being a currency and not just speculation.