From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DDD861071 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 11:20:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from cock.li (cock.li [176.9.0.140]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 214DD13A for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 11:20:39 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:20:37 +0000 From: Monarch To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org In-Reply-To: References: <602b978abcedd92fbed85f305d9d7bfe@cock.li> <55E4B8C9.5030606@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org> <5A3D7824-F1E3-421B-A32A-0EF21DD215BD@gmx.com> <55E4E7AA.6010905@sky-ip.org> Message-ID: X-Sender: monarch@cock.li User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.9.5 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Let's kill Bitcoin Core and allow the green shoots of a garden of new implementations to grow from its fertile ashes X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:20:41 -0000 On 2015-09-01 10:16, Chris D'Costa via bitcoin-dev wrote: > However, I fully agree with Adam that livenet is probably not the > place to play this game, and I'm also not convinced that testnet is > either.  > > I often wondered if there is any appetite for a no-holds-barred, > anything goes, bitcoin fork that would allow for the kind of valuable > experimentation that Peter R is suggesting? This is a different > concept than an alt-coin because it would be undoubtedly unstable > until consensus is reached - and that is the whole idea. It hopefully > would inform future decisions about what gets rolled into Core. One > problem I see with doing this, is the lack of incentive. > You are describing the essence of sidechains. You might want to check out Elements Alpha, which has some outrageous experimental changes to transaction structure. It's a technical Bitcoin sandbox which doesn't require launching yet another altcoin.