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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Dev-list's stance on potentially altering the PoW
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> Restarting the mining with a new algorithm as a reaction and defence against
> centralised hoarding of mining ASICs (as we are seeing now), would be
> acceptable. It would not necessarily be contentions *to the economy*, as such
> hoarding-miners do not participate in the economy in any meaningful way (they
> do not accept payments from other bitcoin users).
>
> Luke

I don't see any basis for these claims.  Under this theory developers 
also do not "participate in the economy" either.  These are questions 
for economists and not developers.

Maybe "we" could change the language of Core to prevent the 
centralization of developers?  Maybe switch over to FORTRAN?   lol

Russ