Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WV3uv-0002rc-Ci for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:00:13 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.223.175 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.223.175; envelope-from=pieter.wuille@gmail.com; helo=mail-ie0-f175.google.com; Received: from mail-ie0-f175.google.com ([209.85.223.175]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1WV3uu-0002TO-Fb for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:00:13 +0000 Received: by mail-ie0-f175.google.com with SMTP id to1so9369701ieb.6 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:00:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.22.210 with SMTP id g18mr4173404igf.19.1396378807167; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.141.135 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Apr 2014 12:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 21:00:07 +0200 Message-ID: From: Pieter Wuille To: Bitcoin Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (pieter.wuille[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1WV3uu-0002TO-Fb Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Finite monetary supply for Bitcoin X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:00:13 -0000 Hi all, I understand this is a controversial proposal, but bear with me please. I believe we cannot accept the current subsidy schedule anymore, so I wrote a small draft BIP with a proposal to turn Bitcoin into a limited-supply currency. Dogecoin has already shown how easy such changes are, so I consider this a worthwhile idea to be explored. The text can be found here: https://gist.github.com/sipa/9920696 Please comment! Thanks, -- Pieter