On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:51 AM, Thy Shizzle <thyshiz...@outlook.com> wrote: > Yes I agree, also there is talks about a government body I know of warming > to bitcoin by issuing addresses for use by a business and then all > transactions can be tracked for that business entity. This is one proposal I > saw put forward by a country specific bitcoin group to their government and > so not allowing address reuse would neuter that :(
I hope you're mistaken, because that would be a serious attack on the design of bitcoin, which obtains privacy and fungibility, both essential properties of any money like good, almost exclusively through avoiding reuse. [What business would use a money where all their competition can see their sales and identify their customers, where their customers can track their margins and suppliers? What individuals would use a system where their inlaws could criticize their spending? Where their landlord knows they got a raise, or where thieves know their net worth?] Though no one here is currently suggesting blocking reuse as a network rule, the reasonable and expected response to what you're suggesting would be to do so. If some community wishes to choose not to use Bitcoin, great, but they don't get to simply choose to screw up its utility for all the other users. You should advise this "country specific bitcoin group" that they shouldn't speak for the users of a system which they clearly do not understand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
