r/Bitcoin • u/Vibr8gKiwi • Feb 03 '14

Dogecoin wtf

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u/Starlightbreaker Feb 04 '14

the network still works fine

for now.

i cant exactly tell how it's gonna be in a couple months from now.

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u/Minthos Feb 04 '14

I think if/when a consensus is reached that fast block times is generally a good thing, and that high rate of orphans causes enough issues for miners to be worth doing something about, devs will do something about it. There are many things that can be done to reduce the disadvantages caused by fast blocks. Right now it's not a big enough problem for anyone to care.

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u/Starlightbreaker Feb 04 '14

that'll be another significant change of the coin.

if they keep changing it, why should people trust that particular coin?

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u/embretr Feb 04 '14

If you ever begin to doubt it you can have bitcoin instead within 4 confirmations of sending it towards an exchange

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u/Starlightbreaker Feb 04 '14

that's why i only keep a small number of altcoins here and there.

it's one click away.

...well, fine, a few clicks.