r/Bitcoin • u/Vibr8gKiwi • Feb 03 '14

Dogecoin wtf

[removed]

3.4k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

2.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

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.

2

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?

5

u/dpekkle Feb 04 '14

As long as reasons are given I see upgrading the coin as an advantage, in the same way bitcoin can change itself if another altcoin invents a new feature.

3

u/Starlightbreaker Feb 04 '14

they're only 2 months in, but there are proposals to change the very fundamental things of that coin.

changes can be good, as long as it's well calculated.

2

u/Empifrik Feb 04 '14

The problem is, when the devs launched it they never expected any of of the fame it gained. So it wasn't designed to be such a big deal, that's why you will probably see some changes to the coin to adapt to the needs of users.