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Its fundamental to bitcoin, and yes I do. Pointing out bugs in the past is focusing on a strength, not a weakness. If privacy turns out to be necessary in the future, bitcoin can be upgraded and only if the concensus rule is met.

Saberhagen The Nameless 2y ago

Every 10 minutes you are personally reading the blockchain and making sure all input and all outputs are equal to 0? You are either lying or must get no sleep sir.

You realize the only thing that saved bitcoin from that inflation bug was the good samaritan nature of a single anonymous user right? No amount of transparency could've stopped him from exploiting it.

Well, Bitcoin ever hardforking is a longshot, and if you need private transactions *today*, not in some hypothetical future, that is what Monero is for.

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Brunswick 2y ago

You're imagining some bad argument and dancing around the burning strawman.

Yes I do verify the blockchain every 10 minutes. Yes I do it personally. I verify the blockchain by reviewing the source code of the version of software that collects the blocks and verifies it. To do it 'personally' I guess you mean that I do it manually, and why the F would anyone do that?

Saberhagen The Nameless 2y ago

So, then you are just letting a node run and paying no mind to the blockchain. Exactly like a Monero user would.

You are making my point for me. You are not taking advantage of Bitcoin's transparency. There is no material difference.

If there was an implementation bug exploited you would have no clue until it was already way too late.

Brunswick 2y ago

I never said that you can't use monero. Be my guest. I'm only saying that bitcoin has an entirely different purpose and an entirely different strategy, and that's why it will eventually eat everything.