The clock is ticking.
#snowden
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Is it as simple as a dude just saying they should do it and that the clock is ticking?
I'm sure everyone would be okay with having it all, but that isn't how life works. Everything comes at a price.
I agree that improvements should be made if there is no tradeoff in the ability of people to run nodes, but that isn't the case from my research. Going the Monero route would have us needing a lot more storage than we already do at current usage.
It makes more sense to approach this with additional layers than to change the base layer that is already good at doing a particular job.
I think there is an error in thinking that a single protocol can be everything you want or need in a single package. I'm sure you'd have a ton of engineers lining up to talk to you if you or Snowden actually knew how to build such a system without tradeoffs.
What is the best proposal you've seen that would allow for the base layer to essentially do what Monero does without associated tradeoffs (mainly storage requirements)? Where am I wrong?
Agree that everything has trade-offs including building with layers. The state of Bitcoins current base cripples it's layers. We see this on lightning every time usage goes up even modestly.
That being said...
FCMP upgrade is just around the corner. Allows the ability for different layers on Monero. Encrypted base + offchain layers = super privacy
Is he a fear monger