Paul Sztorc's eCash Airdrop Draws Developer Warnings

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Developers and industry figures have raised concerns about Paul Sztorc’s eCash proposal, citing user risk, uneven distribution, and philosophical tension, according to industry commentary. The proposal has been characterized as ‘hazardous’ due to these issues.

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Ciauvip
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it plans to reassign a portion of Satoshi Nakamoto’s dormant holdings to fund development
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GateUser-a65ee044vip
· 1h ago
Sztorc really poked the hornet's nest this time; there's truly no way to wash away the user risk here.
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OneUnfilledOrdervip
· 1h ago
The philosophical tension is essentially the eternal battle between Bitcoin fundamentalism and pragmatism.
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ZenOfZKvip
· 1h ago
Uneven distribution has been a longstanding problem; which new coin doesn't have this issue?
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SmallPosition,BigMouthvip
· 1h ago
The word "hazardous" is used quite strongly, but is it specifically technical hazardous or political hazardous?
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