So do you claim that block reward can also be changed? Is it also just a variable?

And the speed of anonymous internet connection, in case someone want to make bitcoin fully anonymous. And the cost of it.

Because it's nonsense to store sub dollar tx in thousands of full nodes around the globe and propagate between them. The cost of bandwidth and storage is simply to large to make it economically feasible.  

You can keep only the UTXO set rather than the full blockchain.

Also, I may turn off my miner for profitability reasons, but it doesn't imply that I would not turn it back on at my own loss just to protect my freedom, if it is in real danger.

There is a difference.
Change of block reward would create a HARD FORK of Bitcoin. It is the most "sacred" variable of Bitcoin, it cannot be changed without hard forking and disagreement in the community.
Changing block size OR default fee will not create a hard fork.


And what is stopping you from using a LITE client over an anonymous connection ? Why the hell do you need a FULL client over TOR for ?
Also, there is a network which can handle such traffic - I2P.


We have (or we will have) tree pruning for that. Not everything has to be stored.
And hard drives capacities & internet connections speeds will be improving over the years.

. This whole discussion would be meaningless if it wouldn't.

For mining, and I2P is not ready yet.

Ok sorry - it actually will - my mistake.
I actually meant it does not change the "core principles of Bitcoin" like block reward.


Why exactly is it "not ready yet" ? Last time i checked, they even encouraged usage of P2P over I2P.

And in a maximum of few years time, mining over TOR will be impossible anyway. 6 transactions per second is simply NOT enough for any serious buisness, so the max block size will be increased anyway. The question is not if, but when and how big will it be.

But it does change the "core principles of Bitcoin" like decentralization of mining nodes.

Then it is worth checking.

You don't - I do.
Lets just stop here, then.


Yeah, you wish, non-profit my ass
You should have put governments and corporations at the top of this list.

No - it is not normal.
It would be a huge threat to the network, and thus to the currency itself.

Yes - let's just assume you have no arguments and that you are wrong.
And then we can stop.



And what is the threat, exactly ?

Bitcoin full nodes are currently run full time mostly by hobbyists/geeks anyway. So what is the difference ?