Revert “Add BIP 42: Finite monetary supply for Bitcoin”, … #43

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   schildbach commented at 10:44 pm on April 1, 2014: contributor

   …now that April Fools’ Day is over.

   Guys I’m scared! What if someone takes you seriously?

2. Revert "Add BIP 42: Finite monetary supply for Bitcoin" now that April Fools' Day is over.

   Guys I'm scared! What if someone takes you seriously?

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   gmaxwell commented at 11:04 pm on April 1, 2014: contributor

   Nak. This is actually a serious change, though the explanation is tongue in cheek.

   I should hope that you don’t want the supply of Bitcoins to be weirdly infinite due to a software oversight.

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   laanwj commented at 8:01 am on April 2, 2014: member

   NAK. Let’s just leave it be.

   Python Improvement Proposals, even the RFCs contain some joke/jest articles. No need to let this turn into dogecoin but we shouldn’t take ourselves too serious either.

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   sipa commented at 8:26 am on April 2, 2014: member

   I believe @schildbach incorrectly assumed this BIP is about making the supply infinite.
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   petertodd commented at 9:14 am on April 2, 2014: contributor

   @laanwj ACK @sipa I’ll admit so did I at first, before I realized how brilliant you guys were. :)

   Kinda reminds of of the Lee Valley Story Tape tape measure: http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=65359&cat=1,43513 Both an April fools joke, and a real product with some niche uses in production woodworking. (covering a regular tape measure with masking tape is often written up as a clever trick)

7. laanwj closed this on Apr 2, 2014

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