New Bitcoin Improvement Proposal with $100 Reward

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proto69Member
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#1Jul 13, 2026, 01:54 PM
Anyone else think we could use a proposal here that could actually help Bitcoin? I heard there's a $100 bounty for a good idea.
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diamondhandsHero Member
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#2Jul 13, 2026, 07:00 PM
Yeah but the last thing we need is a hard-fork. We could make improvements without all that drama.
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proto69Member
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#3Jul 13, 2026, 08:06 PM
Right? Like, there’s definitely a better way to approach this. A lottery using multisig on the Lightning Network seems way smarter.
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mr_apeNewbie
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#4Jul 13, 2026, 09:19 PM
I dunno, the whole idea of burning coins to reward miners sounds kinda off. Seems complicated for no reason. It’s a payment system, not a casino.
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diamondhandsHero Member
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#5Jul 14, 2026, 07:18 PM
Exactly! A simple side-chain could work for a lottery instead of messing with Bitcoin's core.
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mr_apeNewbie
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#6Jul 14, 2026, 07:55 PM
We do have OP_HASH256 available though. If we could tweak that maybe we could redefine how we handle blocks.
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diamondhandsHero Member
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#7Jul 15, 2026, 01:12 AM
That’s actually a decent idea. If we could make a new OP code that handles block headers better, it might streamline things.
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#8Jul 15, 2026, 07:23 AM
But we gotta be careful. If sidechains don’t have enough miner support, it could backfire.
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proto69Member
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#9Jul 15, 2026, 08:28 AM
Honestly, I just feel like this whole proposal is doomed. The community won’t accept it, and that bounty is gonna be a wasted effort.
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#10Jul 15, 2026, 11:52 AM
A Litecoin fork could be an option. Just saying.
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