diff --git a/EIPS/eip-1010.md b/EIPS/eip-1010.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000000..b6bf09987c68d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/EIPS/eip-1010.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +--- +eip: 1010 +title: Uniformity Between 0xAb5801a7D398351b8bE11C439e05C5B3259aeC9B and 0x15E55EF43efA8348dDaeAa455F16C43B64917e3c +author: Anderson Wesley (@andywesley) +discussions-to: https://github.com/andywesley/EIPs/issues/1 +status: Draft +type: Standards Track +category: Core +created: 2018-04-18 +--- + +## Simple Summary + +This document proposes to improve the uniformity of ether distribution +between wallet address `0xAb5801a7D398351b8bE11C439e05C5B3259aeC9B` and +wallet address `0x15E55EF43efA8348dDaeAa455F16C43B64917e3c` which are +currently experiencing a significant non-uniformity. + +## Abstract + +As of the date of this EIP, the difference in balance between +address `0xAb5801a7D398351b8bE11C439e05C5B3259aeC9B` and address +`0x15E55EF43efA8348dDaeAa455F16C43B64917e3c` is far from equitable +or uniform, with the former having more than 365,000 ether +more than the latter. The distribution of ether between these two +addresses must be improved in order to protect the Ethereum economy +from centralized control. This will be accomplished by transferring +100,000 ether from the former address to the latter. This is a properly +motivated improvement in keeping with the core Ethereum philosophy of +decentralization. + +## Motivation + +This proposal is necessary because the Ethereum protocol does not allow +the owner of an address which does not own an equitable amount of ether +to claim their share of ether from an address which owns a dangerously +centralized quantity. Rather than proposing an overly complicated generic +mechanism for any user to claim ether to which they believe they are +equitably entitled, this proposal will take the simple route of a one-time +transfer of 100,000 ether from `0xAb5801a7D398351b8bE11C439e05C5B3259aeC9B` +to `0x15E55EF43efA8348dDaeAa455F16C43B64917e3c`. This avoids duplicating +the effort of other proposals and provides a net improvement to the +Ethereum project and community. + +## Specification + +The balance of `0xAb5801a7D398351b8bE11C439e05C5B3259aeC9B` will be decreased +by 100,000 ether. The balance of `0x15E55EF43efA8348dDaeAa455F16C43B64917e3c` +will be increased by 100,000 ether. No net change in the amount of extant +ether will occur unless at the time of implementation the former address does not +contain sufficient ether for such a deduction. + +## Rationale + +The value 100,000 was chosen after careful technically sound analysis of various economic theories +developed over the past century. In spite of the fact that it is a convenient round +number, it is actually the exact output of a complex statistical process iterated to +determine the optimal distribution of ether between these addresses. + +## Backwards Compatibility + +Clients that fail to implement this change will not be aware of the correct balances +for these addresses. This will create a hard fork. The implementation of this change +consistently among all clients as intended by the proposal process will be sufficient +to ensure that backwards compatibility is not a concern. + +## Copyright +Copyright and related rights waived via +[CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).