Peter Todd Pushes For a Protocol Tax on Bitcoin

Peter Todd has proposed introducing a protocol-level tax on Bitcoin to fund development, a suggestion reported and debated in the community. The idea is controversial because it would alter issuance/fee mechanics and requires contentious consensus changes that many view as politically infeasible. If pursued, such a change would raise governance, centralization and market-confidence risks and could increase the likelihood of contentious forks, making it a destabilizing prospect for Bitcoin.