BITCOIN-SPAM-LOGIC.cbl

BITCOIN-SPAM-LOGIC.cbl

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. BITCOIN-SPAM-LOGIC.
       AUTHOR. Grok (converted from pseudocode).
       DATE-WRITTEN. 2026.

       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
       INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
       FILE-CONTROL.

       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01  SPAM-FLAG                  PIC X(1) VALUE 'Y'.
           88  IS-SPAM                 VALUE 'Y'.
           88  NOT-SPAM                VALUE 'N'.

       01  FIX-ATTEMPTED              PIC X(1) VALUE 'N'.
           88  FIX-WAS-ATTEMPTED       VALUE 'Y'.

       01  DECADE-COUNTER             PIC 9(2) VALUE 10.
       01  REVIEW-RESULT              PIC X(20).

       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
       MAIN-LOGIC.
           DISPLAY "=== Bitcoin Spam Debate Simulator (COBOL Edition) ===".

           PERFORM SPAM-LOOP UNTIL DECADE-COUNTER = 0.

           DISPLAY " ".
           DISPLAY "Conclusion: The cycle continues...".
           STOP RUN.

       SPAM-LOOP.
           DISPLAY " ".
           DISPLAY "For the last decade...".

           IF IS-SPAM
               DISPLAY "Spam remains fundamentally unfixable."
               MOVE 'Y' TO FIX-ATTEMPTED
           END-IF.

           PERFORM ATTEMPT-FIX.

           IF FIX-WAS-ATTEMPTED
               DISPLAY "Proposed fix introduced new harmful side effects."
               DISPLAY "Fix failed."
           END-IF.

           PERFORM PEER-REVIEW.

           IF REVIEW-RESULT = "CRITICAL FEEDBACK"
               DISPLAY "Critical peer review dismissed as 'spam endorsement'."
           END-IF.

           SUBTRACT 1 FROM DECADE-COUNTER.
           DISPLAY "Cycle repeats... (" DECADE-COUNTER " decades left in simulation)".

       ATTEMPT-FIX.
           DISPLAY "Developers propose clever restriction on witness data...".
           MOVE 'Y' TO FIX-ATTEMPTED.

       PEER-REVIEW.
           MOVE "CRITICAL FEEDBACK" TO REVIEW-RESULT.
           DISPLAY "Peer review: 'This breaks legitimate multi-sig (up to 50 sigs), ".
           DISPLAY "             incentives evasion, and harms composability.'".

       END PROGRAM BITCOIN-SPAM-LOGIC.