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| author | Milly Bitcoin <milly@bitcoins.info> | 2015-08-15 17:10:40 -0400 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2015-08-15 21:10:44 +0000 |
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin XT 0.11A
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diff --git a/03/bb4329cf793f8b478a3153729b2bb96e1aa71c b/03/bb4329cf793f8b478a3153729b2bb96e1aa71c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b50f47dca --- /dev/null +++ b/03/bb4329cf793f8b478a3153729b2bb96e1aa71c @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +Return-Path: <milly@bitcoins.info> +Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org + [172.17.192.35]) + by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9CF0B273 + for <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>; + Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:10:44 +0000 (UTC) +X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 +Received: from mail.help.org (mail.help.org [70.90.2.18]) + by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08409106 + for <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>; + Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:10:43 +0000 (UTC) +Received: from [10.1.10.25] (B [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA + ; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 17:10:39 -0400 +References: <CA+w+GKT7t5OahS-+P=QAmOyFzPnOs4J6KSo+mhSrC0YggmMupg@mail.gmail.com> + <55CF871E.9050500@sky-ip.org> + <CA+w+GKTG6a_v4Jop3FZ2O2WG9Fi=o0Lnh58OH4Y4sM-vPjFHSQ@mail.gmail.com> + <55CFA2E0.9040301@bitcoins.info> + <CABaSBayeKp4-N9UwwXQrDNuENxD8M8UGxWTLYtMChOkUeUi_jw@mail.gmail.com> +From: Milly Bitcoin <milly@bitcoins.info> +To: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> +Message-ID: <55CFAAD0.1030202@bitcoins.info> +Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 17:10:40 -0400 +User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 + Thunderbird/38.1.0 +MIME-Version: 1.0 +In-Reply-To: <CABaSBayeKp4-N9UwwXQrDNuENxD8M8UGxWTLYtMChOkUeUi_jw@mail.gmail.com> +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham + version=3.3.1 +X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on + smtp1.linux-foundation.org +Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin XT 0.11A +X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 +Precedence: list +List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion <bitcoin-dev.lists.linuxfoundation.org> +List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/options/bitcoin-dev>, + <mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.linuxfoundation.org?subject=unsubscribe> +List-Archive: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/> +List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> +List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.linuxfoundation.org?subject=help> +List-Subscribe: <https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev>, + <mailto:bitcoin-dev-request@lists.linuxfoundation.org?subject=subscribe> +X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:10:44 -0000 + +> You may be misremembering; nobody has ever disagreed that you can fork a +> source code repository. Perhaps you are thinking instead about the +> concerns regarding "asymmetric" rule incompatibilities? + +I am not "misremembering" anything. Some people have claimed for years +that Bitcoin development is "decentralized" because anyone can fork the +code. I have often pointed out to them that such a process is not +decentralization similar to the process of Bitcoin mining. It is +probably closer to checks and balances you see in political systems. The +response is usually that I am "troll" or that I am somehow attacking the +developers by simply describing the system. The result is that the +issues and risks associated with development are often not properly +evaluated. It is the same sorts of problems you have when a central +bank or Fed is controlled by a small group. It is just human nature and +Bitcoin is not immune. + +Russ + + + |