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| author | Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch> | 2015-11-13 09:13:24 +0100 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2015-11-13 08:13:29 +0000 |
| commit | 6433bce07c81fd21ad7f05e95a59a566896ae2e6 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b53422d554de34e4725b6f379a21cd0a58c91dc /91 | |
| parent | 0d4c90405912e974143b1f4ce7cdad8cf8cf9d88 (diff) | |
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] Announcing Jonas Schnelli as GUI maintainer
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Something Bitcoin Core very much needs, in my +> opinion. +> +> Unofficially he has been giving direction in GUI matters for quite +> a while already, so this only makes it 'official'. +> +> He will be handling GUI related issues on the github tracker, and +> assisting on and merging GUI-related pull requests. +> +> Welcome Jonas to the team! +> + +Thanks Wladimir! + +My long term vision for bitcoin-core was always a more user friendly +UI without loosing the security and privacy features bitcoin-core offers +. +However, it has shown that this is relatively hard to achieve. Its +unclear to me, what role wallets (and related UIs) will play in the +future of bitcoin. I think it needs several years until something like +bitcoin can be used to "pay for every coffee in the world" [1]. +But I'm happy to explore this path! + +That was and is also the reason why I'm often focus on non-UI-related +changes that keep bitcoin healthy and form a more defined role for the U +I. + +Short words to myself: +I'm a senior software developer, 35 years old, living in Switzerland +(UTC+1). + +Thanks for the trust and I try to give my best to maintain and improve +the GUI. + +[1] https://twitter.com/ronmckown/status/643101952763658240 +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v2 + +iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWRZukAAoJECnUvLZBb1PsbEAP/jERgMowXP7rSV8FXwQ6mR+r +CdO4xs3OHKuRyZJKLhXq/aC48ThshzDynRcKAJifcxhoIN0Msnt2oz/kwyfJSssT +FHB2dZVmuSXSNdOKVjwemiIQJ1xVENrfBNEINNVkix3LNgbi/3vwPuNj/ImHjWOc +mTAcD+JkzZSdkWL53TWPY5noizl3hd/LJD0lJ357FZlzmnpt9UiiZw6+X3+n5aJI +7J5avpeEa36hppdej5Jh9V0Kq8JMkXgip/jSq9uP009Nki9RNywFQL+Pa26AgJvu +VxAyJRjq6Dcb8D6dux8QcC8K114tAWncR6Lh2Z9DepNHhytk/TYBSi9+MWbnuWci +JiN6fRCeBTt2A/m7IsUbVegfrmPgBiHAS5Mx+Q9vjTBzOOmpBbL2ZXOXR9wE3t3d +9hBodZxnK37gU8UwKsoOiWuB4+rTp4rlt5iz32jd+/r6zUXv3whOy11HuICzVR0c +ll2aHfvr8TkqTRds0cvrb5ZroT63mmGFaqJIrskVruVoMxVWjdqnOIiNxtXWSnCd +T9jmxdojqrSwtM+3A60UmrSNVwyhZudZFmyJsjHZGAK6aV/eGYb595vXUDvx8mtH +fzeqmpivONDrNhqFrbLPR1V8kBx0UCN5FreMjdXtmU81UTqLd4o5lCh0AFZ7upCq +2DiMpEgittqOtxDwb8YY +=Q5KE +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- + |