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Subject: [bitcoindev] Re: BIP-85 Champion Unreachable? Please weigh in.
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Hi Aneesh,
ACK, for my part, on your initiative. The original author, Ethan=20
Kosakovsky, appears to have no GitHub activity since 2021:=20
https://github.com/ethankosakovsky.
Cheers.

On Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 11:59:37=E2=80=AFAM UTC-6 Aneesh Karve wrote=
:

> Greetings,
>
> I submitted a pull request <https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1600> to=
=20
> correct some inaccuracies and inconsistencies in BIP-85=20
> <https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0085.mediawiki> but the=
=20
> original author (Ethan Kosakovsky) is unreachable via both email and=20
> GitHub <https://github.com/ethankosakovsky>.
>
> With guidance from Mark Erhardt =20
> <https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1600#issuecomment-2191817502>I am=
=20
> asking if any of you are able to reach Ethan?
>
> If Ethan is unreachable or unwilling to maintain BIP-85, I volunteer as a=
=20
> champion for BIP-85, as afforded by BIP-2:
>
> *It occasionally becomes necessary to transfer ownership of BIPs to a new=
=20
> champion... A good reason to transfer ownership is because the original=
=20
> author no longer has the time or interest in updating it or following=20
> through with the BIP process, or has fallen off the face of the 'net (i.e=
.=20
> is unreachable or not responding to email).*
>
> I'm a computer scientist who has implemented BIP-85, BIP-32, and BIP-39=
=20
> here <https://github.com/akarve/bipsea>. I use BIP-85 and have written=20
> about its potential in other posts on this list.
>
>

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<div>Hi Aneesh,</div><div>ACK, for my part, on your initiative. The origina=
l author, Ethan Kosakovsky, appears to have no GitHub activity since 2021: =
https://github.com/ethankosakovsky.</div><div>Cheers.<br /></div><div><br /=
></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"gmail_attr">On=
 Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 11:59:37=E2=80=AFAM UTC-6 Aneesh Karve wrote:<=
br/></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; b=
order-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Greeting=
s,</div><div><br></div>I submitted a <a href=3D"https://github.com/bitcoin/=
bips/pull/1600" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" data-saferedirecturl=3D"=
https://www.google.com/url?hl=3Den&amp;q=3Dhttps://github.com/bitcoin/bips/=
pull/1600&amp;source=3Dgmail&amp;ust=3D1719595947766000&amp;usg=3DAOvVaw1Oc=
g7rUyknKFtxXzAyk3CI">pull request</a> to correct some inaccuracies and inco=
nsistencies in <a href=3D"https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0=
085.mediawiki" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" data-saferedirecturl=3D"h=
ttps://www.google.com/url?hl=3Den&amp;q=3Dhttps://github.com/bitcoin/bips/b=
lob/master/bip-0085.mediawiki&amp;source=3Dgmail&amp;ust=3D1719595947766000=
&amp;usg=3DAOvVaw0JyyHmkgwJxQwlxnYl7q0p">BIP-85</a> but the original author=
 (Ethan Kosakovsky) is unreachable via both email and=C2=A0<a href=3D"https=
://github.com/ethankosakovsky" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" data-safe=
redirecturl=3D"https://www.google.com/url?hl=3Den&amp;q=3Dhttps://github.co=
m/ethankosakovsky&amp;source=3Dgmail&amp;ust=3D1719595947766000&amp;usg=3DA=
OvVaw05XLry1E8AMMu_kvc20EXl">GitHub</a>.<div><br></div><div>With <a href=3D=
"https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1600#issuecomment-2191817502" target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" data-saferedirecturl=3D"https://www.google.com=
/url?hl=3Den&amp;q=3Dhttps://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1600%23issuecomme=
nt-2191817502&amp;source=3Dgmail&amp;ust=3D1719595947766000&amp;usg=3DAOvVa=
w2v1gtglA6fcg3dXzNcJCCH">guidance from Mark Erhardt=C2=A0</a>I am asking if=
 any of you are able to reach Ethan?</div><div><br></div><div>If Ethan is u=
nreachable or unwilling to maintain BIP-85, I volunteer as a champion for B=
IP-85, as afforded by BIP-2:</div><div><br></div><div><i>It occasionally be=
comes necessary to transfer ownership of BIPs to a new champion... A good r=
eason to transfer ownership is because the original author no longer has th=
e time or interest in updating it or following through with the BIP process=
, or has fallen off the face of the &#39;net (i.e. is unreachable or not re=
sponding to email).</i><br></div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m a computer sci=
entist who has implemented BIP-85, BIP-32, and BIP-39 <a href=3D"https://gi=
thub.com/akarve/bipsea" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" data-saferedirec=
turl=3D"https://www.google.com/url?hl=3Den&amp;q=3Dhttps://github.com/akarv=
e/bipsea&amp;source=3Dgmail&amp;ust=3D1719595947766000&amp;usg=3DAOvVaw0-xb=
lyAdnjk00JfPhnrLWg">here</a>. I use BIP-85 and have written about its poten=
tial in other posts on this list.</div><div><br></div></blockquote></div>

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