Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1X6jrj-0002c2-Ud for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:16:39 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bitpay.com designates 209.85.212.176 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.212.176; envelope-from=jgarzik@bitpay.com; helo=mail-wi0-f176.google.com; Received: from mail-wi0-f176.google.com ([209.85.212.176]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1X6jrj-00065m-0v for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:16:39 +0000 Received: by mail-wi0-f176.google.com with SMTP id bs8so2989139wib.15 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:16:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=K0dG7bWCrfPji74bjos2E0sEXKewu5wxRV5rAFyAQs8=; b=gJGipMIKmHWQb2IfJROXVFNA6D0nmGHK3M08AbARD0ZC6UbwOsMinZWj/USZC1snxc V57CIG5+Sf1m/HZju3YQEW2Nz7mCCbO+WvsIKrY1sARQ5UWdmL1ys2s8HULa75IORabx q01OuHGZI8jEQOVPYfnDdWsJP+4nFpSPQ/q39dBEHz9KsN63jhiHWp7rTizgGsEGjn8y gkVxu7ajyvvjGXzkY9HN5/G1BlecEVCT7Gp+y1lIw0n3Ffh8jefEs4sLnk0Wx/dwWEmB 3BVVGHHItEuR+yb8nf6fqI3QLEdxo0XvJWqEh4U2Zngzi4LsvaumDsfKY3L4bnD+6XnP wAaA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmNx2V2bZZTMTTuc3jafp+Jc1tYK7/w8gxGMqFibK5Vg9edGqp6aRA8uDP7mmBJO5vWBWE1 X-Received: by 10.180.208.13 with SMTP id ma13mr26161667wic.45.1405358192783; Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:16:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.5.67 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:16:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53C3ECD0.2000809@googlemail.com> References: <53C3ECD0.2000809@googlemail.com> From: Jeff Garzik Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:16:12 -0400 Message-ID: To: Krzysztof Okupski Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1X6jrj-00065m-0v Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Protocol Specification X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:16:40 -0000 On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Krzysztof Okupski wrote: > I've renamed it to "Bitcoin Developer Specification" a little while ago. > Maybe it should rather be named "Bitcoin Developer Reference"? Either > way, creating a good description of Bitcoin is an incremental process > and there are certainly many quirks I'm not aware of. I hope that > together we will soon be able to fill in the missing gaps. Firstly, it is an excellent document, and it should be useful in educating others. I do agree that "specification" is not a good word to use. -- Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/