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On Jun 15, 2011, at 7:46 AM, Christian Decker wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@exmulti.com> =
wrote:
> Here are several mini-proposals for the Satoshi Client (anyone got a
> better nickname?) along these lines, which should better prepare the
> bitcoin protocol for the long term:
> I called it Mainline client (like the original Bittorrent client) as a =
hint that this is the reference implementation everybody should refer =
to, but Satoshi Client has a nice sound too :-)


I propose "Reference client." Seeing as that's what it is, the original =
reference implementation.

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Douglas Huff



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<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jun 15, 2011, at 7:46 AM, Christian Decker wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Jeff Garzik <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jgarzik@exmulti.com" target="_blank">jgarzik@exmulti.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Here are several mini-proposals for the Satoshi Client (anyone got a</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; ">
better nickname?) along these lines, which should better prepare the<br>
bitcoin protocol for the long term:<br></blockquote><div>I called it Mainline client (like the original Bittorrent client) as a hint that this is the reference implementation everybody should refer to, but Satoshi Client has a nice sound too :-)<br>


</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>I propose "Reference client." Seeing as that's what it is, the original reference implementation.</div><br><div>
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