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From: Michael Folkson <michaelfolkson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 09:18:04 +0100
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Subject: Re: [bitcoindev] Re: Adding New BIP Editors
To: "David A. Harding" <dave@dtrt.org>
Cc: Matt Corallo <lf-lists@mattcorallo.com>, 
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> - 21 (1/20) commenter:kanzure
- 3 (2/1) commenter:rubensomsen
- 15 (0/15) commenter:jonatack
- 18 (2/16) commenter:roasbeef
- 10 (6/4) commenter:Murchandamus
- 57 (6/51) commenter:michaelfolkson
>
> I'll also note that Osuntokun is the only member of the set to have a
merged BIP that they co-authored, although I believe there are far-along
draft BIPs for both Murch (terminology) and Somsen (Silent Payments).  I
don't think this should be a requirement, but I do think it demonstrates
familiarity with the process.

Thanks for this analysis Dave. A minor correction, I've also
co-authored a merged BIP (BIP 343) though it was a rather short BIP
and Taproot activation related.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 10:16=E2=80=AFPM David A. Harding <dave@dtrt.org> wr=
ote:
>
> On 2024-03-28 10:04, Matt Corallo wrote:
> > Please provide justification rather than simply saying "I like Bob!".
>
> Using only comments from the mailing list, the following appears to be
> the candidate list along with the current support.  Asterisks denote
> candidates who indicated their willingness to accept the role.
>
> - Bryan "Kanzure" Bishop, recommended by Ava Chow[1], Chris Stewart[3],
>    Michael Folkson[6], Peter Todd[9], Matt Corallo[10], Brandon
> Black[11],
>    Antoine Riard[12], Murch[13], Antoine Poinsot[15], John Carvalho[16]
>
> - Ruben Somsen, recommended by Ava Chow[1], Chris Stewart[3], Michael
>    Folkson[6], Antoine Riard[12], Murch[13], Antoine Poinsot[15], John
>    Carvalho[16]
>
> - Jon Atack*, recommended by Luke Dashjr[2], Chris Stewart[3],
> /dev/fd0[5][7],
>    Brandon Black[11], Antoine Riard[12], Ava Chow[14], John Carvalho[16]
>
> - Olaoluwa "Roasbeef" Osuntokun, recommended by Chris Stewart[3], John
>    C. Vernaleo[4], /dev/fd0[5][7], Keagan McClelland[8], Antoine
>    Riard[12], Ava Chow[14]
>
> - Mark "Murch" Erhardt*, recommended by Michael Folkson[6], Keagan
>    McClelland[8], Matt Corallo[10], Brandon Black[11], Antoine Riard[12],
>    Ava Chow[14]
>
> - Michael Folkson*
>
> Note: Luke Dashjr proposed[17] Seccour and Greg Tonoski for "non-dev
> triaging", Tonoski proposed himself[18] for "BIP editor", and Antoine
> Riard[12] proposed Seccour for "decentralized PM".
>
> I searched the BIPs repo by commenter to see if any of the above
> candidates had been especially active there, which is listed below as:
> total PRs they commented on (number still open/number closed).
>
> - 21 (1/20) commenter:kanzure
> - 3 (2/1) commenter:rubensomsen
> - 15 (0/15) commenter:jonatack
> - 18 (2/16) commenter:roasbeef
> - 10 (6/4) commenter:Murchandamus
> - 57 (6/51) commenter:michaelfolkson
>
> I'll also note that Osuntokun is the only member of the set to have a
> merged BIP that they co-authored, although I believe there are far-along
> draft BIPs for both Murch (terminology) and Somsen (Silent Payments).  I
> don't think this should be a requirement, but I do think it demonstrates
> familiarity with the process.
>
> Speaking only for myself, I think all of the candidates above with
> multiple recommendations from other community participants are fully
> qualified for the role, so I'll only provide a detailed justification
> for the person who would be my first pick: Murch is not only a
> longstanding and broadly liked Bitcoin contributor, but (as Corallo
> mentioned) he has worked on standardizing terminology through a draft
> BIP.  In addition, he provided an extremely detailed review of all 300
> pages of a draft of Mastering Bitcoin (3rd edition) and has reviewed
> drafts of over 200 weekly Optech newsletters, in both cases
> significantly improving the accuracy and comprehensibility of the
> documentation.  To me, that seems very similar to the work we'd ask him
> to perform as a BIPs editor and it's something that he's already doing,
> so I think there's an excellent fit of person to role.
>
> -Dave
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