From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C45F311C2 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:10:29 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from zinan.dashjr.org (zinan.dashjr.org [192.3.11.21]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F0B7176 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ishibashi.localnet (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:5:265:61b6:56a6:b03d:28d6]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3A49438A9191; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:10:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Luke Dashjr To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Tomas Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:10:25 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/4.1.13-gentoo; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) References: <1451493317.3215816.479282618.4F666D71@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1451493317.3215816.479282618.4F666D71@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: E463 A93F 5F31 17EE DE6C 7316 BD02 9424 21F4 889F X-PGP-Key-ID: BD02942421F4889F X-PGP-Keyserver: hkp://pgp.mit.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201512301710.27154.luke@dashjr.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Draft] Decentralized Improvement Proposals X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:10:29 -0000 On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 4:35:17 PM Tomas via bitcoin-dev wrote: > In an attempt to reduce developer centralization, and to reduce the risk > of forks introduced by implementation other than bitcoin-core, I have > drafted a BIP to support changes to the protocol from different > implementations. The premises in Motivation are false. BIPs are required to have a reference implementation, but that implementation need not necessarily be for Bitcoin Core specifically. The specification itself looks like an inefficient and bloaty reinvention of version bits. Luke