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From: Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr.org>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org,
	Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Draft] Allow zero value OP_RETURN in Payment Protocol
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 19:14:17 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201602021914.18846.luke@dashjr.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPg+sBipDyJC7_UPE8p0oSxaHOC3m5aus562Mc_s=wBkeMh5HQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Tuesday, February 02, 2016 5:16:30 PM Pieter Wuille via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2016 18:04, "Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev" <
> 
> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 09:44:48AM -0800, Toby Padilla via bitcoin-dev
> 
> wrote:
> > > I really don't like the idea of policing other people's use of the
> > > protocol. If a transaction pays its fee and has a greater than dust
> 
> value,
> 
> > > it makes no sense to object to it.
> > 
> > I'll point out that getting a BIP for a feature is *not* a hard
> > requirement for deployment. I'd encourage you to go write up your BIP
> > document, give it a non-numerical name for ease of reference, and lobby
> > wallet vendors to implement it.
> > 
> > While I'll refrain from commenting on whether or not I think the feature
> > itself is a good idea, I really don't want people to get the impression
> > that we're gatekeepers for how people choose use Bitcoin.
> 
> I'll go further: whatever people have commented here and elsewhere about
> this feature (myself included) are personal opinions on the feature itself,
> in the hope you take the concerns into account.
> 
> These comments are not a judgement on whether this should be accepted as a
> BIP. Specifically, the BIP editor should accept a BIP even if he personally
> dislikes the ideas in it, when the criteria are satisfied.
> 
> Beyond that, having a BIP accepted does not mean wallets have to implement
> it. That's up to the individual wallet authors/maintainers.

Agree with both Peter and Pieter. Note that BIP 74 was assigned to this 
proposal last Friday.

Luke


  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-02-02 19:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-26  1:02 [bitcoin-dev] [BIP Draft] Allow zero value OP_RETURN in Payment Protocol Toby Padilla
2016-01-26  2:24 ` Luke Dashjr
2016-01-26  2:54   ` Toby Padilla
2016-01-26  2:56     ` Luke Dashjr
2016-01-26  3:01       ` Toby Padilla
2016-01-26  3:04         ` Luke Dashjr
2016-01-26  3:07           ` Toby Padilla
2016-01-26  3:12             ` Luke Dashjr
2016-01-26  3:17               ` Toby Padilla
2016-01-26  3:23                 ` Luke Dashjr
2016-01-26  3:30                   ` Toby Padilla
2016-01-26 16:19                     ` Thomas Kerin
2016-01-26 17:44                       ` Toby Padilla
2016-02-02 17:03                         ` Peter Todd
2016-02-02 17:16                           ` Pieter Wuille
2016-02-02 17:27                             ` Toby Padilla
2016-02-02 17:38                               ` Peter Todd
2016-02-02 17:41                                 ` Toby Padilla
2016-02-02 19:12                                   ` Peter Todd
2016-02-02 19:22                                     ` Toby Padilla
2016-02-02 19:14                             ` Luke Dashjr [this message]
2016-01-26 14:37     ` Andreas Schildbach
2016-01-26 17:41       ` Toby Padilla
2016-02-02 17:07         ` Peter Todd

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