Re: [bitcoin-dev] Even more proposed BIP extensions to BIP 0070

[Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>]

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On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 02:16:48PM +0200, Pieter Wuille wrote:
> On Jun 23, 2016 14:10, "Peter Todd" <pete@petertodd.org> wrote:
> 
> > Right, so you accept that we'll exert some degree of editorial control;
> the
> > question now is what editorial policies should we exert?
> 
> No, I do not. I am saying that some degree of editorial control will
> inevitably exist, simply because there is some human making the choice of
> assigning a BIP number and merging. My opinion is that we should try to
> restrict that editorial control to only be subject to objective process,
> and not be dependent on personal opinions.
>
> > My argument is that rejecting BIP75 is something we should do on
> > ethical/strategic grounds. You may disagree with that, but please don't
> troll
> > and call that "advocating censorship"
> 
> I think that you are free to express dislike of BIP75. Suggesting to remove
> it for that reason is utterly ridiculous to me, whatever you want to call
> it.

In the future we're likely to see a lot of BIPs around AML/KYC support, e.g.
adding personal identity information to transactions, blacklist standards, etc.
Should we accept those BIPs into the bips repo?

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