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From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
To: Sergio Demian Lerner <sergio.d.lerner@gmail.com>,
	Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
	<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Drivechain proposal using OP_COUNT_ACKS
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 12:17:17 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161002161717.GA13915@fedora-21-dvm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKzdR-rsy1m-H4fYFuCim5+YJi_C2kgjxymM8A7_nEuqsZoO+g@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 12:49:08PM -0300, Sergio Demian Lerner via bitcoin-dev wrote:

I think your history of patenting(1) Bitcoin consensus relevant technology is
sufficient by itself to be extremely dubious of any proposals coming from you
or your colleagues; patents on Bitcoin consensus technology are a serious
threat to decentralization. Personally, I'm NACKing this proposal on that basis
alone.

You need to rectify this dangerous and unethical behavior in a convincing,
legally binding way. I'd suggest looking into Blockstream's patent pledges as a
way forward:

    https://www.blockstream.com/about/patent_pledge/

I see no reason to have any further discussion of your proposal until this is
rectified.

1) "AsicBoost is a patent-pending method to improve the efficiency and cost of Bitcoin mining by approximately 20%"
   http://www.asicboost.com/single-post/2016/03/24/AsicBoost-Press-Release

> Since ScalingBitcoin is close, I think this is a good moment to publish our
> proposal on drivechains. This BIP proposed the drivechain we'd like to use
> in RSK (a.k.a. Rootstock) two-way pegged blockchain and see it implemented

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https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org

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  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-02 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-02 15:49 [bitcoin-dev] Drivechain proposal using OP_COUNT_ACKS Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-02 16:17 ` Peter Todd [this message]
2016-10-02 17:00   ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-02 17:11     ` Peter Todd
2016-10-02 17:18       ` Andrew Johnson
2016-10-02 17:24         ` Peter Todd
2016-10-02 21:28         ` Luke Dashjr
2016-10-02 21:46           ` Russell O'Connor
2016-10-02 22:36             ` Sergio Demian Lerner
     [not found]               ` <CAMZUoKnE9VNnUHrDTtZOroBp=SC_eY1fEAsEOz=4b1=5v_wHaA@mail.gmail.com>
2016-10-02 23:00                 ` [bitcoin-dev] Fwd: " Russell O'Connor
     [not found]                 ` <CAKzdR-oxpDdXEcPTYtj6os58cVMgwoqyXvu5UMMQzD3QbvMtxA@mail.gmail.com>
2016-10-02 23:26                   ` [bitcoin-dev] " Russell O'Connor
2016-10-02 21:54           ` Russell O'Connor
2016-10-02 17:26       ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-02 17:34         ` Peter Todd
2016-10-02 18:17 ` Russell O'Connor
2016-10-24 17:37 ` Johnson Lau
2016-10-25 16:38   ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-25 17:45     ` Johnson Lau

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