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From: Justus Ranvier <justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Thoughts on Forks, Scalability, and other Bitcoin inconveniences.
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:05:43 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <55999C27.4070604@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABr1YTd5Tv5QPq3-W=1a4V2hTaOhg_0PBW5wdWD5G8jfkdKM=A@mail.gmail.com>


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On 07/05/2015 03:53 PM, Eric Lombrozo wrote:
> Perhaps I didn't write that so well if I gave that impression. Perhaps
> taking a look at some of my work in this space would make you think
> otherwise. (yes, I've implemented an entire SPV stack from scratch...look
> it up.)

I get concerned when I hear statement like "the raison d'etre of bitcoin
is trustlessness" because it implies that Bitcoin promises infinite
security, which has never been the case.

I don't think we can meaningfully discuss Bitcoin security issues if
every proposal is compared to a straw standard of perfection which is
achievable. When everybody expects infinite security then the perfect
turns into the enemy of the good (and the achievable).

-- 
Justus Ranvier
Open Bitcoin Privacy Project
http://www.openbitcoinprivacyproject.org/
justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-07-05 21:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2015-07-05 18:50     ` [bitcoin-dev] Thoughts on Forks, Scalability, and other Bitcoin inconveniences Eric Lombrozo
2015-07-05 19:55       ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-07-05 20:33       ` Justus Ranvier
2015-07-05 20:53         ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-07-05 21:05           ` Justus Ranvier [this message]
2015-07-05 21:08             ` Eric Lombrozo

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