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 3AACE8AD for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:30:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.help.org (mail.help.org [70.90.2.18]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A49F61A1 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:30:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.25] (B [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:30:17 -0400 References: <55B100E2.4040901@bitcoins.info> To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org From: Milly Bitcoin Message-ID: <55B15CEA.9090703@bitcoins.info> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:30:18 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 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] Libconsensus separated repository (was Bitcoin Core and hard forks) 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: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:30:22 -0000 > Mike has sincerely said that he would like "Bitcoin Core to have a > benevolent dictator like other free software projects", and I wanted > to make clear that I wasn't putting words in his mouth He is just pointing out reality. Decentralization is really just a collection of centralized processes. If you ever want to change anything someone, somewhere has to make a decision. Satoshi was the first dictator and he set the consensus rules for his version of Bitcoin and that is what people accepted. Those rules did not appear by magic nor did they appear via some unexplained 'consensus' mechanism. He made decisions and updated the code or accepted updates made by others. Russ