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 5C579847 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:36:53 +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 CB97B13A for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.25] (B [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 16:36:47 -0400 To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: <55CF871E.9050500@sky-ip.org> From: Milly Bitcoin Message-ID: <55CFA2E0.9040301@bitcoins.info> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 16:36:48 -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=windows-1252; 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] Bitcoin XT 0.11A 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: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:36:53 -0000 > So if you want a user vote, that's an issue that'd have to be tackled: > the people who admin the main communication channels Bitcoin users have > vowed to censor any program that doesn't slavishly follow 51%+ hash > power. That attempt to control the conversation is certainly not > libertarian or democratic in nature, but there you go. These types of actions are immediately apparent to anyone who looks at the Bitcoin ecosystem (Bitcoin.org, Githib, Wiki, bitcointalk, etc.) and were readily apparent long before any block size debate. It is almost a taboo subject and anyone who raises these types of issues is immediately labeled as a "troll." These are the people who used to run around saying that Bitcoin development is "decentralized" because anyone can fork the code and now many of the same people claim a fork will destroy everything. The problem is that a small group of highly irrational and inexperienced people (outside of the small and unusual Bitcoin ecosystem) have control over the majority of the resources. I think over time the problem will even itself out but currently it is an obstacle in moving Bitcoin forward. Russ