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 9CF0B273 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:10:44 +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 08409106 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:10:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.25] (B [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 17:10:39 -0400 References: <55CF871E.9050500@sky-ip.org> <55CFA2E0.9040301@bitcoins.info> From: Milly Bitcoin To: Bitcoin Dev Message-ID: <55CFAAD0.1030202@bitcoins.info> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 17:10:40 -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] 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 21:10:44 -0000 > You may be misremembering; nobody has ever disagreed that you can fork a > source code repository. Perhaps you are thinking instead about the > concerns regarding "asymmetric" rule incompatibilities? I am not "misremembering" anything. Some people have claimed for years that Bitcoin development is "decentralized" because anyone can fork the code. I have often pointed out to them that such a process is not decentralization similar to the process of Bitcoin mining. It is probably closer to checks and balances you see in political systems. The response is usually that I am "troll" or that I am somehow attacking the developers by simply describing the system. The result is that the issues and risks associated with development are often not properly evaluated. It is the same sorts of problems you have when a central bank or Fed is controlled by a small group. It is just human nature and Bitcoin is not immune. Russ