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 33C2B1226 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 23:41:03 +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 A1C32154 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 23:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.25] (B [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 19:40:53 -0400 References: <55E61A64.2030609@bitcoins.info> <55E629DF.3030407@bitcoins.info> From: Milly Bitcoin To: Bitcoin Dev Message-ID: <55E63788.3070409@bitcoins.info> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 19:40:56 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 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] Open Block Chain Licence, BIP[xxxx] Draft 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: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 23:41:03 -0000 > I would just like to labour the point that users pay to use the network, > but they have no defined rights, anywhere. That is an interesting point. That is a feature of Bitcoin, not a bug. If the user did have rights to sue someone then the system would not be decentralized. User rights = someone else has a liability for violating those rights. As it is now a user would have the right to sue all the miners, node operators, and developers collectively. Of course that is not realistic which is the way a decentralized system should be. If you want to try to define specific entities that have liability then they must be in control or otherwise they would not be liable. Russ