From: Matt Corallo <lf-lists@mattcorallo.com>
To: Gregory Maxwell <greg@xiph.org>,
Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] About ASICBoost
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 23:19:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57F195EC.30009@mattcorallo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAS2fgQ6Xip=6nrdSM82hAhd47CKGPXLCXMOkBohrZWxJyqFoQ@mail.gmail.com>
Even if the Bitcoin Foundation decided to recklessly disregard Bitcoin's
future centralization, I'm not sure going to them and asking them to pay
a license fee in order to keep from holding the rest of the Bitcoin
mining community hostage counts as "regard for centralization pressure".
It also doesn't excuse the lack of transparent licensing being available
today, or the lack of transparency when discussing it in public after
the patent had been filed.
Matt
On 10/02/16 22:58, Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Matt Corallo via bitcoin-dev
> <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> If you had acted in a way which indicated even the slightest regard for
>> centralization pressure and the harm it can do to Bitcoin in the
>> long-term, then I dont think many would be blaming you. Instead of any
>
> Sergio was concerned about centralization pressure in private. He
> reached out to the BCF on 2013-11-23 and asked if they would license
> the patent from him so they could make it equally available to all
> under "fair" terms. BCF responded that they didn't think it (a
> proprietary patent encumbered enhancement that would make its user(s)
> 30% more effective than others) would be a big deal and basically
> encouraged him to go ahead and seek the patent.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-10-02 23:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-02 17:13 [bitcoin-dev] About ASICBoost Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-02 19:36 ` Btc Drak
2016-10-02 22:25 ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-02 22:56 ` Timo Hanke
2016-10-02 22:51 ` Matt Corallo
[not found] ` <CAAS2fgSwgdvb9gWc8A2SPhJAL36Ss4EY_DTtc6sQj=G3X66OWA@mail.gmail.com>
2016-10-02 22:58 ` Gregory Maxwell
2016-10-02 23:19 ` Matt Corallo [this message]
2016-10-02 23:27 ` Gregory Maxwell
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