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 A500A1DFF for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 03:20:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.18]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65E24A5 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 03:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.50.29] ([69.50.179.106]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx001) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LoEwL-1aG8ej2zFJ-00gGKT; Tue, 06 Oct 2015 05:20:37 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) From: Peter R In-Reply-To: <561325D4.5030800@thinlink.com> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:20:33 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <8EF9A9A8-3EBE-4427-9745-1C494DF12E9A@gmx.com> References: <1489086.kGfJeeyi4a@garp> <2081461.sDX5ARzIdv@garp> <561325D4.5030800@thinlink.com> To: Tom Harding X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:bQkznOa+5IYyn5QwOz/IduskkT8NKQapBTGAuIr43alXxy4TrIW ZMBNi9jiG38kZaUroUa8Gh6KGRfE1Ccr/ArfCJieKVVcasdprUwaYJfwSA7bsKuMFauxUWj LnRbK+flp620qkZojHcEm7UEk535h5JXy21bYUgk4p8f1C6oicdXy9TFtVASeXFMvCaMSaP uiYuwmJW8SAa9iP/NtwuA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:P+cmSyrHgxU=:Uz5ow039Xu80eu0pxc8eB5 eyVygZCLZstmfTt9qRv+RH05Vc+/YsNWd1XT44H3zQrY0Nhb4ozT+j7/4z8Go1sJqPOdKeaT1 ouL/Zf0bd6dc94WCFs7GGelJDEvoMtuwl8pYUh/9UUIiuGKKr7+ySmkT0aLeTkXyvvdD30JlK BnX8gsCrishAQk5TdN7GY83mlsZTCnEe/LEeuFxIoxlEthUqwPv9CgWKz3VkMbH8wU44Pk3lN pia9+q7hAFhkn4mTXJF+3oq7927WZrx6MFLLiS7w7BOoVUp2gTRHM60GZdNyJIIvcIq4zB8Jl 96CXPAK3kyMsZmQ+/wAF4+8Jzzyxy21nXxOe3+iEcHmN4IlQl1XCCRRNM8L+A8obdrbZDNo5W n8YK6JwcJfiOGwGPgvaIAQOp4Y8DfOx2RLDIei9FqCBlrY29QnhOUMxHaHJuVZhoAhxsi2r2a wp7OQ9dERdzf/BF0Z+fVQV/5lGtvnD8FpxM7xJ1cgZjpFngbzjIMMx8yJrwQgw5iq7fIUwHrb WWc6DEN/Uofd5oMWDW8Bktg7YV/p18BHnH8Cq7Pc57M4Vf5EsWuUT1O4u2l/EXrTMilUNhqDM b816ciOduF9Agur7VePWAmF9Tj1lIggY1O56DnXJ/SvXS5Euald7BA0Q38l62pZEmnBaInB0V qnwvuDvgBAQSGebJ3pwr0F93KkU5xANpy+t9lPZfUvUKL2dhTHbdJlnTitphajaIKpXa9R1uk /xutBonXze/j1D3H/9O38bGFIikEEhDX8IvHZYge+OaFuMlUPjUZAr4r6TAdhATh1NFHVb+pV /BuwWMZ X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] This thread is not about the soft/hard fork technical debate 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, 06 Oct 2015 03:20:40 -0000 > On Oct 5, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Tom Harding via bitcoin-dev = wrote: >=20 > On 10/5/2015 1:56 PM, Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev wrote: >> In this case, I don't even believe we have any regulator contributors >> that disagree. >=20 > Since Gavin Andresen chose you to be one of 4 people who decides whose > contributions are accepted to the Core project, shouldn't you recuse > yourself from referencing "regular contributor" as some kind of bar to > an opinion being worthy? >=20 > You don't want to be accused of squelching a person's opinions by > nacking or sitting on commits, then turning around and branding those > opinions as worthless because they are not from a "regular = contributor." > Do you? Great point, Tom!=20 In fact, you=E2=80=99ve just explained the dynamics that create = =E2=80=9Ccentralizing pressure=E2=80=9D in regards to development: If = the weight of a person=E2=80=99s opinion is proportional to how many = commits that person has made, and if the probability of getting a commit = pulled is proportional to the weight of that person=E2=80=99s opinion, = well=E2=80=A6I=E2=80=99m pretty sure this results in a differential = equation that has a solution that results in ever-increasing centralized = control of the code base. =20 I believe we should work to deprecate the idea that Core is somehow the = =E2=80=9Ccore of Bitcoin," in favour of multiple competing = implementations. XT and btcd are two working examples of this idea. = Let=E2=80=99s make it easier for the community to determine the = evolution of Bitcoin by making it easier for the community to express = their vote based on the code we choose to run. =20 Best regards, Peter=