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 512FA97 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:17:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-pd0-f179.google.com (mail-pd0-f179.google.com [209.85.192.179]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD3C5DE for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:17:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pdrg1 with SMTP id g1so82862703pdr.2 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:17:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :message-id:references:to; bh=b/+CTHRbvREQucQocNholRrGBwgtyfd6P+BDom5wFD4=; b=QBvYNFeL/yRIgXmpz/p+lQ29nYegJNOzwnKD2wNSct/vHf6AkQ68EHF3WrWZki3+X2 fyGtRn2MQ589gHgP/wa0pS/OATJbN8mpkNRzqZJQVRtjMBIx+RDuemG8KFJYodPysjjS J/LtU1DvG4ZIx6sjsduY0PGm+R3z6v2XR+YMxiGbgxmSmsr8TpESyPgu4dbx85cTBSJL sQOaWyoOgrwyVQB1Q34tL2+Qg1KDPPItP7lxzJU76Z5bPTsSQH0z2b3bdrmXygL1ocin LQDTg9thwXKkLkJLcmyOtUx/MpIC/yNJEqbEeOkD4Ms0uEKCp1izANY+uBBn1BPqfT9s Zzow== X-Received: by 10.70.20.196 with SMTP id p4mr89191548pde.58.1438147061626; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:17:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.107] (cpe-76-167-237-202.san.res.rr.com. [76.167.237.202]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id os7sm38153269pdb.51.2015.07.28.22.17.35 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:17:40 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2098\)) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_0D9E50E3-054B-4F8F-9706-A231DFC5BC61"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha512 X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 2.5 From: Eric Lombrozo In-Reply-To: <55B84CAF.9020601@bitcoins.info> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:17:33 -0700 Message-Id: References: <1B7F00D3-41AE-44BF-818D-EC4EF279DC11@gmail.com> <35B780B8-7282-4C98-9A0D-C7774028E277@gmail.com> <4F7FB1A0-E201-40F2-80BA-4C8D6ECC4DC4@gmail.com> <241A813C-91DC-4A66-AC55-BA8F256E9A9B@gmail.com> <55B84CAF.9020601@bitcoins.info> To: Milly Bitcoin X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2098) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, 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] Why Satoshi's temporary anti-spam measure isn't temporary 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: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:17:42 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_0D9E50E3-054B-4F8F-9706-A231DFC5BC61 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > On Jul 28, 2015, at 8:46 PM, Milly Bitcoin via bitcoin-dev = wrote: >=20 >> GUYS, WE=92VE KNOWN ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEM = FOR >> YEARS ALREADY=85AND IT SEEMS PRACTICALLY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED=85 >=20 > What is the incentive for someone with high level technical skills to = spend all their time developing and testing code? Especially since the = code is generally the boring task of "fixing the plumbing" and won't = benefit the developer directly ... except they will be blamed if = something goes wrong. >=20 > Russ >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev Some of the most highly skilled technical people working on Bitcoin Core = have been doing exactly that! The main incentive, of course, is that = later on you get to work on something that=92s actually pleasant to work = on rather than a whole bunch of garbled crap that doesn=92t work = properly. However, the great irony is that the devs who have long since recognized = the importance of fixing these issues have also tended to be loathe to = touching any of the consensus code unless it fixes some critical = immediately exploitable security hole=85while the devs who most clamor = for consensus code changes have tended to all but ignore these issues = entirely. I sometimes wish it were the other way around. - Eric --Apple-Mail=_0D9E50E3-054B-4F8F-9706-A231DFC5BC61 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVuGHtAAoJEJNAI64YFENUKEwP/00ijmWpg6OmdsfnjpBZ+FMT uhVCoIAUsOoHUgBkXSDYoa47Y7LcSHONaMFK7RmB1jZLylLJI6HydvbZm/G967sC /s1CuFJ2qJjfoEie4uFBQiEP4li6mvqcpBTVEC8UXrZx8ZK0LGc3xjfk9RfXaCu3 r5W6pbLmHt6GqzTtIGjJ4sB3HTrhbjJ8plc9Mg6r8NxwumPpOvjABHf2GVSWKWvB QYmAD7okoI+mMZ9aEBFz7YoWUNBj4nv9Y3AyUXDriEC72fGsLuqfn7HrrARqP3R+ 8RY/5dSdJ4NrurYPREphRpIrOCYjTb/Bs6UIJhqj/P3Zm72bNeQdMVoEmdJSYiLm XJ9R4hrYrr65FjDOVvCAp63XgLtRLHero5dE+oF0sYQO4ON9iP2f32XumlKO3wyp F8sW4R6m4dFK/LEDIciAX5gKq49GsyeM4JaqQYHb8iKsGRPogUxj92AgJYzhKg1b 5+HloIsOnRvWGd5WmXx5D/nFNeHbVf8zSRZU4e76oxgb61Ip0cPfTHaLVx/rmTmy E6ANd6dtQqjJOVzYMROP21g9P3sFTqCxDF9weisw48sYVTaKkSgD+bPMZnapnyDp 0rXzxB9XIfj2c9alD5YKYX+ohLTcuDOI0ULYaM1/roF76jnelT/a1WtC/tVOwF64 hEA7czaFlJ5b4tDVVBMB =UzPp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_0D9E50E3-054B-4F8F-9706-A231DFC5BC61--