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From: Gregory Maxwell <greg@xiph.org>
To: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] About ASICBoost
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 22:58:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAS2fgQ6Xip=6nrdSM82hAhd47CKGPXLCXMOkBohrZWxJyqFoQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAS2fgSwgdvb9gWc8A2SPhJAL36Ss4EY_DTtc6sQj=G3X66OWA@mail.gmail.com>

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.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-10-02 22:58 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 [this message]
2016-10-02 23:19       ` Matt Corallo
2016-10-02 23:27         ` Gregory Maxwell

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