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 4F8CD904 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:00:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-la0-f45.google.com (mail-la0-f45.google.com [209.85.215.45]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B57001EF for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:00:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lalv9 with SMTP id v9so11576925lal.0 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:00:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ko6InPjgX3Tr9+xFSYdXydEbjCygqfwLihJXuIdqsUw=; b=dyem2QCbx9HQz3i5YXvz4uPqNogzUtbK80BR2z9vMrQksK6vxESggfcHOJtAOX9cVq E0v+ntRTH4yZ7aLGlROu7nW640I6SldtWD/ucyzO65cXQ8Gh9ppZuRY8FW3M8YzJh8nn vl94eDB9RjCUlABegrUb6+vKbHLaz7Hy+yXhYCdYJUyhAPlricGzAqS71EJ/wl5EY40O b/88rph22bf01uVN4svyvcShzUTbMsrAOxYOGv9MNO6eGAjzvPB6im+d527nodGDGXT/ KqOWxG772xXCSzQfVvy+ffzI5WjuPJwhXjYojSbtDSh92sR0wrxC7CCa1rr8q+gRvBKI pBpQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl+eU5HVx+L7zG7SJd19tiic3jLVgzsEIEu/CV7BOJJakGwdRLF1SU/feeq3e6vzEJ/Dh6Q MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.37.196 with SMTP id a4mr13931846lak.59.1440021610140; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:00:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.15.22 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:00:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20150819182010.GB12306@muck> <55D4D9C3.5070004@riseup.net> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:09 +0200 Message-ID: From: =?UTF-8?B?Sm9yZ2UgVGltw7Nu?= To: Eric Lombrozo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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 Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin XT Fork 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, 19 Aug 2015 22:00:12 -0000 On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Eric Lombrozo wrote= : > But the consensus code should NOT be subject to the same commit policies= =E2=80=A6and we should make an effort to separate the two clearly. And we s= hould find a way to communicate the difference succinctly and clearly to la= ypeople (which is something I think the XT opponents have been horrible at = doing so far). I think that effort is in progress (again, much slower that I would like it to be) and it's called libconsensus. Once we have libconsensus Bitcoin Core it's just another implementation (even if it is the reference one) and it's not "the specification of the consensus rules" which is a "privileged" position that brings all sorts of misunderstandings and problems (the block size debate is just one example).