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From: Eric Lombrozo <elombrozo@gmail.com>
To: Justus Ranvier <justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org>
Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Thoughts on Forks, Scalability, and other Bitcoin inconveniences.
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 14:08:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABr1YTcOGkQOr0UMTZMQvMZyuHF63n6eKEmg0uz-j5OwnJ37sA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55999C27.4070604@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org>

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I was saying that somewhat tongue-in-cheek...sorry that didn't come through
in the text.
On Jul 5, 2015 2:05 PM, "Justus Ranvier" <
justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org> wrote:

> On 07/05/2015 03:53 PM, Eric Lombrozo wrote:
> > Perhaps I didn't write that so well if I gave that impression. Perhaps
> > taking a look at some of my work in this space would make you think
> > otherwise. (yes, I've implemented an entire SPV stack from scratch...look
> > it up.)
>
> I get concerned when I hear statement like "the raison d'etre of bitcoin
> is trustlessness" because it implies that Bitcoin promises infinite
> security, which has never been the case.
>
> I don't think we can meaningfully discuss Bitcoin security issues if
> every proposal is compared to a straw standard of perfection which is
> achievable. When everybody expects infinite security then the perfect
> turns into the enemy of the good (and the achievable).
>
> --
> Justus Ranvier
> Open Bitcoin Privacy Project
> http://www.openbitcoinprivacyproject.org/
> justus@openbitcoinprivacyproject.org
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      reply	other threads:[~2015-07-05 21:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2015-07-05 18:50     ` [bitcoin-dev] Thoughts on Forks, Scalability, and other Bitcoin inconveniences Eric Lombrozo
2015-07-05 19:55       ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-07-05 20:33       ` Justus Ranvier
2015-07-05 20:53         ` Eric Lombrozo
2015-07-05 21:05           ` Justus Ranvier
2015-07-05 21:08             ` Eric Lombrozo [this message]

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