From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5cgg-0004cB-F1 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:29:10 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bitpay.com designates 209.85.218.53 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.218.53; envelope-from=jgarzik@bitpay.com; helo=mail-oi0-f53.google.com; Received: from mail-oi0-f53.google.com ([209.85.218.53]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Z5cgf-0006sT-7X for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:29:10 +0000 Received: by oiyy130 with SMTP id y130so44296272oiy.0 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:29:03 -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:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=XKYKyXiXdiVHs+SDXoNPWoVgoFvYDv7Nwjsyrod0hg8=; b=f3IfYCmQ5vayukOu6lj2sYKyBkicCQ1//R1QtwG99WMF4izuhmLR8rRGEx06cffLlA iykL21R0mkjm/E+v6pcmPiBc8Y8OnW33TDpylKjI0bnp9Pdjj51D+nBhbGkcpujxHEgi 31uKk5Y0jBOukm2wJZgQ77NFXhsaFsbGxPB6yFhKz2/W5xk2A/AXCdwgSjVS/IU6weQL XMz/hEy70B77HFgVF6Wl0ixWcXjOPVsWJQdq/obyWEQQgJq4Ox1WJtfW6WhudQLgUQsh NsEObgVbXD3eZE+D1yzWu/SOvHFbqKeIY6E6r2T5XlaN31dFMbMyuDk56Q/BxXbyMb5J y+8w== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnHlidoms3bDUGEJtmuhoLsmL7FLinqAvsBPOieCB+HJhn4+yL6Q/VmZiD9oJR/7E0yIBlH X-Received: by 10.60.45.104 with SMTP id l8mr9926502oem.61.1434644943814; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:29:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.202.108.149 with HTTP; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:28:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <0ede5c200ce70e4d92541dd91749b4ea@riseup.net> References: <55828737.6000007@riseup.net> <20150618111407.GA6690@amethyst.visucore.com> <0ede5c200ce70e4d92541dd91749b4ea@riseup.net> From: Jeff Garzik Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:28:43 -0700 Message-ID: To: Justus Ranvier Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0149ce38417f580518cd4ed2 X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature 0.6 AWL AWL: Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address X-Headers-End: 1Z5cgf-0006sT-7X Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Concerns Regarding Threats by a Developer to Remove Commit Access from Other Developers X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:29:10 -0000 --089e0149ce38417f580518cd4ed2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:07 AM, wrote: > On 2015-06-18 14:53, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Consensus changes - worded another way - change Bitcoin's Constitution - >> The Rules that everyone in the system is -forced- to follow, or be ignored >> by the system. >> > > Bitcoin does not and can not function as a set of rules imposed by some > people onto other people. This is an engineering list. The quote precisely describes how the bitcoin consensus system functions. Users' choice is largely binary: Follow the rules, or bitcoin software ignores you. -- Jeff Garzik Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/ --089e0149ce38417f580518cd4ed2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:07 AM, <justusranvier@r= iseup.net> wrote:
On 2015-06-18= 14:53, Jeff Garzik wrote:
Consensus changes - worded another way - change Bitcoin's Constitution = -
The Rules that everyone in the system is -forced- to follow, or be ignored<= br> by the system.

 Bitcoin does not and can not function as a set of rules imposed by some peo= ple onto other people.

This is an engineeri= ng list.=C2=A0 The quote precisely describes how the bitcoin consensus syst= em functions.

Users' choice is largely binary:= =C2=A0Follow the rules, or bitcoin software ignores you.

--
Jeff Garzik
Bitcoin core = developer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0https://bitpay.com/
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