From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp2.osuosl.org (smtp2.osuosl.org [IPv6:2605:bc80:3010::133]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC8DC000A for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2021 14:30:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ED4540115 for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2021 14:30:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.792 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.792 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_40=-0.001, RDNS_NONE=0.793] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no Received: from smtp2.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OndxD4E62qnE for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2021 14:30:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0 Received: from mail.wpsoftware.net (unknown [66.183.0.205]) by smtp2.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10D8940100 for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2021 14:30:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from camus (camus-andrew.lan [192.168.0.190]) by mail.wpsoftware.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A6924400DB; Thu, 8 Apr 2021 14:22:59 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 14:30:05 +0000 From: Andrew Poelstra To: Michael Folkson , Bitcoin Protocol Discussion Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Update on "Speedy" Trial: The circus rolls on X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:30:13 -0000 On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 12:40:42PM +0100, Michael Folkson via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > All of this makes me extremely uncomfortable and I dread to think what > individuals and businesses all over the world who have plans to > utilize and build on Taproot are making of all of this. As an > individual I would like to distance myself from this circus. I will > try to keep the mailing list informed though of further developments > re Speedy Trial in Core or progress on an alternative client. > Thank you for your updates. For what it's worth, as somebody who wants to use Taproot I don't care *at all* about activation parameters, and I especially don't care about block height vs MTP. If a coin toss is what it takes for people to move past this that's fine by me. -- Andrew Poelstra Director of Research, Blockstream Email: apoelstra at wpsoftware.net Web: https://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew The sun is always shining in space -Justin Lewis-Webster