From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp4.osuosl.org (smtp4.osuosl.org [IPv6:2605:bc80:3010::137]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD27EC000E for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 03:02:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B327B40237 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 03:02:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 1.101 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.101 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_50=0.8, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, FROM_LOCAL_NOVOWEL=0.5, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Authentication-Results: smtp4.osuosl.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=protonmail.com Received: from smtp4.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp4.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id fM2YpeXgCArw for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 03:02:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0 Received: from mail-4027.protonmail.ch (mail-4027.protonmail.ch [185.70.40.27]) by smtp4.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E81B840236 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 03:02:40 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2021 03:02:33 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail; t=1636340557; bh=xBZEaFAShzWEDEG8PEbrZMHU2iD39c83NVKOp58OzIs=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=kGd0f/Z4RwfcePfs0ZQ68JNo5ZjrvgaiSv24Ggz3dC3gwpfU+CB/yIaRdNNkuqM2K 6cH2dZmOIh9dXf+ETnTVfB2uLQci3FKvDrCTu6rIm1JVxwRwUbKAyjtjoz3BJ/0jp6 8xE/4owrHPOlAN68YtwVvwY/SHx4aswFGCRqOJxc= To: "yanmaani@cock.li" , Bitcoin Protocol Discussion From: ZmnSCPxj Reply-To: ZmnSCPxj Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <3d686c3a100338514c3ebcc264ec24f2@cock.li> References: <20211020192054.GA117785@jauntyelephant.191.37.198.vultr.com> <3d686c3a100338514c3ebcc264ec24f2@cock.li> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Prayank Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] bitcoin.org missing bitcoin core version 22.0 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: Mon, 08 Nov 2021 03:02:43 -0000 Good morning yanmaani, > > 3.More people from different countries getting involved in important > > roles. > > Isn't Bitcoin already plenty distributed? Funding people in > under-represented countries seems to me like a textbook exercise in > 'box-ticking, but moreover, I'd frankly rather have reasonably well-off > guys from Western Europe/America who have the financial backbone to not > worry that much about attacks to their funding, than mercenaries who > have to follow orders or get fired. Even if they're from West > Uzbekistan. > > (Maybe they need a union?) > > > 4.Few anons. > > Gonna guess you mean "a few anons," not fewer anons. > > Again, problem is money. These days, nobody threatens anyone with > anything substantive, like murder - the threats all involve cutting off > some funding. So having anonymous people being funded by non-robust > sources doesn't really buy you that much, because the weakest link will > pretty much never be the de-jure, legal freedom of an individual. > > Having a system that allows people to fund anonymous people better would > be interesting, but it has some challenges with trust and so on. On the other hand, one can argue that "ZmnSCPxj" at this point is a bonafid= e name (that happens to once have been simply a random sequence of letters)= rather than an anonymous cover. As to box-ticking: the simple fact of the matter is that smart humans will = arise everywhere. It is to the interest of Bitcoin users that more of thhem contribute to the= success of Bitcoin. The alternative by default is that smart people who became smart because th= ey happened to start out with the disadvantage of having to fight tooth and= claw in a bad environment will be quite willing to do anything, including = attack Bitcoin, just to get out of such a situation. Regards, ZmnSCPxj