Gregory Maxwell [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2012-07-09 📝 Original message:On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at ...
📅 Original date posted:2012-07-09
📝 Original message:On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Jorge Timón <timon.elviejo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Didn't even know that they were proprietary software bitcoin clients.
> Should people trust them? Should the web promote them?
> After all, you can't know what they do. What if one of them contains a
> back door or something?
> I would say it's better not risk to apologize later.
I agree too. Not that being open is _any_ guarantee, ideally we'd
want standards
of review and testing, but thats a bit much to ask for right now.
📝 Original message:On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Jorge Timón <timon.elviejo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Didn't even know that they were proprietary software bitcoin clients.
> Should people trust them? Should the web promote them?
> After all, you can't know what they do. What if one of them contains a
> back door or something?
> I would say it's better not risk to apologize later.
I agree too. Not that being open is _any_ guarantee, ideally we'd
want standards
of review and testing, but thats a bit much to ask for right now.