Rusty Russell [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2021-04-06 📝 Original message:Jeremy via bitcoin-dev ...
📅 Original date posted:2021-04-06
📝 Original message:Jeremy via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> We had a very productive meeting today. Here is a summary of the meeting --
> I've done my best to
> summarize in an unbiased way. Thank you to everyone who attended.
>
> 1. On the use of a speedy trial variant:
>
> - There are no new objections to speedy trial generally.
> - There is desire to know if Rusty retracts or reaffirms his NACK in light
> of the responses.
I do not withdraw my NACK (and kudos: there have been few attempts to
pressure me to do so!).
The core question always was: what do we do if miners fail to activate?
Luke-Jr takes the approach that "we (i.e developers) ensure it activates
anyway". I take the approach that "the users must make a direct
intervention". Speedy Trial takes the approach that "let's pretend we
didn't *actually* ask them".
It's totally a political approach, to avoid facing the awkward question.
Since I believe that such prevaricating makes a future crisis less
predictable, I am forced to conclude that it makes bitcoin less robust.
Personally, I think the compromise position is using LOT=false and
having those such as Luke and myself continue working on a LOT=true
branch for future consideration. It's less than optimal, but I
appreciate that people want Taproot activated more than they want
the groundwork future upgrades.
I hope that helps,
Rusty.
📝 Original message:Jeremy via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> We had a very productive meeting today. Here is a summary of the meeting --
> I've done my best to
> summarize in an unbiased way. Thank you to everyone who attended.
>
> 1. On the use of a speedy trial variant:
>
> - There are no new objections to speedy trial generally.
> - There is desire to know if Rusty retracts or reaffirms his NACK in light
> of the responses.
I do not withdraw my NACK (and kudos: there have been few attempts to
pressure me to do so!).
The core question always was: what do we do if miners fail to activate?
Luke-Jr takes the approach that "we (i.e developers) ensure it activates
anyway". I take the approach that "the users must make a direct
intervention". Speedy Trial takes the approach that "let's pretend we
didn't *actually* ask them".
It's totally a political approach, to avoid facing the awkward question.
Since I believe that such prevaricating makes a future crisis less
predictable, I am forced to conclude that it makes bitcoin less robust.
Personally, I think the compromise position is using LOT=false and
having those such as Luke and myself continue working on a LOT=true
branch for future consideration. It's less than optimal, but I
appreciate that people want Taproot activated more than they want
the groundwork future upgrades.
I hope that helps,
Rusty.