jl2012 at xbt.hk [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2015-08-15 📝 Original message:Sign with the key 5EC948A1 ...
📅 Original date posted:2015-08-15
📝 Original message:Sign with the key 5EC948A1 or shut up, you scammer
Satoshi Nakamoto via bitcoin-dev 於 2015-08-15 13:43 寫到:
> I have been following the recent block size debates through the
> mailing list. I had hoped the debate would resolve and that a fork
> proposal would achieve widespread consensus. However with the formal
> release of Bitcoin XT 0.11A, this looks unlikely to happen, and so I
> am forced to share my concerns about this very dangerous fork.
>
> The developers of this pretender-Bitcoin claim to be following my
> original vision, but nothing could be further from the truth. When I
> designed Bitcoin, I designed it in such a way as to make future
> modifications to the consensus rules difficult without near unanimous
> agreement. Bitcoin was designed to be protected from the influence of
> charismatic leaders, even if their name is Gavin Andresen, Barack
> Obama, or Satoshi Nakamoto. Nearly everyone has to agree on a change,
> and they have to do it without being forced or pressured into it. By
> doing a fork in this way, these developers are violating the "original
> vision" they claim to honour.
>
> They use my old writings to make claims about what Bitcoin was
> supposed to be. However I acknowledge that a lot has changed since
> that time, and new knowledge has been gained that contradicts some of
> my early opinions. For example I didn't anticipate pooled mining and
> its effects on the security of the network. Making Bitcoin a
> competitive monetary system while also preserving its security
> properties is not a trivial problem, and we should take more time to
> come up with a robust solution. I suspect we need a better incentive
> for users to run nodes instead of relying solely on altruism.
>
> If two developers can fork Bitcoin and succeed in redefining what
> "Bitcoin" is, in the face of widespread technical criticism and
> through the use of populist tactics, then I will have no choice but to
> declare Bitcoin a failed project. Bitcoin was meant to be both
> technically and socially robust. This present situation has been very
> disappointing to watch unfold.
>
> Satoshi Nakamoto
>
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📝 Original message:Sign with the key 5EC948A1 or shut up, you scammer
Satoshi Nakamoto via bitcoin-dev 於 2015-08-15 13:43 寫到:
> I have been following the recent block size debates through the
> mailing list. I had hoped the debate would resolve and that a fork
> proposal would achieve widespread consensus. However with the formal
> release of Bitcoin XT 0.11A, this looks unlikely to happen, and so I
> am forced to share my concerns about this very dangerous fork.
>
> The developers of this pretender-Bitcoin claim to be following my
> original vision, but nothing could be further from the truth. When I
> designed Bitcoin, I designed it in such a way as to make future
> modifications to the consensus rules difficult without near unanimous
> agreement. Bitcoin was designed to be protected from the influence of
> charismatic leaders, even if their name is Gavin Andresen, Barack
> Obama, or Satoshi Nakamoto. Nearly everyone has to agree on a change,
> and they have to do it without being forced or pressured into it. By
> doing a fork in this way, these developers are violating the "original
> vision" they claim to honour.
>
> They use my old writings to make claims about what Bitcoin was
> supposed to be. However I acknowledge that a lot has changed since
> that time, and new knowledge has been gained that contradicts some of
> my early opinions. For example I didn't anticipate pooled mining and
> its effects on the security of the network. Making Bitcoin a
> competitive monetary system while also preserving its security
> properties is not a trivial problem, and we should take more time to
> come up with a robust solution. I suspect we need a better incentive
> for users to run nodes instead of relying solely on altruism.
>
> If two developers can fork Bitcoin and succeed in redefining what
> "Bitcoin" is, in the face of widespread technical criticism and
> through the use of populist tactics, then I will have no choice but to
> declare Bitcoin a failed project. Bitcoin was meant to be both
> technically and socially robust. This present situation has been very
> disappointing to watch unfold.
>
> Satoshi Nakamoto
>
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> bitcoin-dev mailing list
> bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org
> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev