Joel Joonatan Kaartinen [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: š Original date posted:2011-07-27 šļø Summary of this message: Discussion on ...
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Original date posted:2011-07-27
šļø Summary of this message: Discussion on implementing bug bounties for Bitcoin development, with suggestions for a more democratic approach and hiring a full-time developer.
š Original message:When I first found bitcoin, I was a bit surprised there were no paid by
community developers working on it. However, the bounties would be a
more democratic way of guiding the progress as well as allow things to
happen without a stable flow of money.
Having said that, if it's feasible, having someone hired full time to
work on the software would be great. I'm too much of a newcomer myself
to be able to provide any financial support for that though. I could
most likely contribute towards some bug bounties but if there was a bug
I'd want to offer bounty for, I'd be fixing it myself already.
- Joel
On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 09:07 -0700, Rick Wesson wrote:
> personally, if the software works better (less bugs) then btc will be
> more valuable. offering bounty is orthorginal to finding the right
> technical lead that will hurd the effort.
>
>
> put a bounty (salary) on the person to lead the effort, not the bugs
>
>
> -rick
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:20:07 AM John Smith wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Joel Joonatan Kaartinen
> > <joel.kaartinen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Perhaps even add a way for anyone add to the bounty
> attached to a bug on
> > > the bug tracker? Also, a listing page for bugs with their
> bounties might
> > > be nice too.
> >
> > Good idea. I'm not sure if the github bug tracker supports
> extension
> > attributes, but it'd be a great place to add it. Also,
> people can let know
> > that they're already working on a feature using a comment,
> to prevent
> > double work.
>
>
> I'm not sure a few small bounties would justify agreeing to
> GitHub's steep
> demand for potentially unlimited money in their terms of
> service...
>
>
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šļø Summary of this message: Discussion on implementing bug bounties for Bitcoin development, with suggestions for a more democratic approach and hiring a full-time developer.
š Original message:When I first found bitcoin, I was a bit surprised there were no paid by
community developers working on it. However, the bounties would be a
more democratic way of guiding the progress as well as allow things to
happen without a stable flow of money.
Having said that, if it's feasible, having someone hired full time to
work on the software would be great. I'm too much of a newcomer myself
to be able to provide any financial support for that though. I could
most likely contribute towards some bug bounties but if there was a bug
I'd want to offer bounty for, I'd be fixing it myself already.
- Joel
On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 09:07 -0700, Rick Wesson wrote:
> personally, if the software works better (less bugs) then btc will be
> more valuable. offering bounty is orthorginal to finding the right
> technical lead that will hurd the effort.
>
>
> put a bounty (salary) on the person to lead the effort, not the bugs
>
>
> -rick
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:20:07 AM John Smith wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Joel Joonatan Kaartinen
> > <joel.kaartinen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Perhaps even add a way for anyone add to the bounty
> attached to a bug on
> > > the bug tracker? Also, a listing page for bugs with their
> bounties might
> > > be nice too.
> >
> > Good idea. I'm not sure if the github bug tracker supports
> extension
> > attributes, but it'd be a great place to add it. Also,
> people can let know
> > that they're already working on a feature using a comment,
> to prevent
> > double work.
>
>
> I'm not sure a few small bounties would justify agreeing to
> GitHub's steep
> demand for potentially unlimited money in their terms of
> service...
>
>
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