Lawrence Nahum [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: š Original date posted:2015-06-18 š Original message:Mike Hearn <mike <at> ...
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Original date posted:2015-06-18
š Original message:Mike Hearn <mike <at> plan99.net> writes:
> It's the only way to keep a project making progress at a reasonable pace.
[SNIP]
If Bitcoin is managed with a linux kernel style dictator it would be
centralized (yet unlike linux, where people can fork without impacting others
in Bitcoin a hard fork puts at risks everyone's bitcoins) - I hope we all
agree there is no point in a centralized Bitcoin?
In addition and more importantly, it would put Gavin in tremendous dangers,
both from violent threats/blackmailing prospective as well as regulatory
prospective - how can you not see that?
I hope all this confrontation will be worth something in the end: to show
that Bitcoin can't be changed centrally and that it can't be changed without
consensus
š Original message:Mike Hearn <mike <at> plan99.net> writes:
> It's the only way to keep a project making progress at a reasonable pace.
[SNIP]
If Bitcoin is managed with a linux kernel style dictator it would be
centralized (yet unlike linux, where people can fork without impacting others
in Bitcoin a hard fork puts at risks everyone's bitcoins) - I hope we all
agree there is no point in a centralized Bitcoin?
In addition and more importantly, it would put Gavin in tremendous dangers,
both from violent threats/blackmailing prospective as well as regulatory
prospective - how can you not see that?
I hope all this confrontation will be worth something in the end: to show
that Bitcoin can't be changed centrally and that it can't be changed without
consensus