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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 23:10:58 +0530
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From: Sriram Karra <karra.etc@gmail.com>
To: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP 102 - kick the can down the road to 2MB
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On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Sriram Karra <karra.etc@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev <
> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
>
>> I personally *don't* think he's doing that, rather I believe he knows
>> full well it's a bad patch and is proposing it because he wants to push
>> discussion towards a solution. Often trolling the a audience with bad
>> patches is an effective way to motivate people to respond by writing
>> better ones; Jeff has told me he often does exactly that.
>>
>> I think in this case we shouldn't do anything, so short-circuiting that
>> process by pointing out what he's doing publicly makes sense.
>>
>
> Assuming that's what Jeff is doing, how does preventing better solutions
> from emerging 'make sense'?
>

Peter, sorry,  scratch that.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Sriram Karra <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:karra.etc@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">karra.etc@gmail.com</a>&=
gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 =
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><span class=3D"">On Tue=
, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank"=
>bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div>=C2=A0=
</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-l=
eft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I personally *don&#39;t* think he&#39;s doing that, rather I believe he kno=
ws<br>
full well it&#39;s a bad patch and is proposing it because he wants to push=
<br>
discussion towards a solution. Often trolling the a audience with bad<br>
patches is an effective way to motivate people to respond by writing<br>
better ones; Jeff has told me he often does exactly that.<br>
<br>
I think in this case we shouldn&#39;t do anything, so short-circuiting that=
<br>
process by pointing out what he&#39;s doing publicly makes sense.<br></bloc=
kquote><div><br></div></span><div>Assuming that&#39;s what Jeff is doing, h=
ow does preventing better solutions from emerging &#39;make sense&#39;?<br>=
</div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Peter, sorry,=C2=A0=
 scratch that.<br></div></div>

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