Return-Path: Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org (smtp3.osuosl.org [IPv6:2605:bc80:3010::136]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 614DFC0032 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:32:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EBED60FDC for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:32:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp3.osuosl.org 2EBED60FDC Authentication-Results: smtp3.osuosl.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=timruffing.de header.i=@timruffing.de header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=MBO0001 header.b=m8if040h X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.8 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2nhanFst24eL for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:32:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout-p-201.mailbox.org (mout-p-201.mailbox.org [80.241.56.171]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E28C160FA9 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:32:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp3.osuosl.org E28C160FA9 Received: from smtp202.mailbox.org (smtp202.mailbox.org [10.196.197.202]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mout-p-201.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4SDghx0y92z9ssT; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:32:49 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=timruffing.de; s=MBO0001; t=1698078769; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=mhQeuaXE2eOgDN2OdZFqSRWlVYsR9u6lI+e6Dj1L6fw=; b=m8if040hPAUtFbL0WDKpavTXoJ0b878mOGL7KbgEki0SB3CHMGTNj8GdJeJA4YKmeuAutk aGpRJaKv00goUxR9crdnEjEdc9T44jzjiLrIUcW9Ycny69eg+sAyuF+ijobG3wPQqRMy4w KOiK8yAe/Ho8CNgHUHYVECXPrmBhhoZwSionJxSkojyWMB8UuemG9SdeG5Vv5og4qgY6Bc vvj+EqDd/WnugJOw3/7goIkDI+1AUC1PONOzkkpHhcqei35E+GjwwakOCcEUv5VZsCQx1Y w6sZ2gkB7up/D1kQROK+G9aPWix/Op3qQ21U7hqGXNe1FYyrsIgMOGObzxHgBA== Message-ID: <5f1ba40e6b853851112652b0da8eb7d35369af82.camel@timruffing.de> From: Tim Ruffing To: Peter Todd , Bitcoin Protocol Discussion Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:32:47 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:49:28 +0000 Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Ordinals BIP PR X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:32:56 -0000 On Mon, 2023-10-23 at 15:35 +0000, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Thus > we should limit BIP assignment to the minimum possible: _extremely_ > widespread > standards used by the _entire_ Bitcoin community, for the core > mission of > Bitcoin. BIPs are Bitcoin Improvement *Proposals*. What you suggest would imply that someone needs to evaluate them even before they become proposals. And this raises plenty of notoriously hard to answers questions: * Who is in charge? * How to predict if a proposal will be a widespread standard? * What is the core mission of Bitcoin? * How to measure if something is for the core mission? * Who and what is the _entire_ Bitcoin community? Best, Tim