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To: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open
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>> Having it on the BIP page doesn't make it any more official, I agree, =
but it does increase its exposure and will hopefully spark some more =
discussion.
>=20
> Having it on the BIP page *does* make it more official, at least the =
way
> we've been using the BIP page, which is to filter out the proposals =
that
> haven't gotten much support at all. (or maybe are just controversial)

Interesting. The main reason I wrote my proposal was because the only =
proposal that came close to covering the same area was BIP 39, which at =
that time had 2 paragraphs of text (although admittedly did link to a =
text file off site where the draft was being developed). And currently =
there are 2 proposals that have numbers allocated but are empty (BIP 40 =
and 41) with no references to the development or discussion.

I appreciate the fact that acceptance of proposals on the BIP page are =
more strict, but it may be desirable to have the enforcement be more =
uniform. Also, BIP 38 is gaining more acceptance out in the community =
(many sites support the import of these keys and a growing number of =
paper wallet sites / coin / card vendors are offering it as an option), =
yet it's still missing from the BIP list, which seems to me a bit =
counter to the arguments given about community acceptance.

> FWIW I myself haven't pushed hard for getting an "official" BIP number
> for my draft NODE_BLOOM BIP, even though I've got support from most of
> the dev team on the pull-request:
> https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2900 I'm probably at the point
> where I could get one assigned - Litecoin for instance has made that
> change - but really I just see that as a formality; that it's still a
> controversial idea is much more relevant.


> In any case I don't see any working code in your email, I'd suggest
> writing some. You're BIP would be much more likely to be accepted if =
you
> were more involved in wallet development.

Good point. I'm developing my own client (which has the code up and =
running, with unit tests), but I'm not ready to release it just yet =
until I've got all the client's alpha features working. Would putting =
contact information there so people can ask for the relevant code be =
sufficient until I have my client up on github?


jp


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