Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 12:17:17 -0400
From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
To: Sergio Demian Lerner <sergio.d.lerner@gmail.com>,
	Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Drivechain proposal using OP_COUNT_ACKS
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On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 12:49:08PM -0300, Sergio Demian Lerner via bitcoin-=
dev wrote:

I think your history of patenting(1) Bitcoin consensus relevant technology =
is
sufficient by itself to be extremely dubious of any proposals coming from y=
ou
or your colleagues; patents on Bitcoin consensus technology are a serious
threat to decentralization. Personally, I'm NACKing this proposal on that b=
asis
alone.

You need to rectify this dangerous and unethical behavior in a convincing,
legally binding way. I'd suggest looking into Blockstream's patent pledges =
as a
way forward:

    https://www.blockstream.com/about/patent_pledge/

I see no reason to have any further discussion of your proposal until this =
is
rectified.

1) "AsicBoost is a patent-pending method to improve the efficiency and cost=
 of Bitcoin mining by approximately 20%"
   http://www.asicboost.com/single-post/2016/03/24/AsicBoost-Press-Release

> Since ScalingBitcoin is close, I think this is a good moment to publish o=
ur
> proposal on drivechains. This BIP proposed the drivechain we'd like to use
> in RSK (a.k.a. Rootstock) two-way pegged blockchain and see it implemented

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