Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70AF61631 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:21:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.help.org (mail.help.org [70.90.2.18]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D850F1C6 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.25] (Unknown [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Mon, 5 Oct 2015 16:21:32 -0400 To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: <1489086.kGfJeeyi4a@garp> From: Milly Bitcoin Message-ID: <5612DBBD.90104@bitcoins.info> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 16:21:17 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] This thread is not about the soft/hard fork technical debate X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 20:21:36 -0000 On 10/5/2015 4:05 PM, Steven Pine via bitcoin-dev wrote: > It's pretty clear Mike has turned into concern troll and bully. "troll" and, even worse, "concern troll" are terms generally used by teenagers on places like Reddit to complain about someone who doesn't agree with them. It is not rally a valid term to use in technical discussions. Several of the developers on here act as bullies by wielding power they have accumulated in a a system which they claim is decentralized. It is not clear at all so your premise is faulty. >has stated numerous times in other forums he has no > interest in building consensus changes he doesn't agree with himself. What exactly do you expect? Bitcoin is not a charity, it is built on incentives. > He's lost his integrity and trust and why the core developers Only a very small minority of the developers have "integrity and trust." Most are pretty irrational and untrustworthy if you look at their discussions outside of their technical expertise. Bitcoin is not supposed to have a model where users are not forced to trust a small group such as the core developers. It sounds to me like you suggest giving that up the idea of decentralization so you can gain control over the "official" software releases. Russ Russ