Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB1BFBCA for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2015 12:20:42 +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 A6BA119E for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2015 12:20:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.25] (B [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Wed, 1 Jul 2015 08:20:32 -0400 References: <20150701084512.5924041A40@smtp.hushmail.com> <3E6FD4C9-7586-4756-8456-218B9E44B559@eeqj.com> From: Milly Bitcoin To: bitcoin-dev Message-ID: <5593DB0B.7050302@bitcoins.info> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 08:20:27 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3E6FD4C9-7586-4756-8456-218B9E44B559@eeqj.com> 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] Bitcoin governance 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: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:20:43 -0000 >It is a common misconception that the core devs govern Bitcoin; They set standards rather than govern. It is an important standard, but it is a voluntary standard. How important that standard in terms of defining the consensus rules is subject to speculation and the amount of influence depends on the specific circumstances. Maybe some wording can be changed to reflect that it is a voluntary standard. Russ