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From: Btc Drak <btcdrak@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:47:36 +0100
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To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Separated bitcoin-consensus mailing list (was Re:
 Bitcoin XT Fork)
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On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@gmail.com> wrote:
> bitcoin-dev for protocol discussion and bitcoin-core for Bitcoin Core
> discussion?

Well -dev or both, I dont particularly see a difference at the moment,
and establishing two lists isnt really going to make a difference so
long as Bitcoin Core is the reference client, which it is by defacto.
The risk of having too many lists is interested stakeholders will miss
a discussions. Normal protocol and core discussions are usually pretty
low volume in any case.

> As Jorge notes, a general discussion list has existed for a long time with
> little use.

I would suggest it's only because there havent been any rules for -dev
that would force general discussion over to the bitcoin list. On IRC
we regularly tell people in #bitcoin-dev they are OT and ask them to
move to #bitcoin and as a result, -dev remains quite clear of chit
chat, #bitcoin has a steady stream of general chatter.

We could reduce the OT/noise of bitcoin-dev list considerably by
offloading the non-technical/academic debate to the bitcoin list. It
just needs a bit of shepherding. I am more than happy to help out.
Especially if the list already exists, we should consider making a
decision now.

Who are the moderators for that list? Do we really want to use
sourceforge or are there alternatives, like another list on
linuxfoundation?

ping @Warren.