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From: "Russell O'Connor" <roconnor@blockstream.com>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 14:23:51 -0400
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To: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] What to do when contentious soft fork activations
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On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 2:01 PM Jorge Tim=C3=B3n via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

>
> Russell O'Connor wrote the definitive explanation for how ST arose in
>> the consensus process and how it was designed to make everyone
>> unhappy.  It's a great explanation of what we went through last year.
>>
>>   https://r6.ca/blog/20210615T191422Z.html
>>
>>     "On Building Consensus and Speedy Trial"
>>
>>     on | 2021-06-15T19:14:22Z
>>     by | Russell O'Connor
>>
>
> That's a lot of text, are you sure he said in there he designed speedy
> trial to make everyone unhappy?
> Well, if we're still talking about it, that proves that it failed at its
> own design criterion of failing fast.
>

Quoting from https://r6.ca/blog/20210615T191422Z.html:

> Speedy Trial=E2=80=99s design is not based on any sort of activation phil=
osophy
about failing fast.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_attr">On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 2:01 PM Jorge Tim=C3=B3n via bitcoin-dev &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.=
linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)=
;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px =
0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Russell O&#39;Connor wrote the definitive explanation for how ST arose in<b=
r>
the consensus process and how it was designed to make everyone<br>
unhappy.=C2=A0 It&#39;s a great explanation of what we went through last ye=
ar.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://r6.ca/blog/20210615T191422Z.html" rel=3D"noreferr=
er" target=3D"_blank">https://r6.ca/blog/20210615T191422Z.html</a><br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 &quot;On Building Consensus and Speedy Trial&quot;<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 on | 2021-06-15T19:14:22Z<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 by | Russell O&#39;Connor<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div=
>That&#39;s a lot of text, are you sure he said in there he designed speedy=
 trial to make everyone unhappy?</div><div>Well, if we&#39;re still talking=
 about it, that proves that it failed at its own design criterion of failin=
g fast.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Quoting from <a h=
ref=3D"https://r6.ca/blog/20210615T191422Z.html">https://r6.ca/blog/2021061=
5T191422Z.html</a>:</div><div><br></div><div>&gt; Speedy Trial=E2=80=99s de=
sign is not based on any sort of activation philosophy about failing fast.=
=C2=A0 </div></div></div>

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