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"Cultish" means making claims without any supporting facts.  Labeling 
Open Source software as being "decentralized" just because people can 
choose which version to run is a "cultish" claim.  Just because Bitcoin 
uses the mining process to come to consensus over the state of the 
ledger that does not mean the software versions have the same level of 
decentralization because users can decide which version to run. I am in 
the USA and I can vote in elections but I would not call the US 
government "decentralized."  It is a very complicated issue and cannot 
be explained in one or two sentences of hand-waiving arguments like you 
often see here.

Russ




On 6/25/2015 3:51 AM, cipher anthem wrote:
> +1 on this!
>
> I have come across Milly a couple of times on reddit and disqus and 
> she basically dismisses anyone who doesn't agree with her opinions. 
> always labeling them "cultish". Please ignore her so you can stay 
> productive.
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 5:07 AM
> *From:* "Jeff Garzik" <jgarzik@gmail.com>
> *To:* bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
> *Subject:* Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP Process and Votes
> Ladies & gents, please do not feed the troll. This has been explained 
> to Milly multiple times in the past, on previous mailing list & github 
> with no impact.
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Milly Bitcoin <milly@bitcoins.info> 
> wrote:
>
>     I'm sorry but that is the kind of defensive, cultish response
>     everyone gets when they ask that question.  If you had a well
>     constructed documented process then you would be able to point to
>     it ... but you can't. While there are a few bits and pieces
>     scattered  about in different places there is no coherent plan or
>     process.
>
>     It is easy to make statements like "consensus must be unanimous"
>     but the issue is that you never have true 100% consensus yet you
>     have to move forward in some fashion and everyone has to run
>     software with the same consensus rules.  The issue is how you move
>     forward is the question that nobody wants to answer because (a) it
>     is a hard question to answer and (b) developers see it as a threat
>     to their authority/position.  If people just keep shutting down
>     the discussion with a bunch of cultish stock answers then you are
>     never going to move forward with developing some kind of process.
>
>     >From what I can see much of the discussion is personality-driven
>     and not based on Computer Science or and defined process.  The
>     issue is that a personality has changed so the process is
>     perceived to be different and some people want to hard fork. 
>     Previously, the cultish answer is that Bitcoin development is
>     decentralized because people can fork the code.  Now that some
>     developers want to fork the code suddenly it is a big problem.  
>     Is forking the code part of the consensus process or is it the
>     work of the devil?   The fact that there is so much diverse
>     opinion on this shows a defined process has never been fully
>     vetted or understood.
>
>     I have worked on these processes for many years for projects
>     orders of magnitudes larger than Bitcoin.  I can absolutely assure
>     you the current mishmash does not scale and huge amounts of time
>     are wasted.  That should be readily apparent from the recent
>     discussions and the recent concern it has caused from people
>     outside the developer's inner circle.
>
>     Lack of defined process = high risk and wasted effort.
>
>     Russ
>
>
>
>
>
>     On 6/24/2015 9:50 PM, Mark Friedenbach wrote:
>
>         I'm sorry but this is absolutely not the case, Milly. The
>         reason that people get defensive is that we have a carefully
>         constructed process that does work (thank you very much!) and
>         is well documented. We talk about it quite often in fact as it
>         is a defining characteristic of how bitcoin is developed which
>         differs in some ways from how other open source software is
>         developed -- although it remains the same in most other ways.
>         Changes to the non-consensus sections of Bitcoin Core tend to
>         get merged when there are a few reviews, tests, and ACKs from
>         recognized developers, there are no outstanding objections,
>         and the maintainer doing the merge makes a subjective
>         judgement that the code is ready.
>         Consensus-changes, on the other hand, get merged into Bitcoin
>         Core only after the above criteria are met AND an extremely
>         long discussion period that has given all the relevant
>         stakeholders a chance to comment, and no significant
>         objections remain. Consensus-code changes are unanimous. They
>         must be.
>         The sort of process that exists in standards bodies for
>         example, with working groups and formal voting procedures, has
>         no place where changes define the nature and validity of other
>         people's money. Who has the right to reach into your pocket
>         and define how you can or cannot spend your coins? The premise
>         of bitcoin is that no one has that right, yet that is very
>         much what we do when consensus code changes are made. That is
>         why when we make a change to the rules governing the nature of
>         bitcoin, we must make sure that everyone is made aware of the
>         change and consents to it.
>         Everyone. Does this work? Does this scale? So far, it does.
>         Uncontroversial changes, such as BIP 66, are deployed without
>         issue. Every indication is that BIP 66 will complete
>         deployment in the very near future, and we intend to repeat
>         this process for more interesting changes such as BIP65:
>         CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY.
>         This isn't about no one stepping forward to be the "decider."
>         This is about no one having the right to decide these things
>         on the behalf of others. If a contentious change is proposed
>         and not accepted by the process of consensus, that is because
>         the process is doing its job at rejecting controversial
>         changes. It has nothing to do with personality, and everything
>         to do with the nature of bitcoin itself.
>         On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Milly Bitcoin
>         <milly@bitcoins.info> wrote:
>
>             I have seen this question asked many times.  Most
>             developers become defensive and they usually give a very
>             vague 1-sentence answer when this question is asked. It
>             seems to be it is based on personalities rather than any
>             kind of definable process.  To have that discussion the
>             personalities must be separated out and answers like
>             "such-and-such wouldn't do that" don't really do much to
>             advance the discussion.  Also, the incentive for new
>             developers to come in is that they will be paid by
>             companies who want to influence the code and this should
>             be considered (some developers take this statement as an
>             insult when it is just a statement of the incentive process).
>
>             The other problem you are having is the lead developer
>             does not want to be a "decider" when, in fact, he is a
>             very significant decider. While the users have the
>             ultimate choice in a practical sense the chief developer
>             is the "decider."  Now people don't want to get him upset
>             so nobody wants to push the issue or fully define the
>             process.  Now you are left with a broken,
>             unwritten/unspoken process.  While this type of thing may
>             work with a small group of developers businesses/investors
>             looking in from the outside will see this as a risk.
>
>             Until you get passed all the personality-based arguments
>             you are going to have a tough time defining a real process.
>
>             Russ
>
>
>
>
>
>
>             On 6/24/2015 7:41 PM, Raystonn wrote:
>
>                 I would like to start a civil discussion on an
>                 undefined, or at least unwritten, portion of the BIP
>                 process.  Who should get to vote on approval to commit
>                 a BIP implementation into Bitcoin Core? Is a simple
>                 majority of these voters sufficient for approval?  If
>                 not, then what is?
>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">"Cultish" means making claims without
      any supporting facts.  Labeling Open Source software as being
      "decentralized" just because people can choose which version to
      run is a "cultish" claim.  Just because Bitcoin uses the mining
      process to come to consensus over the state of the ledger that
      does not mean the software versions have the same level of
      decentralization because users can decide which version to run.  
      I am in the USA and I can vote in elections but I would not call
      the US government "decentralized."  It is a very complicated issue
      and cannot be explained in one or two sentences of hand-waiving
      arguments like you often see here.  <br>
      <br>
      Russ<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
      On 6/25/2015 3:51 AM, cipher anthem wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:trinity-6b7fb94a-bfe3-4439-825e-59322f1200bb-1435218680169@3capp-mailcom-bs08"
      type="cite">
      <div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;">
        <div>+1 on this!<br>
          <br>
          I have come across Milly a couple of times on reddit and
          disqus and she basically dismisses anyone who doesn't agree
          with her opinions. always labeling them "cultish". Please
          ignore her so you can stay productive.
          <div> 
            <div name="quote" style="margin:10px 5px 5px 10px; padding:
              10px 0 10px 10px; border-left:2px solid #C3D9E5;
              word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space;
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              <div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday,
                June 25, 2015 at 5:07 AM<br>
                <b>From:</b> "Jeff Garzik" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jgarzik@gmail.com">&lt;jgarzik@gmail.com&gt;</a><br>
                <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP Process and Votes</div>
              <div name="quoted-content">
                <div>Ladies &amp; gents, please do not feed the troll. 
                  This has been explained to Milly multiple times in the
                  past, on previous mailing list &amp; github with no
                  impact.
                  <div> </div>
                </div>
                <div class="gmail_extra"> 
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 7:34
                    PM, Milly Bitcoin <span>&lt;<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="milly@bitcoins.info" target="_parent"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:milly@bitcoins.info">milly@bitcoins.info</a></a>&gt;</span>
                    wrote:
                    <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0
                      0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px rgb(204,204,204)
                      solid;padding-left: 1.0ex;">
                      <div>
                        <div>I'm sorry but that is the kind of
                          defensive, cultish response everyone gets when
                          they ask that question.  If you had a well
                          constructed documented process then you would
                          be able to point to it ... but you can't. 
                          While there are a few bits and pieces
                          scattered  about in different places there is
                          no coherent plan or process.<br>
                          <br>
                          It is easy to make statements like "consensus
                          must be unanimous" but the issue is that you
                          never have true 100% consensus yet you have to
                          move forward in some fashion and everyone has
                          to run software with the same consensus
                          rules.  The issue is how you move forward is
                          the question that nobody wants to answer
                          because (a) it is a hard question to answer
                          and (b) developers see it as a threat to their
                          authority/position.  If people just keep
                          shutting down the discussion with a bunch of
                          cultish stock answers then you are never going
                          to move forward with developing some kind of
                          process. <br>
                          <br>
                          &gt;From what I can see much of the discussion
                          is personality-driven and not based on
                          Computer Science or and defined process.  The
                          issue is that a personality has changed so the
                          process is perceived to be different and some
                          people want to hard fork.  Previously, the
                          cultish answer is that Bitcoin development is
                          decentralized because people can fork the
                          code.  Now that some developers want to fork
                          the code suddenly it is a big problem.   Is
                          forking the code part of the consensus process
                          or is it the work of the devil?   The fact
                          that there is so much diverse opinion on this
                          shows a defined process has never been fully
                          vetted or understood.<br>
                          <br>
                          I have worked on these processes for many
                          years for projects orders of magnitudes larger
                          than Bitcoin.  I can absolutely assure you the
                          current mishmash does not scale and huge
                          amounts of time are wasted.  That should be
                          readily apparent from the recent discussions
                          and the recent concern it has caused from
                          people outside the developer's inner circle. <br>
                          <br>
                          Lack of defined process = high risk and wasted
                          effort.<br>
                          <br>
                          Russ
                          <div>
                            <div class="h5"><br>
                              <br>
                              <br>
                              <br>
                              <br>
                              On 6/24/2015 9:50 PM, Mark Friedenbach
                              wrote:</div>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                          <div class="h5">
                            <blockquote>
                              <div>
                                <div>
                                  <div>
                                    <div>I'm sorry but this is
                                      absolutely not the case, Milly.
                                      The reason that people get
                                      defensive is that we have a
                                      carefully constructed process that
                                      does work (thank you very much!)
                                      and is well documented. We talk
                                      about it quite often in fact as it
                                      is a defining characteristic of
                                      how bitcoin is developed which
                                      differs in some ways from how
                                      other open source software is
                                      developed -- although it remains
                                      the same in most other ways.<br>
                                       </div>
                                    Changes to the non-consensus
                                    sections of Bitcoin Core tend to get
                                    merged when there are a few reviews,
                                    tests, and ACKs from recognized
                                    developers, there are no outstanding
                                    objections, and the maintainer doing
                                    the merge makes a subjective
                                    judgement that the code is ready.<br>
                                     </div>
                                  Consensus-changes, on the other hand,
                                  get merged into Bitcoin Core only
                                  after the above criteria are met AND
                                  an extremely long discussion period
                                  that has given all the relevant
                                  stakeholders a chance to comment, and
                                  no significant objections remain.
                                  Consensus-code changes are unanimous.
                                  They must be.<br>
                                   </div>
                                <div>The sort of process that exists in
                                  standards bodies for example, with
                                  working groups and formal voting
                                  procedures, has no place where changes
                                  define the nature and validity of
                                  other people's money. Who has the
                                  right to reach into your pocket and
                                  define how you can or cannot spend
                                  your coins? The premise of bitcoin is
                                  that no one has that right, yet that
                                  is very much what we do when consensus
                                  code changes are made. That is why
                                  when we make a change to the rules
                                  governing the nature of bitcoin, we
                                  must make sure that everyone is made
                                  aware of the change and consents to
                                  it.<br>
                                   </div>
                                <div>Everyone. Does this work? Does this
                                  scale? So far, it does.
                                  Uncontroversial changes, such as BIP
                                  66, are deployed without issue. Every
                                  indication is that BIP 66 will
                                  complete deployment in the very near
                                  future, and we intend to repeat this
                                  process for more interesting changes
                                  such as BIP65: CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY.</div>
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                                <div>This isn't about no one stepping
                                  forward to be the "decider." This is
                                  about no one having the right to
                                  decide these things on the behalf of
                                  others. If a contentious change is
                                  proposed and not accepted by the
                                  process of consensus, that is because
                                  the process is doing its job at
                                  rejecting controversial changes. It
                                  has nothing to do with personality,
                                  and everything to do with the nature
                                  of bitcoin itself.</div>
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                                          <div class="gmail_quote">On
                                            Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:07
                                            PM, Milly Bitcoin <span>&lt;<a
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                                              style="margin: 0 0 0
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                                              1.0ex;">I have seen this
                                              question asked many
                                              times.  Most developers
                                              become defensive and they
                                              usually give a very vague
                                              1-sentence answer when
                                              this question is asked. 
                                              It seems to be it is based
                                              on personalities rather
                                              than any kind of definable
                                              process.  To have that
                                              discussion the
                                              personalities must be
                                              separated out and answers
                                              like "such-and-such
                                              wouldn't do that" don't
                                              really do much to advance
                                              the discussion.  Also, the
                                              incentive for new
                                              developers to come in is
                                              that they will be paid by
                                              companies who want to
                                              influence the code and
                                              this should be considered
                                              (some developers take this
                                              statement as an insult
                                              when it is just a
                                              statement of the incentive
                                              process).<br>
                                              <br>
                                              The other problem you are
                                              having is the lead
                                              developer does not want to
                                              be a "decider" when, in
                                              fact, he is a very
                                              significant decider. 
                                              While the users have the
                                              ultimate choice in a
                                              practical sense the chief
                                              developer is the
                                              "decider."  Now people
                                              don't want to get him
                                              upset so nobody wants to
                                              push the issue or fully
                                              define the process.  Now
                                              you are left with a
                                              broken, unwritten/unspoken
                                              process.  While this type
                                              of thing may work with a
                                              small group of developers
                                              businesses/investors
                                              looking in from the
                                              outside will see this as a
                                              risk.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              Until you get passed all
                                              the personality-based
                                              arguments you are going to
                                              have a tough time defining
                                              a real process.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              Russ
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                                                  On 6/24/2015 7:41 PM,
                                                  Raystonn wrote:
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                                                    1.0ex;">I would like
                                                    to start a civil
                                                    discussion on an
                                                    undefined, or at
                                                    least unwritten,
                                                    portion of the BIP
                                                    process.  Who should
                                                    get to vote on
                                                    approval to commit a
                                                    BIP implementation
                                                    into Bitcoin Core? 
                                                    Is a simple majority
                                                    of these voters
                                                    sufficient for
                                                    approval?  If not,
                                                    then what is?<br>
                                                    <br>
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