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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 14:30:05 +0000
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Update on "Speedy" Trial: The circus rolls on
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On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 12:40:42PM +0100, Michael Folkson via bitcoin-dev wrote:
>
> All of this makes me extremely uncomfortable and I dread to think what
> individuals and businesses all over the world who have plans to
> utilize and build on Taproot are making of all of this. As an
> individual I would like to distance myself from this circus. I will
> try to keep the mailing list informed though of further developments
> re Speedy Trial in Core or progress on an alternative client.
>
Thank you for your updates.
For what it's worth, as somebody who wants to use Taproot I don't care *at
all* about activation parameters, and I especially don't care about block
height vs MTP.
If a coin toss is what it takes for people to move past this that's fine
by me.
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