Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 394FD416 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:48:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from server3 (server3.include7.ch [144.76.194.38]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE7AE9 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:48:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by server3 (Postfix, from userid 115) id 5B98C2E200C3; Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:48:24 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from Jonass-MacBook-Pro-2.local (84-73-32-38.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.73.32.38]) by server3 (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8AF792D002E6 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:48:18 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <55B1FBCE.1080002@jonasschnelli.ch> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:48:14 +0200 From: Jonas Schnelli User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: <346D4CE0-E00D-4ABB-B131-EFA1416CB20C@me.com><29363BE6-72A7-4D06-A974-C52BA12FD8BD@gmail.com><55FFBC8F-A3C9-4109-89C7-AC359FBBD478@me.com><4734381C-2000-4D9B-9099-DDE3D38D64A3@me.com><0E15E07E-E21C-4541-869A-3C34CBA35774@gmail.com><9AC88C7C-4BA4-4DF2-913F-9DC6874BD19D@me.com> <83982C1D-4FE6-4A5C-BC93-BFBD9756F3D2@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin, Perceptions, and Expectations 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: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:48:26 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > There is now a pull request to remove mention of "zero or low > fees", "fast international payments", and "instant peer-to-peer > transactions" from bitcoin.org. For those non-technical users who > do not read source code, this may come across as the breaking of > the social contract on what Bitcoin is ultimately intended to be. > It looks like we already have a Reddit post on the subject as > well. This PR makes absolutely sense. A documentation or description should reflect how a system works NOW. Not how it *was working and how it *might work once. The concept of free transaction just doens't really work well with the current system and advertising bitcoin with "free transaction" is missleading. /jonas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVsfvOAAoJECnUvLZBb1PseawP/1KrqKw5IGKUHmTf1E+oOLmq nD7c1JekBGrJc7Lk0PfKZqS21aQZIt145DnFPv//u/C43x3zt7QSggMNSVYJmI85 AnrTRRP18TBGDm9CwVFjTbZ4tY/sRoDX9XMDBtlGDdAABX47C493PEI9pXZ5pRc7 cuLsSTKNqQdJgl3vUydfwddgaaVKPWN+zO72lZVo/edrUwzpjqjO3tu/+36ytto7 Ebm/vxOT+afrcFfAt3ZwuSwx7uiVoqsVRAwV1LWobod2wejpkUxf7Qkb1XRraSEV m2opX6UAmPc3emKP+nT2ufDUM3z8YnW1WgjGB6UDXcCge+X5B7aXICI+qOzVR5Ck djf4XMY9gXku26K72zk27XxmutajAYzsFvFbhm+HYa1q9yKRvDg8A9hYZ/6sKPQD s6Hn3jou75YVz0mLpAKP7hkP7AmzOkS2gq/M/6SL3Fq+B3mObRMhpMgcpebzT2Oq p7vLuh5OejcBX7VasVeodAEh9BkTJH9ll72QaJ63C4AjZ1Si87CnijIf8ACmmSxQ wImwWs7aH0/x8xwxrpZzvVTf0/4hrPu5St6IMhz0DZlEaKJ/Rg6gI2/UKy/jma6u 6uVEGBft4eJH+zQN1Ddral5d56P3DSW7ClLLjiMXx1NpB2U1XAWDXNybqYIrSlvX ej0qto4XVj20K3JS3CMl =e71j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----