Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [IPv6:2605:bc80:3010::138]) by lists.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497D7C001E for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:20:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3754A84CC4 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:20:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -3.559 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.559 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-1.459, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Authentication-Results: smtp1.osuosl.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=squareup.com Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pIMjstwo97_b for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:20:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0 Received: from mail-qv1-xf2b.google.com (mail-qv1-xf2b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::f2b]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E7C684CC3 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:20:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qv1-xf2b.google.com with SMTP id p12so7668146qvj.6 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:20:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=squareup.com; s=google; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=DcrgmNf4BiQKmVQX44rkVDYO13/HjdpLF9nmFHZME0Q=; b=KV+9Me6niEzolUsBvNhtm8jz7NPMiSWMVJWfZAG7XDROYi4HIHErOZkQqObUPUsXGX DILdaHSePanpWlr4kWq90FS/iEZaeNmgiJJEByw7HhoYDmWjnJEdhPqAWnENO1omVZH0 tRJGSUARA42f7kyUbly7kJnddFVN8dBmLZTxo= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=DcrgmNf4BiQKmVQX44rkVDYO13/HjdpLF9nmFHZME0Q=; b=Vkulhn7gKeo9FgHANp8+AcFOVGB1LsW2L0K9uyqLQSLdPfRwa70W1/TKkpAZpv136W 8eRr3Whca9nNF6eOzpDSy2InoKzN2kPzZWqX6aqZ5YFSPVvfoNWlBJgnXv9R7wULWg7s QAQoIvd7JowFQeW+fxQkfAF8nUDJqiluBO8AgW6Q+7awwb30nMapFXyB/r7ywourl3uT ADsQXT4+ca7U789gatY+uZIpMPanhs+8e2dD3yWliD5kucfeWbQph8IQdGBR413Oj79X XquEs8/2avMbVVRLZsrOWDxuEZDEtjI81HlVYArriEa1eSX7UOQSAZA4woz8507AxjGx u23g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530wQ0YLen+JI9odjeLuHO/lb+Zf1/sIdZpa6Fa40BfteI9ryAxf SeF0/QQw/t/LiQxIP10FWhyb10BrFTA+2A+1 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy2YyzPFrXgO+LOyNb9K21aIMzawDGHUpylLD56TgpDL05UOuB+B7CSzwLEVQkgtHqcIoFLRQ== X-Received: by 2002:ad4:4852:: with SMTP id t18mr5118235qvy.75.1642098042843; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:20:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpclient.apple ([181.193.55.254]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e24sm648474qka.27.2022.01.13.10.20.41 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:20:42 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 15.0 \(3693.40.0.1.81\)) From: jack In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:20:40 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Prayank X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3693.40.0.1.81) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:49:14 +0000 Cc: Bitcoin Dev , info@bitcoindefensefund.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:20:45 -0000 Hi Prayank, > On 13 Jan 2022, at 10:13, Prayank wrote: > I had few suggestions and feel free to ignore them if they do not make = sense: >=20 > 1.Name of this fund could be anything and 'The Bitcoin Legal Defense = Fund' can be confusing or misleading for newbies. There is nothing = official in Bitcoin however people believe things written in news = articles and some of them might consider it as an official bitcoin legal = fund. Excellent point. Will come up with a better name. > 2.It would be better if people involved in such important funds do not = comment/influence soft fork related discussions. Example: Alex Morcos = had some opinions about activation mechanism during Taproot soft fork = IIRC. Yes. Will think through this and board operating principles we can share = publicly, which would probably include criteria for how cases are = chosen, to protect against this board and fund influencing direction. Open to ideas and suggestions on all. jack=