Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D68594F for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:13:29 +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 B97F48C for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:13:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by server3 (Postfix, from userid 115) id DAB482E603F2; Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:13:27 +0100 (CET) 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.local (84-73-32-8.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.73.32.8]) by server3 (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5D3AD2D002C4 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:13:27 +0100 (CET) To: Bitcoin development mailing list References: <20151113073052.GB19878@amethyst.visucore.com> From: Jonas Schnelli X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <56459BA4.8020301@jonasschnelli.ch> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:13:24 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20151113073052.GB19878@amethyst.visucore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Announcing Jonas Schnelli as GUI maintainer 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, 13 Nov 2015 08:13:29 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 > I'd like to announce Jonas Schnelli as the new GUI maintainer of > Bitcoin Core. > > He's been very active in this area for the last year, as one > example he redesigned all the icons for 0.11.0, has visualized > various network statistics, and has been continuously improving the > user experience. Something Bitcoin Core very much needs, in my > opinion. > > Unofficially he has been giving direction in GUI matters for quite > a while already, so this only makes it 'official'. > > He will be handling GUI related issues on the github tracker, and > assisting on and merging GUI-related pull requests. > > Welcome Jonas to the team! > Thanks Wladimir! My long term vision for bitcoin-core was always a more user friendly UI without loosing the security and privacy features bitcoin-core offers . However, it has shown that this is relatively hard to achieve. Its unclear to me, what role wallets (and related UIs) will play in the future of bitcoin. I think it needs several years until something like bitcoin can be used to "pay for every coffee in the world" [1]. But I'm happy to explore this path! That was and is also the reason why I'm often focus on non-UI-related changes that keep bitcoin healthy and form a more defined role for the U I. Short words to myself: I'm a senior software developer, 35 years old, living in Switzerland (UTC+1). Thanks for the trust and I try to give my best to maintain and improve the GUI. [1] https://twitter.com/ronmckown/status/643101952763658240 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWRZukAAoJECnUvLZBb1PsbEAP/jERgMowXP7rSV8FXwQ6mR+r CdO4xs3OHKuRyZJKLhXq/aC48ThshzDynRcKAJifcxhoIN0Msnt2oz/kwyfJSssT FHB2dZVmuSXSNdOKVjwemiIQJ1xVENrfBNEINNVkix3LNgbi/3vwPuNj/ImHjWOc mTAcD+JkzZSdkWL53TWPY5noizl3hd/LJD0lJ357FZlzmnpt9UiiZw6+X3+n5aJI 7J5avpeEa36hppdej5Jh9V0Kq8JMkXgip/jSq9uP009Nki9RNywFQL+Pa26AgJvu VxAyJRjq6Dcb8D6dux8QcC8K114tAWncR6Lh2Z9DepNHhytk/TYBSi9+MWbnuWci JiN6fRCeBTt2A/m7IsUbVegfrmPgBiHAS5Mx+Q9vjTBzOOmpBbL2ZXOXR9wE3t3d 9hBodZxnK37gU8UwKsoOiWuB4+rTp4rlt5iz32jd+/r6zUXv3whOy11HuICzVR0c ll2aHfvr8TkqTRds0cvrb5ZroT63mmGFaqJIrskVruVoMxVWjdqnOIiNxtXWSnCd T9jmxdojqrSwtM+3A60UmrSNVwyhZudZFmyJsjHZGAK6aV/eGYb595vXUDvx8mtH fzeqmpivONDrNhqFrbLPR1V8kBx0UCN5FreMjdXtmU81UTqLd4o5lCh0AFZ7upCq 2DiMpEgittqOtxDwb8YY =Q5KE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----