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> On Oct 5, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Tom Harding via bitcoin-dev =
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>=20
> On 10/5/2015 1:56 PM, Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev wrote:
>> In this case, I don't even believe we have any regulator contributors
>> that disagree.
>=20
> Since Gavin Andresen chose you to be one of 4 people who decides whose
> contributions are accepted to the Core project, shouldn't you recuse
> yourself from referencing "regular contributor" as some kind of bar to
> an opinion being worthy?
>=20
> You don't want to be accused of squelching a person's opinions by
> nacking or sitting on commits, then turning around and branding those
> opinions as worthless because they are not from a "regular =
contributor."
> Do you?
Great point, Tom!=20
In fact, you=E2=80=99ve just explained the dynamics that create =
=E2=80=9Ccentralizing pressure=E2=80=9D in regards to development: If =
the weight of a person=E2=80=99s opinion is proportional to how many =
commits that person has made, and if the probability of getting a commit =
pulled is proportional to the weight of that person=E2=80=99s opinion, =
well=E2=80=A6I=E2=80=99m pretty sure this results in a differential =
equation that has a solution that results in ever-increasing centralized =
control of the code base. =20
I believe we should work to deprecate the idea that Core is somehow the =
=E2=80=9Ccore of Bitcoin," in favour of multiple competing =
implementations. XT and btcd are two working examples of this idea. =
Let=E2=80=99s make it easier for the community to determine the =
evolution of Bitcoin by making it easier for the community to express =
their vote based on the code we choose to run. =20
Best regards,
Peter=
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