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> On Aug 17, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Levin Keller <post@levinkeller.de> wrote:
>=20
> Dear Eric,
>=20
> thank you for sharing your thoughts.
>=20
> It obviously boils down to political beliefs, not so much technical =
arguments. I understand that you are in favor of a "guided =
decentralization" and you are most happily invited to follow this path. =
I don't want to be on it. I want total decentralisation of bitcoin and =
many other parts of the current system.

I specifically asked you to stop misrepresenting - I=E2=80=99m NOT in =
favor of guided decentralization, I never said anything like that. =
*THIS* is the problem=E2=80=A6you=E2=80=99re reading intentions into =
others that simply are NOT there. If you don=E2=80=99t really understand =
something, ask.

I want complete decentralization - but for practical reasons, which =
should be obvious, we cannot start at this point. Bitcoin came into =
existence because Satoshi wrote a whitepaper and implemented the idea - =
and it was his rules. There was no voting, no committee, no =
proof-of-work, no nothing=E2=80=A6it was a complete dictatorship in the =
beginning.

>=20
> So in the end the hard fork might be perfect, because people like you =
will not waste so much more energy and time fighting people like me (and =
others) who are following different dogmata because we are using =
different coins and talking about different code. Interestingly enough =
in the end we will probably have a winner - determined by the price - so =
I am looking forward to the outcome. It is just the time so make some =
bets, which I embrace.
>=20
> Another interesting thing is, that you actually fear problems arising =
from this. What do you have to loose? Just stick with the old bitcoin =
version and weather this storm. Bitcoin is not going to vanish or break =
from this. It is just forking. One fork will come stronger out of this. =
You just have to choose a side and live with it, if you loose it all. =
But that is the story of bitcoin since the beginning. If you ask me, you =
fear the choice, not the change.
>=20

Again, misrepresentation - =E2=80=9Cyou fear the choice, not the =
change=E2=80=9D - why should anyone ask *you* what I fear? Why don=E2=80=99=
t you ask *me*?


> Cheers
>=20
> Levin
>=20
> Adam Back via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org =
<mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>> schrieb am Mo., 17. Aug. =
2015 um 16:37 Uhr:
> Thank you Eric for saying what needs to be said.
>=20
> Starting a fork war is just not constructive and there are multiple
> proposals being evaluated here.
>=20
> I think that one thing that is not being so much focussed on is
> Bitcoin-XT is both a hard-fork and a soft-fork.  It's a hard-fork on
> Bitcoin full-nodes, but it is also a soft-fork attack on Bitcoin core
> SPV nodes that did not opt-in.  It exposes those SPV nodes to loss in
> the likely event that Bitcoin-XT results in a network-split.
>=20
> The recent proposal here to run noXT (patch to falsely claim to mine
> on XT while actually rejecting it's blocks) could add enough
> uncertainty about the activation that Bitcoin-XT would probably have
> to be aborted.
>=20
> Adam
>=20
> On 17 August 2015 at 15:03, Eric Lombrozo via bitcoin-dev
> <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org =
<mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
> > NxtChg,
> >
> > In the entire history of Bitcoin we=E2=80=99ve never attempted =
anything even closely resembling a hard fork like what=E2=80=99s being =
proposed here.
> >
> > Many of us have wanted to push our own hard-forking changes to the =
protocol=E2=80=A6and have been frustrated because of the inability to do =
so.
> >
> > This inability is not due to any malice on anyone=E2=80=99s =
part=E2=80=A6it is a feature of Satoshi=E2=80=99s protocol. For better =
or worse, it is *very hard* to change the rules=E2=80=A6and this is =
exactly what imbues Bitcoin with one of its most powerful attributes: =
very well-defined settlement guarantees that cannot be suddenly altered =
nor reversed by anyone.
> >
> > We=E2=80=99ve managed to have a few soft forks in the past=E2=80=A6and=
 for the most part these changes have been pretty uncontroversial=E2=80=A6=
or at least, they have not had nearly the level of political =
divisiveness that this block size issue is having. And even then, =
we=E2=80=99ve encountered a number of problems with these deployments =
that have at times required goodwill cooperation between developers and =
mining pool operators to fix.
> >
> > Again, we have NEVER attempted anything even remotely like what=E2=80=99=
s being proposed - we=E2=80=99ve never done any sort of hard fork before =
like this. If even fairly uncontroversial soft forks have caused =
problems, can you imagine the kinds of potential problems that a hard =
fork over some highly polarizing issue might raise? Do you really think =
people are going to want to cooperate?!?
> >
> > I can understand that some people would like bigger blocks. Other =
people might want feature X, others feature Y=E2=80=A6and we can argue =
the merits of this or that to death=E2=80=A6but the fact remains that we =
have NEVER attempted any hard forking change=E2=80=A6not even with a =
simple, totally uncontroversial no-brainer improvement that would not =
risk any sort of ill-will that could hamper remedies were it not to go =
as smoothly as we like. *THIS* is the fundamental problem - the whole =
bigger block thing is a minor issue by comparison=E2=80=A6it could be =
any controversial change, really.
> >
> > Would you want to send your test pilots on their first flight=E2=80=A6=
the first time an aircraft is ever flown=E2=80=A6directly into combat =
without having tested the plane? This is what attempting a hard fork =
mechanism that=E2=80=99s NEVER been done before in such a politically =
divisive environment basically amounts to=E2=80=A6but it=E2=80=99s even =
worse. We=E2=80=99re basically risking the entire air force (not just =
one plane) over an argument regarding how many seats a plane should have =
that we=E2=80=99ve never flown before.
> >
> > We=E2=80=99re talking billlions of dollars=E2=80=99 worth of other =
people=E2=80=99s money that is on the line here. Don=E2=80=99t we owe it =
to them to at least test out the system on a far less controversial, far =
less divisive change first to make sure we can even deploy it without =
things breaking? I don=E2=80=99t even care about the merits regarding =
bigger blocks vs. smaller blocks at this point, to be quite honest - =
that=E2=80=99s such a petty thing compared to what I=E2=80=99m talking =
about here. If we attempt a novel hard-forking mechanism that=E2=80=99s =
NEVER been attempted before (and which as many have pointed out is =
potentially fraught with serious problems) on such a politically =
divisive, polarizing issue, the result is each side will refuse to =
cooperate with the other out of spite=E2=80=A6and can easily lead to a =
war, tanking the value of everyone=E2=80=99s assets on both chains. All =
so we can process 8 times the number of transactions we currently do? =
Even if it were 100 times, we wouldn=E2=80=99t even come close to =
touching big payment processors like Visa. It=E2=80=99s hard to imagine =
a protocol improvement that=E2=80=99s worth the risk.
> >
> > I urge you to at least try to see the bigger picture here=E2=80=A6and =
to understand that nobody is trying to stop anyone from doing anything =
out of some desire for maintaining control - NONE of us are able to =
deploy hard forks right now without facing these problems. And different =
people obviously have different priorities and preferences as to which =
of these changes would be best to do first. This whole XT thing is =
essentially giving *one* proposal special treatment above those that =
others have proposed. Many of us have only held back from doing this out =
of our belief that goodwill amongst network participants is more =
important than trying to push some pet feature some of us want.
> >
> > Please stop this negativity - we ALL want the best for Bitcoin and =
are doing our best, given what we understand and know, to do what=E2=80=99=
s right.
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class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Aug 17, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Levin Keller &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:post@levinkeller.de" class=3D"">post@levinkeller.de</a>&gt;=
 wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Dear Eric,<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div=
 class=3D"">thank you for sharing your thoughts.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">It obviously boils down to political =
beliefs, not so much technical arguments. I understand that you are in =
favor of a "guided decentralization" and you are most happily invited to =
follow this path. I don't want to be on it. I want total =
decentralisation of bitcoin and many other parts of the current =
system.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=3D""></div><div>I =
specifically asked you to stop misrepresenting - I=E2=80=99m NOT in =
favor of guided decentralization, I never said anything like that. =
*THIS* is the problem=E2=80=A6you=E2=80=99re reading intentions into =
others that simply are NOT there. If you don=E2=80=99t really understand =
something, ask.</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>I want complete =
decentralization - but for practical reasons, which should be obvious, =
we cannot start at this point. Bitcoin came into existence because =
Satoshi wrote a whitepaper and implemented the idea - and it was his =
rules. There was no voting, no committee, no proof-of-work, no =
nothing=E2=80=A6it was a complete dictatorship in the =
beginning.</div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">So in the end the hard fork might be =
perfect, because people like you will not waste so much more energy and =
time fighting people like me (and others) who are following different =
dogmata because we are using different coins and talking about different =
code. Interestingly enough in the end we will probably have a winner - =
determined by the price - so I am looking forward to the outcome. It is =
just the time so make some bets, which I embrace.</div><div class=3D""><br=
 class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Another interesting thing is, that you =
actually fear problems arising from this. What do you have to loose? =
Just stick with the old bitcoin version and weather this storm. Bitcoin =
is not going to vanish or break from this. It is just forking. One fork =
will come stronger out of this. You just have to choose a side and live =
with it, if you loose it all. But that is the story of bitcoin since the =
beginning. If you ask me, you fear the choice, not the change.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br =
class=3D""></div>Again, misrepresentation - =E2=80=9Cyou fear the =
choice, not the change=E2=80=9D - why should anyone ask *you* what I =
fear? Why don=E2=80=99t you ask *me*?<br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""></div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D"">Cheers</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Levin</div></div><br =
class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Adam =
Back via bitcoin-dev &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" =
class=3D"">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt; schrieb am Mo., =
17. Aug. 2015 um 16:37&nbsp;Uhr:<br class=3D""></div><blockquote =
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc =
solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank you Eric for saying what needs to be =
said.<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
Starting a fork war is just not constructive and there are multiple<br =
class=3D"">
proposals being evaluated here.<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
I think that one thing that is not being so much focussed on is<br =
class=3D"">
Bitcoin-XT is both a hard-fork and a soft-fork.&nbsp; It's a hard-fork =
on<br class=3D"">
Bitcoin full-nodes, but it is also a soft-fork attack on Bitcoin core<br =
class=3D"">
SPV nodes that did not opt-in.&nbsp; It exposes those SPV nodes to loss =
in<br class=3D"">
the likely event that Bitcoin-XT results in a network-split.<br =
class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
The recent proposal here to run noXT (patch to falsely claim to mine<br =
class=3D"">
on XT while actually rejecting it's blocks) could add enough<br =
class=3D"">
uncertainty about the activation that Bitcoin-XT would probably have<br =
class=3D"">
to be aborted.<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
Adam<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
On 17 August 2015 at 15:03, Eric Lombrozo via bitcoin-dev<br class=3D"">
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" =
target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt;=
 wrote:<br class=3D"">
&gt; NxtChg,<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; In the entire history of Bitcoin we=E2=80=99ve never attempted =
anything even closely resembling a hard fork like what=E2=80=99s being =
proposed here.<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; Many of us have wanted to push our own hard-forking changes to the =
protocol=E2=80=A6and have been frustrated because of the inability to do =
so.<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; This inability is not due to any malice on anyone=E2=80=99s =
part=E2=80=A6it is a feature of Satoshi=E2=80=99s protocol. For better =
or worse, it is *very hard* to change the rules=E2=80=A6and this is =
exactly what imbues Bitcoin with one of its most powerful attributes: =
very well-defined settlement guarantees that cannot be suddenly altered =
nor reversed by anyone.<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; We=E2=80=99ve managed to have a few soft forks in the past=E2=80=A6an=
d for the most part these changes have been pretty uncontroversial=E2=80=A6=
or at least, they have not had nearly the level of political =
divisiveness that this block size issue is having. And even then, =
we=E2=80=99ve encountered a number of problems with these deployments =
that have at times required goodwill cooperation between developers and =
mining pool operators to fix.<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; Again, we have NEVER attempted anything even remotely like what=E2=80=
=99s being proposed - we=E2=80=99ve never done any sort of hard fork =
before like this. If even fairly uncontroversial soft forks have caused =
problems, can you imagine the kinds of potential problems that a hard =
fork over some highly polarizing issue might raise? Do you really think =
people are going to want to cooperate?!?<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; I can understand that some people would like bigger blocks. Other =
people might want feature X, others feature Y=E2=80=A6and we can argue =
the merits of this or that to death=E2=80=A6but the fact remains that we =
have NEVER attempted any hard forking change=E2=80=A6not even with a =
simple, totally uncontroversial no-brainer improvement that would not =
risk any sort of ill-will that could hamper remedies were it not to go =
as smoothly as we like. *THIS* is the fundamental problem - the whole =
bigger block thing is a minor issue by comparison=E2=80=A6it could be =
any controversial change, really.<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; Would you want to send your test pilots on their first flight=E2=80=A6=
the first time an aircraft is ever flown=E2=80=A6directly into combat =
without having tested the plane? This is what attempting a hard fork =
mechanism that=E2=80=99s NEVER been done before in such a politically =
divisive environment basically amounts to=E2=80=A6but it=E2=80=99s even =
worse. We=E2=80=99re basically risking the entire air force (not just =
one plane) over an argument regarding how many seats a plane should have =
that we=E2=80=99ve never flown before.<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; We=E2=80=99re talking billlions of dollars=E2=80=99 worth of other =
people=E2=80=99s money that is on the line here. Don=E2=80=99t we owe it =
to them to at least test out the system on a far less controversial, far =
less divisive change first to make sure we can even deploy it without =
things breaking? I don=E2=80=99t even care about the merits regarding =
bigger blocks vs. smaller blocks at this point, to be quite honest - =
that=E2=80=99s such a petty thing compared to what I=E2=80=99m talking =
about here. If we attempt a novel hard-forking mechanism that=E2=80=99s =
NEVER been attempted before (and which as many have pointed out is =
potentially fraught with serious problems) on such a politically =
divisive, polarizing issue, the result is each side will refuse to =
cooperate with the other out of spite=E2=80=A6and can easily lead to a =
war, tanking the value of everyone=E2=80=99s assets on both chains. All =
so we can process 8 times the number of transactions we currently do? =
Even if it were 100 times, we wouldn=E2=80=99t even come close to =
touching big payment processors like Visa. It=E2=80=99s hard to imagine =
a protocol improvement that=E2=80=99s worth the risk.<br class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; I urge you to at least try to see the bigger picture here=E2=80=A6and=
 to understand that nobody is trying to stop anyone from doing anything =
out of some desire for maintaining control - NONE of us are able to =
deploy hard forks right now without facing these problems. And different =
people obviously have different priorities and preferences as to which =
of these changes would be best to do first. This whole XT thing is =
essentially giving *one* proposal special treatment above those that =
others have proposed. Many of us have only held back from doing this out =
of our belief that goodwill amongst network participants is more =
important than trying to push some pet feature some of us want.<br =
class=3D"">
&gt;<br class=3D"">
&gt; Please stop this negativity - we ALL want the best for Bitcoin and =
are doing our best, given what we understand and know, to do what=E2=80=99=
s right.<br class=3D"">
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