From pm+lists at acinq.fr  Tue Sep 22 10:43:31 2015
From: pm+lists at acinq.fr (Pierre)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:43:31 +0200
Subject: [Lightning-dev] Standardization
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Hi CJP,

> [...] I'd like to have a well-organized process of collecting
> and documenting design ideas and trade-off argumentation[...]. This should [...]
> serve to increase interoperability between the several pieces of
> software that are being developed.

> What do you think?
Having never contributed to any significant open-source project so far
(only closed-source dictatorships), I have no idea what would be best,
but I just wanted to say that I share your concerns.

Also, I am currently using Rusty's repo at ElementsProject as the
reference implementation and it is perfectly fine, but I really hope
we won't end up "Bitcoin style", with specification=implementation !

Cheers,

Pierre