https://nostr.aeNostr notes by https://nostr.ae/npub1cw0lxr3jprfnxyqqc8nlsvuzqqvt3vwkgtslxwe490y260r55mlsstaj3fhttps://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrlkc92d923ttlhx2tw98nu3sehcx2umv6mqhuk9qwnqj78kpazwszyrpelucwxgydxvcsqrq707pnsgqp3w936epwruemx54u3tfuwjn07p595t5đ Original date posted:2017-03-24 đ Original message:On ...
In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8f2wmpdcyqhxu7x9qveqrw8p7dumfpkkg0d9y07pztykm9gaafqcexpx53'>nevent1qâŠpx53</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>đ Original date posted:2017-03-24<br/>đ Original message:On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 11:43:12PM +0000, muyuu via bitcoin-dev wrote:<br/>> If this was in place I would contribute more and I wouldn't have to create<br/>> throw-away accounts.<br/>> <br/>> This is not a space where you want to be a recognisable target.<br/>> <br/>> Today, BitFury's CEO threatened to sue developers if they didn't kowtow to<br/>> his demands to leave the PoW alone. This is unacceptable. Decisions have to<br/>> be made on merit and the interest of the project, and nothing else.<br/>> <br/>> This is very important and needs to be given priority. Most Core developers<br/>> and all the main ones except Satoshi have built a public persona, either<br/>> for ego or for practical monetary reasons. Obviously there's academia where<br/>> everything is about plastering your name as much as possible and getting<br/>> cited. So it's understood. Although I understand the difficulty of getting<br/>> funded and getting trusted without a face, there needs to be an outlet so<br/>> people can interact and contribute in a proper cypherpunk way.<br/>> <br/>> Also, GitHub is quite anti-privacy. So I recommend not reusing personal<br/>> accounts from work.<br/>> <br/>> -muyuu<br/><br/>I quite agree, and I would add that sometimes making yourself<br/>recognisable is far more important that merit.<br/><br/>If we are really going to go for merit, then we probably need to go<br/>all the way back to examine why is it developers and academics think<br/>they need to have money to make code or reputation to do research.<br/><br/>The best code I've written is stuff I've given away for free, although<br/>sometimes I'm able to leverage being recognized for having written <br/>something into getting paid to write more code. The best research<br/>I've done has been self-funded, when I did not subconsciously have<br/>a funding agent I was trying to please with the outcome of the <br/>research.<br/><br/>We need a safe space for merit, how about <a href="http://gplspace.org/">http://gplspace.org/</a>
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