{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub14jegtpz2t9nfnefqqr0q4te9353e4k4x5y2528qf235ruluzsaes8vk3rk","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub14jegtpz2t9nfnefqqr0q4te9353e4k4x5y2528qf235ruluzsaes8vk3rk","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2015-08-17\n📝 Original message:His account on that website was also compromised.\n\n2015-08-17 21:02 GMT+02:00 Anon Moto via bitcoin-dev \u003c\nbitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\u003e:\n\n\u003e Satoshi,\n\u003e\n\u003e As much as I want to believe this is you it's very difficult to ignore the\n\u003e fact that Vistomail could have been hacked and I'm currently speaking to a\n\u003e troll.\n\u003e Can you copy and paste what you wrote above, to\n\u003e http://p2pfoundation.ning.com as well, like how you did during the Dorian\n\u003e fiasco?\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e Much appreciated.\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Satoshi Nakamoto via bitcoin-dev \u003c\n\u003e bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\n\u003e\u003e I have been following the recent block size debates through the mailing\n\u003e\u003e list.  I had hoped the debate would resolve and that a fork proposal would\n\u003e\u003e achieve widespread consensus.  However with the formal release of Bitcoin\n\u003e\u003e XT 0.11A, this looks unlikely to happen, and so I am forced to share my\n\u003e\u003e concerns about this very dangerous fork.\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e The developers of this pretender-Bitcoin claim to be following my\n\u003e\u003e original vision, but nothing could be further from the truth.  When I\n\u003e\u003e designed Bitcoin, I designed it in such a way as to make future\n\u003e\u003e modifications to the consensus rules difficult without near unanimous\n\u003e\u003e agreement.  Bitcoin was designed to be protected from the influence of\n\u003e\u003e charismatic leaders, even if their name is Gavin Andresen, Barack Obama, or\n\u003e\u003e Satoshi Nakamoto.  Nearly everyone has to agree on a change, and they have\n\u003e\u003e to do it without being forced or pressured into it.  By doing a fork in\n\u003e\u003e this way, these developers are violating the \"original vision\" they claim\n\u003e\u003e to honour.\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e They use my old writings to make claims about what Bitcoin was supposed\n\u003e\u003e to be.  However I acknowledge that a lot has changed since that time, and\n\u003e\u003e new knowledge has been gained that contradicts some of my early opinions.\n\u003e\u003e For example I didn't anticipate pooled mining and its effects on the\n\u003e\u003e security of the network.  Making Bitcoin a competitive monetary system\n\u003e\u003e while also preserving its security properties is not a trivial problem, and\n\u003e\u003e we should take more time to come up with a robust solution.  I suspect we\n\u003e\u003e need a better incentive for users to run nodes instead of relying solely on\n\u003e\u003e altruism.\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e If two developers can fork Bitcoin and succeed in redefining what\n\u003e\u003e \"Bitcoin\" is, in the face of widespread technical criticism and through the\n\u003e\u003e use of populist tactics, then I will have no choice but to declare Bitcoin\n\u003e\u003e a failed project.  Bitcoin was meant to be both technically and socially\n\u003e\u003e robust.  This present situation has been very disappointing to watch unfold.\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e Satoshi Nakamoto\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e\u003e bitcoin-dev mailing list\n\u003e\u003e bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\n\u003e\u003e https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e bitcoin-dev mailing list\n\u003e bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org\n\u003e https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev\n\u003e\n\u003e\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20150817/cb0411d3/attachment-0001.html\u003e"}