{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1fvuxqdqg7klqqgy3yy8gdxjv4phu92sll5y8zqm2qe5qdrhxymhqf3vq7f","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1fvuxqdqg7klqqgy3yy8gdxjv4phu92sll5y8zqm2qe5qdrhxymhqf3vq7f","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2016-10-02\n📝 Original message:Peter, are you really going to try to down vote a decent free and\nopen-source proposal that benefits all the Bitcoin community including\nyou and your future children because a personal attack to me without any\nlogic or basis?\n\nIs that the way you collaborate to improving Bitcoin?\n\nI just can't believe it.\n\nLet's open another thread elsewhere to discuss hardware and software\npatents, and that particular one, if you wish, this is NOT the place.\n\n\n\nOn Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Peter Todd \u003cpete at petertodd.org\u003e wrote:\n\n\u003e On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 12:49:08PM -0300, Sergio Demian Lerner via\n\u003e bitcoin-dev wrote:\n\u003e\n\u003e I think your history of patenting(1) Bitcoin consensus relevant technology\n\u003e is\n\u003e sufficient by itself to be extremely dubious of any proposals coming from\n\u003e you\n\u003e or your colleagues; patents on Bitcoin consensus technology are a serious\n\u003e threat to decentralization. Personally, I'm NACKing this proposal on that\n\u003e basis\n\u003e alone.\n\u003e\n\u003e You need to rectify this dangerous and unethical behavior in a convincing,\n\u003e legally binding way. I'd suggest looking into Blockstream's patent pledges\n\u003e as a\n\u003e way forward:\n\u003e\n\u003e     https://www.blockstream.com/about/patent_pledge/\n\u003e\n\u003e I see no reason to have any further discussion of your proposal until this\n\u003e is\n\u003e rectified.\n\u003e\n\u003e 1) \"AsicBoost is a patent-pending method to improve the efficiency and\n\u003e cost of Bitcoin mining by approximately 20%\"\n\u003e    http://www.asicboost.com/single-post/2016/03/24/AsicBoost-Press-Release\n\u003e\n\u003e \u003e Since ScalingBitcoin is close, I think this is a good moment to publish\n\u003e our\n\u003e \u003e proposal on drivechains. This BIP proposed the drivechain we'd like to\n\u003e use\n\u003e \u003e in RSK (a.k.a. Rootstock) two-way pegged blockchain and see it\n\u003e implemented\n\u003e\n\u003e --\n\u003e https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org\n\u003e\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20161002/67b00718/attachment.html\u003e"}