{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1m230cem2yh3mtdzkg32qhj73uytgkyg5ylxsu083n3tpjnajxx4qqa2np2","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1m230cem2yh3mtdzkg32qhj73uytgkyg5ylxsu083n3tpjnajxx4qqa2np2","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2016-10-02\n📝 Original message:On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 12:49:08PM -0300, Sergio Demian Lerner via bitcoin-dev wrote:\n\nI think your history of patenting(1) Bitcoin consensus relevant technology is\nsufficient by itself to be extremely dubious of any proposals coming from you\nor your colleagues; patents on Bitcoin consensus technology are a serious\nthreat to decentralization. Personally, I'm NACKing this proposal on that basis\nalone.\n\nYou need to rectify this dangerous and unethical behavior in a convincing,\nlegally binding way. I'd suggest looking into Blockstream's patent pledges as a\nway forward:\n\n    https://www.blockstream.com/about/patent_pledge/\n\nI see no reason to have any further discussion of your proposal until this is\nrectified.\n\n1) \"AsicBoost is a patent-pending method to improve the efficiency and cost of Bitcoin mining by approximately 20%\"\n   http://www.asicboost.com/single-post/2016/03/24/AsicBoost-Press-Release\n\n\u003e Since ScalingBitcoin is close, I think this is a good moment to publish our\n\u003e proposal on drivechains. This BIP proposed the drivechain we'd like to use\n\u003e in RSK (a.k.a. Rootstock) two-way pegged blockchain and see it implemented\n\n-- \nhttps://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org\n-------------- next part --------------\nA non-text attachment was scrubbed...\nName: signature.asc\nType: application/pgp-signature\nSize: 455 bytes\nDesc: Digital signature\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20161002/e1b2f066/attachment.sig\u003e"}