rich1.0Jameson Lopp [ARCHIVE] (npub1gh…akqmn)https://nostr.ae/npub1ghgfr3aumwuxwnwghywxpaejxpf6k9pjcnyg9lfdnztlu5pwa0ksyakqmnnjumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2014-02-10 📝 Original message:You have plenty of good points, but they are not relevant to this mailing list. I suggest you take them elsewhere. -- Jameson Lopp Software Engineer Bronto Software, Inc On 02/10/2014 01:25 PM, Troy Benjegerdes wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 08:45:03AM -0800, Gregory Maxwell wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Troy Benjegerdes <hozer at hozed.org> wrote: >>> Name me one single person with commit access to the bitcoin github repository >>> who is *independent* of any venture capital or other 'investment' connections. >> >> I am, unless you count the fact that I own some Bitcoin and some >> mining hardware as "'investment' connections" (and that case your >> comments are worthless). >> >> (By not naming anyone else I don't mean to imply there are no others, >> but I don't want to speak for anyone else. Nor would I necessarily >> expect the other part(ies|y) to step forward, since this mostly >> appears to be an invitation to step up and be attacked.) > > Thank you. > > I also appreciate your commentary[1], and willingness to list your investment > position. What I'm concerned about are people who have signed non-disclosure > agreements or who's salary/equity/whatever depend on people who are experts > at manipulating markets to take naive investors money. > > Independent is also a state of mind as much as it is about financial connections. > > What pisses me off here is that a huge amount of wealth just changed hands based > on MtGox's press release, and it stinks of insider trading. I still maintain the > best outcome would be for MtGox to AGPLv3 release their code, and then those of > us that understand it would be able to have a public technical discussion about > how to fix it, and MtGox would still maintain their intellectual property > ownership position. > > This, however, cuts off a significant revenue stream for people who take money > making market bets 5 minutes before the information goes public, so I expect > the likelyhood of such an outbreak of sanity is quite low. > > [1] http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/2014/02/10/mt-gox-blames-bitcoin-core-developer-greg-maxwell-responds/ > > > DISCLAIMER: I have a significant emotional investment in copyleft/viral copyright > development models, and I expect to take a lot of money charging people to write > code I give away for free. I also occasionally make money from cryptocurrency > mining, but only when I can sell it in functional and transparent markets. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Android&trade; apps run on BlackBerry&reg;10 > Introducing the new BlackBerry 10.2.1 Runtime for Android apps. > Now with support for Jelly Bean, Bluetooth, Mapview and more. > Get your Android app in front of a whole new audience. Start now. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=124407151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development >