rich1.0npub1m6p5kgcd428x6pxyfege98zjmlwrdhp0gyz6pdnsvrvalscddnxqurdjn5https://nostr.ae/npub1m6p5kgcd428x6pxyfege98zjmlwrdhp0gyz6pdnsvrvalscddnxqurdjn5njumphttps://nostr.ae📅 Original date posted:2014-02-10 📝 Original message: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.