<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>npub1m230cem2yh3mtdzkg32qhj73uytgkyg5ylxsu083n3tpjnajxx4qqa2np2</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1m230cem2yh3mtdzkg32qhj73uytgkyg5ylxsu083n3tpjnajxx4qqa2np2</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>📅 Original date posted:2016-10-02&#xA;📝 Original message:On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 12:49:08PM -0300, Sergio Demian Lerner via bitcoin-dev wrote:&#xA;&#xA;I think your history of patenting(1) Bitcoin consensus relevant technology is&#xA;sufficient by itself to be extremely dubious of any proposals coming from you&#xA;or your colleagues; patents on Bitcoin consensus technology are a serious&#xA;threat to decentralization. Personally, I&#39;m NACKing this proposal on that basis&#xA;alone.&#xA;&#xA;You need to rectify this dangerous and unethical behavior in a convincing,&#xA;legally binding way. I&#39;d suggest looking into Blockstream&#39;s patent pledges as a&#xA;way forward:&#xA;&#xA;    https://www.blockstream.com/about/patent_pledge/&#xA;&#xA;I see no reason to have any further discussion of your proposal until this is&#xA;rectified.&#xA;&#xA;1) &#34;AsicBoost is a patent-pending method to improve the efficiency and cost of Bitcoin mining by approximately 20%&#34;&#xA;   http://www.asicboost.com/single-post/2016/03/24/AsicBoost-Press-Release&#xA;&#xA;&gt; Since ScalingBitcoin is close, I think this is a good moment to publish our&#xA;&gt; proposal on drivechains. This BIP proposed the drivechain we&#39;d like to use&#xA;&gt; in RSK (a.k.a. Rootstock) two-way pegged blockchain and see it implemented&#xA;&#xA;-- &#xA;https://petertodd.org &#39;peter&#39;[:-1]@petertodd.org&#xA;-------------- next part --------------&#xA;A non-text attachment was scrubbed...&#xA;Name: signature.asc&#xA;Type: application/pgp-signature&#xA;Size: 455 bytes&#xA;Desc: Digital signature&#xA;URL: &lt;http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20161002/e1b2f066/attachment.sig&gt;</html></oembed>