From: Jim <jim618@fastmail•co.uk>
To: bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: MultiBit as default desktop client on bitcoin.org
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:42:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1372452147.8254.140661249720981.6D2C7437@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFtwHReqVCZAuoik24Sm=K0eCF1CGtEtxkAYVnoueTgCRT10mA@mail.gmail.com>
There are already descriptions as you describe on:
http://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet.
If you hover over any of the wallet icons you get a description and a
link.
People being people, we find in practice that the very first wallet link
on the page is what the majority of new users click.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013, at 09:37 PM, Bill Hees wrote:
> There are good, valid arguments in support of promoting both the
> reference
> client, Bitcoin-QT, and for offering a lighter-weight alternative. Why
> not
> outline these arguments on bitcoin.org and provide links to each; or even
> links to a variety of alternative wallet solutions alongside descriptions
> of their respective benefits and drawbacks? Is there an advantage to
> having
> a singular "recommended" client?
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Bill Hees <billhees@gmail•com> wrote:
>
> > There are good, valid arguments in support of promoting both the reference
> > client, Bitcoin-QT, and for offering a lighter-weight alternative. Why not
> > outline these arguments on bitcoin.org and provide links to each; or even
> > links to a variety of alternative wallet solutions alongside descriptions
> > of their respective benefits and drawbacks? Is there an advantage to having
> > a singular "recommended" client?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail•com>wrote:
> >
> >> I vote "yes" to have MultiBit replace Bitcoin-Qt as the recommended
> >> desktop wallet app. I think most users will be happier with it.
> >>
> >> If I'm wrong, it is easy to change back.
> >>
> >>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-28 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-27 17:10 Jim
2013-06-27 17:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-06-27 18:04 ` Luke-Jr
2013-06-27 18:41 ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-06-27 19:18 ` Jim
2013-06-27 19:40 ` Jim
2013-06-27 19:50 ` Jim
2013-06-27 21:12 ` Alex Kravets
2013-06-27 21:56 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-06-27 22:53 ` Alex Kravets
2013-06-27 22:03 ` Gary Rowe
2013-06-28 10:59 ` John Dillon
2013-06-28 9:10 ` Mike Hearn
2013-06-28 14:24 ` Gavin Andresen
[not found] ` <CAFtwHRewE0wgvWsf-785hpCb8ns7wiGaKHAQ-1QmDD-W+diBJA@mail.gmail.com>
2013-06-28 20:37 ` Bill Hees
2013-06-28 20:42 ` Jim [this message]
2013-06-30 11:42 ` Mike Hearn
2013-06-30 15:19 ` Jim
2013-06-30 16:39 ` Gary Rowe
2013-07-09 0:22 ` Robert Backhaus
2013-07-09 1:20 ` Caleb James DeLisle
2013-07-09 10:36 ` Mike Hearn
2013-07-09 10:56 ` Jim
2013-07-09 11:04 ` Mike Hearn
2013-07-09 11:13 ` Will
2013-07-09 11:15 ` Jim
2013-07-09 11:18 ` Mike Hearn
2013-07-09 14:00 ` Daniel F
2013-07-09 14:06 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-07-09 14:28 ` Mike Hearn
2013-07-09 14:46 ` Jim
2013-07-09 14:57 ` Daniel F
2013-07-09 15:27 ` Mike Hearn
2013-07-09 15:32 ` Nick Simpson
2013-07-09 15:51 ` Johnathan Corgan
2013-07-09 16:44 ` Mike Hearn
2013-07-09 15:59 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-07-09 16:03 ` Nick Simpson
2013-07-09 22:15 ` Andreas Petersson
2013-06-27 17:56 ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-06-27 18:05 ` Alex Kravets
2013-06-27 23:45 ` Caleb James DeLisle
2013-06-28 9:05 ` Mike Hearn
2013-06-28 10:09 ` John Dillon
2013-06-28 10:20 ` Mike Hearn
2013-06-28 10:32 ` John Dillon
2013-06-30 10:12 ` Peter Todd
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