From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd•org>
To: odinn <odinn.cyberguerrilla@riseup•net>
Cc: bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Setting the record straight on Proof-of-Publication
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 23:59:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141215045958.GD23859@savin.petertodd.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <548AF08E.6080408@riseup.net>
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 01:41:34PM +0000, odinn wrote:
> Peter... It kind of sounds to me that (as fine of a position paper as
> this is) on _certain_ points, you're falling prey to the "but it's
> inefficient, but it's a scamcoin, but luke-jr told me so" argument...
I prefer to make robust arguments; if I can start with accepting that
95% of what my opponents say is true, yet still end up being correct,
all the better!
> I think the Mastercoin devs are doing fine work and I consider the
> zerocash devs to have developed (in v2, mint and pour) to have
> developed something that will really turn the world on its ear, but
> what do I know? Nothing. Nothing at all.
My personal opinion is that what Mastercoin has started will turn the
world on its ear, but I'd be surprised if the succesful implementations
of the underlying ideas come from that team. But there's nothing
surprising about that - when was the last time you used Netscape
Navigator, let alone NCSA Mosaic?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-15 5:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-12 9:05 Peter Todd
2014-12-12 12:25 ` Gareth Williams
2014-12-12 17:04 ` Alex Mizrahi
[not found] ` <CAOG=w-v3qjG3zd_WhfFU-OGnsHZEuYvY82eL4GqcdgY6np5bvA@mail.gmail.com>
2014-12-12 17:50 ` Alex Mizrahi
2014-12-13 13:32 ` Gareth Williams
2014-12-15 4:52 ` Peter Todd
2014-12-17 11:55 ` Gareth Williams
2014-12-21 6:12 ` Peter Todd
2014-12-15 4:17 ` Peter Todd
2014-12-12 13:41 ` odinn
2014-12-12 14:17 ` Justus Ranvier
2014-12-15 4:59 ` Peter Todd [this message]
2014-12-17 1:16 ` odinn
2014-12-20 14:48 ` [Bitcoin-development] The relationship between Proof-of-Publication and Anti-Replay Oracles Peter Todd
[not found] ` <CAOG=w-vrHPY1aCNndmoW9QyCh9XnWyv8uZn2PyjZ6rNg2MoSSw@mail.gmail.com>
2014-12-21 5:52 ` Peter Todd
[not found] ` <CAOG=w-tZke--6OsqNjJhE9SOdCwdZYZM8iz1VBTFziegt9UZWw@mail.gmail.com>
2014-12-21 7:01 ` Peter Todd
[not found] ` <CAOG=w-s1_VXJAKxBpMOK=B50qnHjxSe4J=vwwSfFPRz0_Cb9rA@mail.gmail.com>
2014-12-21 15:32 ` Peter Todd
2014-12-21 11:25 ` Jorge Timón
2014-12-21 16:07 ` Peter Todd
2014-12-21 19:39 ` Jorge Timón
2014-12-21 10:01 ` Adam Back
2014-12-21 15:29 ` Peter Todd
2014-12-21 13:49 ` paul snow
2014-12-21 15:22 ` Peter Todd
2014-12-21 15:41 ` paul snow
2014-12-22 0:11 ` Peter Todd
2015-01-06 11:03 ` joliver
2014-12-22 20:05 ` Adam Back
2014-12-16 20:28 [Bitcoin-development] Setting the record straight on Proof-of-Publication paul snow
2014-12-17 22:20 paul snow
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