Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Making AsicBoost irrelevant

From: Sergio Demian Lerner <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 11:18:34 -0300

Jorge Timón said..
> What do you mean by "embrace" in the context of a patented optimization
that one miner can prevent the rest from using?

Everyone seems to assume that one ASIC manufacturer will get the advantage
of AsicBoost while others won't. If a patent license is non-exclusive, then
all can.