On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Theo Chino via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > And this is why I love Bitcoin, politics + technical = all in one. > If you think developers do not talk politics go read LKML... Politics are inevitable. I think the "I don't know enough to code (Bitcoin) but I think that" belongs somewhere else (This is the -dev list). > > Regards, > Theo Chino > https://www.facebook.com/groups/557495624389384 (politics in NYS about > bitcoin.) > http://frenchmorning.com/en/2014/08/18/french-robin-hood-bitcoin-new-york > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Hector Chu via bitcoin-dev < > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > >> Haha. Reminds me of when I asked Gavin earlier this year about whether >> he cared about politics and he replied that he only cared about and >> was responsible for the technicals. Little did he know he would >> unwittingly become the technical enabler for Mike's political >> shenanigans. >> >> On 19 August 2015 at 21:19, Eric Lombrozo via bitcoin-dev >> wrote: >> > Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being >> governed >> > by those who are dumber. >> > - Plato >> > >> > On Aug 19, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Eric Lombrozo wrote: >> > >> > Alex, >> > >> > With all due respect, right now the biggest challenge facing Bitcoin is >> not >> > technical but political. I would love to see this list go back to >> technical >> > discussions, but unfortunately, until this political stuff is resolved, >> even >> > technical discussion is purely philosophical as there’s little chance of >> > actually making good progress on consensus…which in a space where >> everything >> > depends on consensus pretty much makes everything else moot. >> > >> > On Aug 19, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Alex Morcos via bitcoin-dev >> > wrote: >> > >> > This is a message that I wrote and had hoped that all the core devs >> would >> > sign on to, but I failed to finish organizing it. So I'll just say it >> from >> > myself. >> > >> > There has been a valuable discussion over the last several months >> regarding >> > a hard fork with respect to block size. However the sheer volume of >> email >> > and proportion of discussion that is more philosophical than technical >> has >> > rendered this list almost unusable for its primary purpose of technical >> > discussion related to Bitcoin development. Many of us share the blame >> for >> > letting the discourse run off topic to such a degree, and we hope that >> an >> > appeal for individual self restraint will allow this list to return to a >> > higher signal-to-noise ratio. >> > -Please consider the degree to which any email you send is related to >> > technical development before sending it. >> > -Please consider how many emails you are sending to this list regarding >> the >> > same topic. >> > This list is not appropriate for an endless back and forth debate on the >> > philosophical underpinnings of Bitcoin. Although such a debate may be >> > worthwhile it should be taken to another forum for discussion. Every >> email >> > you send is received by hundreds of developers who value their time as >> much >> > as you value yours. If your intended audience isn't really the >> majority of >> > them, perhaps private communication would be more appropriate. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Alex >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > bitcoin-dev mailing list >> > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org >> > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > bitcoin-dev mailing list >> > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org >> > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> bitcoin-dev mailing list >> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org >> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > >