Re: [bitcoin-dev] bitcoin.org missing bitcoin core version 22.0

From: Prayank <prayank@tutanota•de>
To: Kate Salazar <mercedes.catherine.salazar@gmail•com>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] bitcoin.org missing bitcoin core version 22.0
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 09:17:22 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <MnjA6g0--3-2@tutanota.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHiDt8A30DZtvsPnDDdtyVpho-NKKQhbP_4g8d0MGATawWvg_w@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi Kate,

> He is taking the most sensible way forward, decreasing bus factor.

Agree. Work being shared with other maintainers is an improvement.

> Read: https://laanwj.github.io/2021/01/21/decentralize.html

Interesting blog post. First paragraph talks about strange expectations, not sure what other people expected however I expected present maintainers will always have respect for the Founder of Bitcoin, keep important docs in repository, website etc. forever and respond with appropriate things if any rich scammers try to remove anything important. Anyway that chapter is over and this PR will always remain in history for others to see and make their own opinions about it: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoincore.org/pull/740

What followed it (whitepaper being shared on different websites) was true decentralization and we need something similar in other aspects of full node implementations. Few things that can improve decentralization:

1.More people using alternative full node implementations. Right now 98% of nodes use Bitcoin Core.
2.More people like Luke Dashjr and Amir Taaki who do not simp for anyone. Being a contributor or maintainer in Bitcoin full node implementation is different from other open source projects. It was never going to be easy and it will get difficult with time,
3.More people from different countries getting involved in important roles.
4.Few anons.
5.Individuals and organizations who fund different Bitcoin projects should consider contributing in alternative. full node implementations as well. Maybe start with Bitcoin Knots.

I am sure lot of people will find this controversial or disagree with it however this is my opinion and things that I think can improve Bitcoin. Will quote something from my recent medium post about a dev meetup and Knots:

Accepting the problems, looking for solutions and trying to improve things is the best approach we as engineers can follow to do better things in Bitcoin. Irrational optimism is as toxic as irrational pessimism.

https://prayankgahlot.medium.com/op-halloween21-and-bitcoin-knots-b8a4da4fa0bd

Only ~1337 blocks left for Taproot to activate. So cheers to another soft fork being a success and Bitcoin improving regularly. Thanks to everyone who contributed including reviewers. Hoping most of the people will start using latest version of Bitcoin Core or other full node implementations soon.
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Prayank

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Oct 21, 2021, 01:48 by mercedes.catherine.salazar@gmail•com:

> Hi Owen,
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 9:25 PM Owen Gunden via bitcoin-dev <> bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 04:47:17PM +0200, Prayank wrote:
>>  > > It seems confusing to have two sites that seemingly both represent
>>  > > bitcoin core.
>>  >
>>  > There is only one website which represents Bitcoin Core full node
>>  > implementation. You can download Bitcoin Core from
>>  > >> https://bitcoincore.org
>>  
>>  I also notice that, as of 22.0, Wladimir is no longer signing the
>>  releases, and I have no trust in my gpg network of the people who seem
>>  to have replaced him.
>>
>
> He is taking the most sensible way forward, decreasing bus factor.
>
> Read: > https://laanwj.github.io/2021/01/21/decentralize.html
>  
>
>>
>> Given the level of security at stake here, my eyebrows are raised at
>>  this combination of items changing (new website + new gpg signers at the
>>  same time).
>>
>
> Don't worry and build your own release;
> but if you do, always verify the tree hash.
> Trust signed annotated tags.
> Cheers!
>  
>
>>
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