Steven, You make a decent point...but please try to keep the discourse civil. It's already hard enough trying to figure this stuff out without fanning more flames. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Steven Pine via bitcoin-dev" To: "Milly Bitcoin" Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Sent: 9/20/2015 1:23:28 PM Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Scaling Bitcoin conference micro-report >It's amazing how foolish some people are to continue trusting >governments especially in light of recent history: a seemingly endless, >Orwellian 'war on terror', multiple regional conflicts often justified >by fake evidence, wholesale disregard of law and basic human covenants >such as do not torture, ubiquitous and secret global surveillance. > >Anyone who doesn't consider governments the proper threat model is >either a shill or an idiot. > >On Sep 20, 2015 12:34 PM, "Milly Bitcoin via bitcoin-dev" > wrote: >>>Until this is settled, Bitcoin has no clear direction and developers >>>cannot make effective decisions: >> >>How exactly do things set "settled" in this environment? >> >>People looking at Bitcoin think a small group of developers and miners >>"control" these decisions. Not sure if "control" is the right word >>but that is the perception. >> >>Russ >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>bitcoin-dev mailing list >>bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org >>https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev