Subject: Re: [bitcoindev] CTV + CSFS: a letter

From: Matt Corallo <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:44:28 -0400

To be fair to James, in my (luckily rather brief) experience with Bitcoin-consensus-letter-writing, 
its nearly impossible to forge a statement that everyone agrees to that is consistently interpreted.

Matt

On 6/12/25 3:51 PM, Andrew Poelstra wrote:
> Le Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 02:38:13PM -0400, James O'Beirne a écrit :
>>
>> As the person who coordinated the letter, I can say that this is not an
>> accurate characterization of the signers' intent. Everyone who signed
>> explicitly wants to see the imminent review, integration, and activation
>> planning for CTV+CSFS specifically. The letter is intentionally concise to
>> make sure there are no misunderstandings about that.
>>
>> I spoke to each person on the original list of signatories who either did
>> (or didn't) sign and this was made very clear. Some people didn't sign as a
>> result of what the letter says.
>>
> 
> The letter asks Core to "prioritize the review and integration" on an
> accelerated timeline, and that this will "allow" for "activation planning".
> 
> Early drafts of the letter did ask for actual integration and even
> activation, but I did not sign any of those early drafts. It was not
> until the language was weakened to be about priorities and planning (and
> to be a "respectful ask" rather some sort of demand) that I signed on.
> 
> 
> The letter is concise but unfortunately I think Matt is correct that it
> offers a broad range of interpretations, even among the signers.
> 
> 

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