[bitcoin-dev] Drivechain proposal using OP_COUNT_ACKS

On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 12:49:08PM -0300, Sergio Demian Lerner via bitcoin-dev wrote: I think your history of patenting(1) Bitcoin consensus relevant technology is sufficient by itself to be extremely dubious of any proposals coming from you or your colleagues; patents on Bitcoin consensus technology are a serious threat to decentralization. Personally, I'm NACKing this proposal on that basis alone. You need to rectify this dangerous and unethical behavior in a convincing, legally binding way. I'd suggest looking into Blockstream's patent pledges as a way forward: https://www.blockstream.com/about/patent_pledge/ I see no reason to have any further discussion of your proposal until this is rectified. 1) "AsicBoost is a patent-pending method to improve the efficiency and cost of Bitcoin mining by approximately 20%" http://www.asicboost.com/single-post/2016/03/24/AsicBoost-Press-Release > Since ScalingBitcoin is close, I think this is a good moment to publish our > proposal on drivechains. This BIP proposed the drivechain we'd like to use > in RSK (a.k.a. Rootstock) two-way pegged blockchain and see it implemented -- https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 455 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20161002/e1b2f066/attachment.sig>