Tue May 02, 2017 11:51 am

Ahhh BitcoinXio. Now you spread this misinformations too"Blockstream does not have any patents, patent applications, provisional patent applications, or anything similar, related to segwit. As is the case for other major protocol features, the Bitcoin developers worked carefully to not create patent complications. Segwit was a large-scale collaboration across the community, which included people who work for Blockstream among its many contributors.Moreover, because the public disclosure of segwit was more than a year ago, we could not apply for patents now.In the prior thread where this absurdity was alleged on Reddit I debunked it forcefully. Considering that Rick directly repeated the tortured misinterpretation of our patent pledge from that thread (a pledge which took an approach that was lauded by multiple online groups), I find it hard to believe that he missed these corrections, doubly so in that he provides an incomplete response to them as though he were anticipating a reply, when really he’d already seen the rebuttal and should have known that there was nothing to these claims.As an executive of Blockstream and one of the contributors to segwit, my straightforward public responses 1) that we do not, have not, will not, and can not apply for patents on segwit, 2) that if had we done so we would have been ethically obligated to disclose it, and 3) that even if we had done so our pledge would have made it available to everyone not engaging in patent aggression (just as the plain language of our pledge states): If others depended upon these responses, it would create a reliance which would preclude enforcement by Blockstream or our successors in interest even if the statements were somehow all untrue–or so the lawyers tell me.In short, Rick Falkvinge’s allegations are entirely without merit and are supported by nothing more than pure speculation which had already been debunked.."@BitcoinXioHow much money do you recieve as a mod by the wayDo you know what is funny too? The Falkving Guy put all of his money in Bitcoin some years ago (same as Roger).90% of the devs back then are still here today and they made Bitcoin so successfull in the first place!Sometimes i can´t believe that the greed of some people is betraying everything what bitcoin stands for. Falkving even said, that we only need a couple of nodes (Roger is saying the same, god know why).! Like someone got brainwashed by the pure greed.Anyway, that way my take on thatLCG