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VIPLegendaryActivity: 980Merit: 1000 Eligius miners aware of prayers in block headers? August 19, 2011, 02:05:40 AM

Last edit: August 22, 2011, 04:37:15 PM by theymos #1 I must start by saying i respect luke-jr for his input to BTC and coding skills.

But I am uncomfortable with this happening.



<luke-jr> cosurgi: by design, it contains "random" data-- I've just been setting some of that "random" data to prayers



<Graet> mm interesting luke-jr i understand you are strong in your faith but you dont think putting prayers in might alienate some ppl - after all btc is multidenominational

<luke-jr> Graet: Catholics do not believe in freedom of religion.

<Graet> and you make your non catholic miners aware of this?



no response to that last question.



this was brought to light after a corrupted TXN containing

"LUKE-JR IS A PEDOPHILE! Oh, and god isn't real, sucka. Stop polluting the blockchain with your nonsense."



I do not think it is appropriate in this multicultural multi denominational thing we call Bitcoin.

Even for those that think prayers in blockheadrers is a good idea, what are your thoughts on the response so far and do you think it will improve or just get much worse?



I can just see stupid header wars that will hurt Bitcoin.



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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224/5701930741_f368c6d3c2.jpg



As long as his blocks are worth money I dont care if hes putting CP in them ... lol @ people letting religion affect them. Religious folk are a dying breed so heres what I say.As long as his blocks are worth money I dont care if hes putting CP in them ...

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VIPLegendaryActivity: 980Merit: 1000 Re: Eligius miners aware of prayers in block headers? August 19, 2011, 12:34:10 PM #9 1. Well members of other religions mining or Eligius might like to be aware.<- are they? Everyone seems to be avoiding answering that...makes me believe they have not been informed.

2. The txn in response wasnt good.

3. If it is deliberately put there it is not "random" - even if the data being replaced means nothing.

4. I care about bitcoin and it's future, Bitcoin is under close scrutiny from corporations, lawyers and other members of the general public - does anyone honestly believe that

"LUKE-JR IS A PEDOPHILE! Oh, and god isn't real, sucka. Stop polluting the blockchain with your nonsense." and similar will not be noticed? Do you think this sort of thing will encourage uptake of Bitcoin or be a barrier to its adoption by many people?



If Bitcoin wants to be real and play with the big boys it needs to address this issue.







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NewbieActivity: 33Merit: 0 Re: Eligius miners aware of prayers in block headers? August 19, 2011, 12:35:37 PM #10 I mine for Eligius. I get BTC for submitting shares. Is there any reason to put any more thought or effort into such a simplistic process?



I could care less what may or may not be in the block headers. I would say if prayers bother someone they need to work on fixing their own state of mind rather than try an encourage others to agree that this is even a real issue.





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That said, I'm surprised that people aren't more concerned about Luke-jr in general. The guy is a shady christian fascist that shouldn't be trusted to run a hot dog stand, let alone run a semi-popular mining pool and contribute code to the Bitcoin client.



IRC logs where he expounds on his politics make for some fun reading:



http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/logs/2011/02/03/12

http://eligius.searchonirc.com/?d=2011-07-05-23



It's kind of odd that the overwhelmingly libertarian Bitcoin community puts up with him at all. I guess the overall level of crazy around here is high enough that he just blends in. The prayers are a stupid gimmick that don't affect much. They do kind of mess up Dan Kaminsky's cool hack, which is sad but probably inevitable.That said, I'm surprised that people aren't more concerned about Luke-jr in general. The guy is a shady christian fascist that shouldn't be trusted to run a hot dog stand, let alone run a semi-popular mining pool and contribute code to the Bitcoin client.IRC logs where he expounds on his politics make for some fun reading:It's kind of odd that the overwhelmingly libertarian Bitcoin community puts up with him at all. I guess the overall level of crazy around here is high enough that he just blends in.