Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:54 pm



Many members of Core / Blockstream openly support the censorship,

I think that shows clearly that we can’t and shouldn’t trust them to maintain Bitcoin as an open financial network.

Citation needed of the names and statements from these core developers or employees of blockstream. The most I have seen thus far are very nuanced views from only a few core developers on "moderation" where they clearly say they have no control over theymos and have mixed feelings on the matter . Some core developers have strongly denounced Theymos's censorship as well.Core developers even have gone out of their way to distance themselves from Theymos by creating a completely new website and slack communication channel outside of Theymos's control--Since Core is an Open source project with many volunteers coming from different backgrounds and associated with different companies it is shocking to hear you make this generalization. It is misleading because you cannot assume to understand the mind of silent core developers, most of whom want nothing to do with reddit in general or drama and simply want to code in peace, and because there have been some who have spoken out against Theymos's censorship. This is an embarrassing new low for you Roger, but I will hold back any more of my statements until you start producing substantial evidence that at least a majority of core developers are in favor of censorship.