Sounds legit. On Aug 15, 2015, at 5:43 PM, Satoshi Nakamoto via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> I have been following the recent block size debates through the mailing list. > I had hoped the debate would resolve and that a fork proposal would achieve > widespread consensus. However with the formal release of Bitcoin XT 0.11A, > this looks unlikely to happen, and so I am forced to share my concerns about > this very dangerous fork. > > The developers of this pretender-Bitcoin claim to be following my original > vision, but nothing could be further from the truth. When I designed > Bitcoin, I designed it in such a way as to make future modifications to the > consensus rules difficult without near unanimous agreement. Bitcoin was > designed to be protected from the influence of charismatic leaders, even if > their name is Gavin Andresen, Barack Obama, or Satoshi Nakamoto. Nearly > everyone has to agree on a change, and they have to do it without being > forced or pressured into it. By doing a fork in this way, these developers > are violating the "original vision" they claim to honour. > > They use my old writings to make claims about what Bitcoin was supposed to > be. However I acknowledge that a lot has changed since that time, and new > knowledge has been gained that contradicts some of my early opinions. For > example I didn't anticipate pooled mining and its effects on the security of > the network. Making Bitcoin a competitive monetary system while also > preserving its security properties is not a trivial problem, and we should > take more time to come up with a robust solution. I suspect we need a better > incentive for users to run nodes instead of relying solely on altruism. > > If two developers can fork Bitcoin and succeed in redefining what "Bitcoin" > is, in the face of widespread technical criticism and through the use of > populist tactics, then I will have no choice but to declare Bitcoin a failed > project. Bitcoin was meant to be both technically and socially robust. This > present situation has been very disappointing to watch unfold. > > Satoshi Nakamoto > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
