On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Alan Reiner <etothe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greg's point looks like it's veering towards "we don't want to grow > the network unless we're going to get more full nodes out of it."
No… There is no fundamental completion between taking what actions we can to maximize the decentralization of the network and making the software maximally friendly and painless to get started with and use. It's possible— not even deep rocket science— to create software that accommodates both. And because of this, I don't think it's acceptable to promote solutions which may endanger the decentralization that makes the system worthwhile in the first place. If the current experience is so poor that you'd even consider talking about promoting directions which reduce its robustness then thats evidence that it would be worth finding more resources to make the experience better without doing anything the that reduces the model, even if you've got an argument that maybe we can get away with it. If there isn't interest in putting in more resources to make these improvements then maybe the issue isn't as bad as we think it is? > I think it is very much in everyone's interest here to encourage new users to > start "using" Bitcoin, even if they don't "support" it. Absolutely— and yet that has nothing to do with promoting software to users which only consumes without directly contributing and which doesn't even have the capability to do so even if the user wants to (or much less, is indifferent). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
