Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP39 word list

2013-10-19 Thread Pavol Rusnak
On 19/10/13 01:58, Gregory Maxwell wrote: https://people.xiph.org/~greg/wordlist.visual.py I've included the search utility I used below. Yeah, there are lots of tools on the Internet. Posting links to them is not helping. Sending pull requests with particular changesets with explanation is.

[Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Mitar
Hi! Interesting read: http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i290m-ocpp/site/article/nmerrill-assign3.html Mitar -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m -- October Webinars: Code for Performance Free

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Jean-Paul Kogelman
On 2013-10-19, at 1:40 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxw...@gmail.com wrote: I wasn't even allowed to edit the wiki I'm confused about this, if he's referring to en.bitcoin.it. Editing it is open to anyone who is willing to pay the 0.01 (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitcoinPayment) anti-spam fee.

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Mike Hearn
I was hoping to see something interesting and useful, but all I saw was absurd ranting. Example quote: It is not known where bitcoin contributors are based. Gavin Andersson, a major contributor, is a well-known South African anarchist/crypto-libertarian. Most contributors hide their identities. I

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Luke-Jr
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 9:16:24 PM Jean-Paul Kogelman wrote: I have a question regarding this part. I wrote a BIP for base 58 encoding / encryption of BIP 32 root keys. The BIP page states that we shouldn't add to this list ourselves, but should contact you for a BIP number. I have

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Luke-Jr l...@dashjr.org wrote: See BIP 1 for the process.. proposals go to this mailing list first. FWIW, he did post to the mailing list and he got an underwhelming response:

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Jean-Paul Kogelman
I submitted the proposal to the mailing list on July 19, 2003. On 2013-10-19, at 3:29 PM, Luke-Jr l...@dashjr.org wrote: On Saturday, October 19, 2013 9:16:24 PM Jean-Paul Kogelman wrote: I have a question regarding this part. I wrote a BIP for base 58 encoding / encryption of BIP 32 root

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Jean-Paul Kogelman
On 2013-10-19, at 4:21 PM, Jean-Paul Kogelman jeanpaulkogel...@me.com wrote: I submitted the proposal to the mailing list on July 19, 2003. That would be 2013. sorry. signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Jean-Paul Kogelman
On 2013-10-19, at 4:20 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxw...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Luke-Jr l...@dashjr.org wrote: See BIP 1 for the process.. proposals go to this mailing list first. FWIW, he did post to the mailing list and he got an underwhelming response:

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Peter Todd
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 04:35:13PM -0700, Jean-Paul Kogelman wrote: On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Luke-Jr l...@dashjr.org wrote: See BIP 1 for the process.. proposals go to this mailing list first. FWIW, he did post to the mailing list and he got an underwhelming response:

Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community

2013-10-19 Thread Jean-Paul Kogelman
Having it on the BIP page doesn't make it any more official, I agree, but it does increase its exposure and will hopefully spark some more discussion. Having it on the BIP page *does* make it more official, at least the way we've been using the BIP page, which is to filter out the