[bitcoin-dev] Documenting the lifetime of a transaction during mempool congestion from the perspective of a rational user

2022-01-13 Thread Jeremy via bitcoin-dev
Devs, This email is primarily about existing wallet behaviors and user preferences, and not about CTV. However, towards the end I will describe the relevance of CTV, but the email is worth reading even if you have no interest in CTV as the problems described exist today. One point of confusion

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

2022-01-13 Thread Antoine Riard via bitcoin-dev
> One question I have is how you might describe the differences between what BLDF can accomplish and what e.g. EFF can accomplish. Having been represented by the EFF on more than one occasion, they are fantastic. Do you feel that the Bitcoin-specific focus of BLDF outweighs the more general (but

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

2022-01-13 Thread Steve Lee via bitcoin-dev
That's a good point. Agree! On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 10:54 AM Alex Schoof wrote: > > I also don't see why Alex or anyone should be denied the opportunity to > comment on future soft forks or anything about bitcoin. Alex should have no > more or less right to participate and his comments should

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

2022-01-13 Thread Alex Morcos via bitcoin-dev
To belatedly answer Rene's question: Yes, we hope so. To start, the Fund will focus on the defense of the pending litigation and new litigation that may arise. However, we intend to build up the capacity to provide competent third-party advice to developers on strategies to reduce their

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

2022-01-13 Thread Alex Schoof via bitcoin-dev
> I also don't see why Alex or anyone should be denied the opportunity to comment on future soft forks or anything about bitcoin. Alex should have no more or less right to participate and his comments should be judged on their merit, just like yours and mine. I think the concern is something

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

2022-01-13 Thread Jeremy via bitcoin-dev
A further point -- were it to be a norm if a contributor to something like this be denied their full capacity for "free speech" by social convention, it would either encourage anonymous funding (less accountable) or would disincentivize creating such initiatives in the future. Both of those

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

2022-01-13 Thread jack via bitcoin-dev
Hi Prayank, > On 13 Jan 2022, at 10:13, Prayank wrote: > I had few suggestions and feel free to ignore them if they do not make sense: > > 1.Name of this fund could be anything and 'The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund' > can be confusing or misleading for newbies. There is nothing official in >

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

2022-01-13 Thread Prayank via bitcoin-dev
Hi Jack, > The main purpose of this Fund is to defend developers from lawsuits regarding >their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem, including finding and retaining >defense counsel, developing litigation strategy, and paying legal bills. This >is a free and voluntary option for developers to