[Bitcoin-development] questions about bitcoin-XT code fork & non-consensus hard-fork

[rysiek]

Dnia czwartek, 18 czerwca 2015 18:24:14 Sean Lynch pisze:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 3:51 PM Dr Adam Back <adam at cypherspace.org> wrote:
> > If people on *cypherpunks* cant get the points in the post, I think
> > the world has a problem.  The price of security in a distributed
> > system like bitcoin is eternal vigilance, but if people dont
> > understand what constitutes a risk and hence what to be vigilant for,
> > the meta-system can be unreliable and lose its assurances.  I think we
> > need to explain some more concepts and probably people will over time
> > learn things and and an influencer pyramid emerge as happened in
> > privacy technology.
> 
> Yes, I'm sure that when people who disagree with you, it's always because
> they are wrong and never because you don't understand the situation as well
> as you think you do. I'm sure you know more about Bitcoin than Gavin does.

Wow, that's a low blow. Arguing by authority, and then a false dichotomy: 
"either you know more about Bitcoin than X, or you should not have a voice at
 all on this"

Might I suggest considering arguing on the merits instead, next time? :)

-- 
Pozdrawiam,
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak

Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147
GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147
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