Quote from: jbreher on December 18, 2015, 09:22:37 PM

Quote from: rocks on December 18, 2015, 08:45:34 PM

If Maxwell succeeds and forking Bitcoin from it's vision as a true P2P currency that anyone can use...

GMax has abdicated his bitcoin github commit access. This is a significant development. Stated reason 'personal'. Speculation on inferred subtext may include 'ragequit' - dunno. Net result: less support for 1MB4Eva within the core team.

BULLISH!

There's no question Greg's a smart guy, and one of Bitcoin's stronger intellects. His technical ability will be missed. However, he seemed ideologically blindered to smallblockianism. I think this is a net positive.

The way he handled the anti-BitcoinXT "Satoshi"-email made me trust him quite a lot less. He does seem to have invested more of his ego in this blocksize debate than he could afford to lose. So it might be for the best for all concerned that he withdraws a bit.

In any event, he is not irreplaceable. If he were, Bitcoin wouldn't be worth much.

Quote from: wachtwoord on December 18, 2015, 09:31:09 PM

I saw this earlier and hope/think Greg will reconsider and keep fighting the good fight against Gavin's minions.

This is not LOTR, nor Warcraft. Genuine people have genuine disagreements. There are no minions.... on Gavin's side.