Quote from: Lauda on January 10, 2016, 07:35:39 PM

Quote from: DooMAD on January 10, 2016, 07:27:21 PM

Some people have been collaborating, but then other come along and use words like "populist", "coup", "hostile takeover", "contentious" and "altcoin". It takes two sides to have a fight. Perhaps if people were permitted to collaborate without being silenced or swept under the carpet, then more would be accomplished by now.

I'm assuming that by 'other' and those words theymos firstly because I've seen him use them. Remember, he is letting you discuss this in the forum that he manages (this is another XT thread).

Perhaps after realising the futility of trying to prevent it. The intent was clearly to the contrary. It certainly wasn't in the spirit of collaborating.

Quote from: Lauda on January 10, 2016, 07:35:39 PM

Quote from: DooMAD on January 10, 2016, 07:27:21 PM

"I'm open to discussion, but only if you agree with everything I say"? Just because something is deemed controversial by some, doesn't mean it shouldn't be discussed.

Wrong. I'm open to discuss ideas that would benefit Bitcoin (e.g. IBLT, Lightning). I'm not open to potential takeovers between various groups and implementations. This does not benefit the protocol.

You're not open to allowing people to choose what software they run? Consider carefully what it is you're actually saying here. Personally, given the choice, I'd prefer to have the option of a potential "takeover", although I'd argue that's still a word loaded with bias. The alternative would be a closed-source coin where only a single group of developers (or possibly even a single individual) can decide the rules as they please. I wouldn't be here if that were the case. Would you?