Quote from: xyzzy099 on May 08, 2025, 08:23:59 PM

Quote from: BayAreaCoins on May 08, 2025, 08:14:35 PM

Quote from: gmaxwell on May 08, 2025, 01:25:20 AM

As far as your question, I'm not aware of any bitcoin core contributor that has any financial interest in citrea

https://youtu.be/EKQvDfmQkt8?t=13210

Jameson Lopp openly saying that he has a financial interest. Roll Eyes

There are others too that I know.

I'm not going to ask you a question I don't know at least partially know the answer to. I just wanted to see your answer.

Quote from: achow101 on May 07, 2025, 11:43:42 PM

No, but I would be surprised.

I would not.

I thought it was REALLY weird that y'all found a Testnet project before I did... then the mailing list people quoting page 16... right...

Jameson Lopp is not, as far as I know, a Bitcoin Core contributor.

~~Shit, you are right.~~ Weird... I'm wrong a lot of the time and I appreciate being correct. <3 Ty

https://blockstream.info/tx/8b2109bb5a4fb20d9f96e15e349759ba83bbe387c868b960712ca3e4c01e5085

It seems Lop hasn't openly contributed anything directly on this table: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/graphs/contributors.

Payment from third parties through Contributors doesn't seem like an uncommon practice. Peter getting paid off in OGNasty's screenshot seems to not be the first time something similar has happened. https://web.archive.org/web/20131120061753/http://pastebin.com/4BcycXUu I don't know if this is real, but Greg, you are mentioned in there funneling around Bitcoins too.

I wonder if Contributors feel like these payments are private and do not feel the requirement to disclose them. I assume this is a "Gentlemans Agreement" at this point(?)

There is some debate on what makes a person a "Bitcoin developer": https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5513595.msg64645672#msg64645672 (this post is merited by Greg). (This user also uses my website: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5516607.msg65357908#msg65357908... stwenhao signature for the Testnet4 blockchain puzzle actually came from us and then the extra coins where sent back to us.)

Greg, I've not forgotten you.

I'll PM a thread with my full response to your message.

In short:

We really aren't that different. I read your post to my GF and she goes "He sounds like you" and rolled her eyes Roll Eyes

lol

Just like I don't have "any" say in things, which is fine. You do not either. You have absolutely no say in my private business and how we use cryptocurrency.

If Bitcoin is only used for what you and the creator wanted it to be used for, what code actions have you taken against organizations that hack hospitals and trade child porn? (I remember GOATS bounty)

You don't control what people do with permissionless cryptocurrency, and I don't think you'd want to, but perhaps you do aspire to, and ramming this OP_Return change is just the start.

You have beyond no authority over me... I simply choose to follow the code or not. I would follow your premined proposal, and that's partially why it is concerning, because it would solve my "Finding sellers" problem. I'm a professional at worthless cryptocurrencies sir. I am here to help, but my help may piss you off and help expose flaws (be it code or logic). My website is like a house of cards in a daycare... I'd give my left nut for a sandcastle even remotely near a pool. <3