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Quote from: cypherdoc on November 14, 2014, 06:31:05 PM

then by all means, implement it as a federated server model. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

just don't change the source code to favor a for-profit company called Blockstream.

Open source -> everybody can download and change this code.
Everybody is free do not use any changes in code.
They(anybody, you too) can create your own bitcoin (and there are plenty of alts, already).

as a separate topic, i see this free for all mentality as inconsistent with the consensus model both of which are supposed to be principles of open source. by your argument above, you suggest that someone should just fork code w/o bothering to gain consensus. that's weird. how is that consistent with the consensus model that supposedly our core devs engage in with Bitcoin? shouldn't we all, as a community, strive to figure out ahead of time what our path should be so as to attempt to minimize mis-steps as long as force is not applied?

If you do not like open source then do not use it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software

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Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner. Open-source software is the most prominent example of open-source development and often compared to (technically defined) user-generated content or (legally defined) open-content movements.

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Cypher, it's great that you care so much about Bitcoin, but the facts are that there is nothing you can do to stop SPV proofs. If the code were available today, any miner who wanted could start processing them and every other miner would still find their blocks valid. If this upsets you, your only recourse is to create an altcoin that is designed to be immutable. Satoshi designed Bitcoin to be able to adapt to the changing needs of the community.

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So if SPV proof will kill bitcoin then bitcoin is already dead. (b/c it supports SPV proof by default as valid transaction)

stop making so much sense guys, cypher is never going to come back to his thread Grin

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