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Title: On client cultists Post by: revans on November 05, 2013, 09:59:22 PM Which is fine so long as Bitcoin's central bank's client Huh?So, given that Bitcoin's mantra is decentralisation one assumes you would advise people to use a client other than the official one, otherwise everything gets all centrally and we known how much Bitcoin cultists hate that. Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: gmaxwell on November 05, 2013, 10:10:18 PM You've drifted offtopic. All posts in a thread should be strictly related to the original post. I asked you to explain and you have commenced with adhomenim.
Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: revans on November 05, 2013, 10:14:37 PM You've drifted offtopic. All posts in a thread should be strictly related to the original post. I asked you to explain and you have commenced with adhomenim. Whatever. Whilst were here then, how about my question? Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: Luke-Jr on November 05, 2013, 10:24:09 PM Which is fine so long as Bitcoin's central bank's client Huh?I'll advise people to use the best tool for the job they want to accomplish - often that's Armory. Unfortunately, there aren't many good tools out there yet. Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: revans on November 05, 2013, 10:37:33 PM Which is fine so long as Bitcoin's central bank's client Huh?I'll advise people to use the best tool for the job they want to accomplish - often that's Armory. Unfortunately, there aren't many good tools out there yet. Does Bitcoin have a PR department yet, because that reply sound like it came from it? Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: Buffer Overflow on November 05, 2013, 10:50:48 PM I was unaware there was an 'official' client.
@revans - Just been reading through your anger fuelled posts from other threads. May I ask why your actually signed up and activate on these forums and what you hope to achieve? Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: revans on November 05, 2013, 11:00:36 PM I was unaware there was an 'official' client. @revans - Just been reading through your anger fuelled posts from other threads. May I ask why your actually signed up and activate on these forums and what you hope to achieve? 1. Semantics. There is a defacto official client. 2. No you may not. Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: Buffer Overflow on November 05, 2013, 11:04:21 PM 2. No you may not. Sounds like your butthurt about something to me. Oh, dear never mind. :D Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: Luke-Jr on November 05, 2013, 11:52:07 PM 1. Semantics. There is a defacto official client. Which client is that? Why have you decided to make it a defacto official client?Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: revans on November 05, 2013, 11:58:34 PM 1. Semantics. There is a defacto official client. Which client is that? Why have you decided to make it a defacto official client?Bitcoin-QT Given its ubiquity it controls the Bitcoin network. Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: Wipeout2097 on November 06, 2013, 12:06:21 AM Nothing stops you from developing your own client and promote it
Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: revans on November 06, 2013, 12:53:12 AM Nothing stops you from developing your own client and promote it Hardly the point now is it. Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: Luke-Jr on November 06, 2013, 01:38:40 AM Given its ubiquity it controls the Bitcoin network. Why do you give it ubiquity?Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: revans on November 06, 2013, 01:44:05 AM Given its ubiquity it controls the Bitcoin network. Why do you give it ubiquity?It is an attribute which emerges from widespread adoption. Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: Luke-Jr on November 06, 2013, 02:15:29 AM Given its ubiquity it controls the Bitcoin network. Why do you give it ubiquity?On the full node front, there's a bit more of a ubiquity problem, but that's the fault of users, as I already hinted. Are you using any of them to help improve the situation? No? Then you're part of the problem. We have at least Picocoin and libbitcoin/SX now. Go switch to one. Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: DeathAndTaxes on November 06, 2013, 02:20:55 AM It is an attribute which emerges from widespread adoption. Of course that also will never change. Netscape navigator still controls the direction of web development and has near universal marketshare. Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: revans on November 06, 2013, 02:53:05 AM It is an attribute which emerges from widespread adoption. Of course that also will never change. Netscape navigator still controls the direction of web development and has near universal marketshare. I did not say it would not change, I simply stated that the most popular client software essentially controls Bitcoin. Title: Re: On client cultists Post by: DeathAndTaxes on November 06, 2013, 04:05:20 AM It is an attribute which emerges from widespread adoption. Of course that also will never change. Netscape navigator still controls the direction of web development and has near universal marketshare. I did not say it would not change, I simply stated that the most popular client software essentially controls Bitcoin. No. Not really. Influence maybe but not control. The dev team which abuses that influence by doing something detrimental to Bitcoin will find they have an unpopular client and thus no influence. |