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March 19, 2013, 04:15:21 PM
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http://bitcoin.org/may15.html

I don't like the language used. No one can "require" me to do this. I understand why I should and I will but the wording seems wrong to me. Opinions?

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March 19, 2013, 04:30:54 PM
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I agree.

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March 19, 2013, 04:34:11 PM
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How about, "Upgrade or be left on a dead fork"

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March 19, 2013, 04:38:01 PM
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Indeed. In fact that's another complaint. It doesn't even explain properly why you *should* upgrade.

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March 19, 2013, 04:53:37 PM
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Let us know what you think of 0.7.2 in a few months.

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March 19, 2013, 04:55:28 PM
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Indeed. In fact that's another complaint. It doesn't even explain properly why you *should* upgrade.
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March 19, 2013, 04:59:28 PM
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I think required is the appropriate wording. only 0.7.2 is required (with work-around), 0.8.1 is recommended.

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March 19, 2013, 05:02:09 PM
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Let us know what you think of 0.7.2 in a few months.

Reading comprehension not your forte?

If you don't upgrade you'll be snivelling in the dark crying why no one warned you to upgrade.

Yeah, OK....

The code is open source, check it and you will discover why

That's an advertisement for Bitcoin for sure... I am a person who *would* be able to comprehend the source and *I* don't want to read it.

Simply saying "If you stay on 0.7, you are likely to end up the wrong side of a forked blockchain", which is what I assume is at issue, would have been enough.

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March 19, 2013, 05:04:09 PM
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I think required is the appropriate wording. only 0.7.2 is required (with work-around), 0.8.1 is recommended.


I think "strongly recommended" or "urgently recommended" would be appropriate. There is currently no one with the authority to require anything wrt bitcoin.

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March 19, 2013, 05:09:33 PM
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I had the same concern when I saw how this announcement was worded.

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March 19, 2013, 05:16:20 PM
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Required is unarguably the appropriate term. If you don't upgrade, you're technically not running Bitcoin anymore (and may end up on your own split chain). Required doesn't mean you must...it means you must if you want to run Bitcoin.

Recommended would imply if you do nothing you'll still be running Bitcoin. 

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March 19, 2013, 05:31:04 PM
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Sez who? Bitcoin central control?

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March 19, 2013, 05:51:52 PM
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Sez who? Bitcoin central control?

Not as such.. but more than 51% of the hash power is running 0.8.1 which has the code to automatically withdraw the artificial limit that buys people time to upgrade in an orderly fashion.  The train has already left the station.

Yes, the wording is a bit strong, but as we saw there are a lot of people who are confused or unclear about what they should do.  You obviously understand the situation and have already made an informed decision.  But think of the other people who aren't paying as much attention, or just don't care.  All they want is to be able to send, receive, and get confirmations.  They do have to do something if they don't want to get left behind on the wrong side of the next block that breaks their client.

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March 19, 2013, 05:59:34 PM
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Sez who? Bitcoin central control?

Not as such.. but more than 51% of the hash power is running 0.8.1 which has the code to automatically withdraw the artificial limit that buys people time to upgrade in an orderly fashion.  The train has already left the station.

Yes, the wording is a bit strong, but as we saw there are a lot of people who are confused or unclear about what they should do.  You obviously understand the situation and have already made an informed decision.  But think of the other people who aren't paying as much attention, or just don't care.  All they want is to be able to send, receive, and get confirmations.  They do have to do something if they don't want to get left behind on the wrong side of the next block that breaks their client.

I don't disagree with any of this. Just the wording.

I think it's important if not essential that Bitcoin remains a decentralized, collaborative effort and the language should reflect that.

With that said, I think I've made my position clear so I'll leave the floor for others to discuss now.

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March 19, 2013, 06:05:14 PM
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Is there any info on who actually wrote that?
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March 19, 2013, 06:13:11 PM
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http://bitcoin.org/may15.html

I don't like the language used. No one can "require" me to do this. I understand why I should and I will but the wording seems wrong to me. Opinions?

Worry less about wording and more about upgrading?
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March 19, 2013, 06:15:05 PM
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March 19, 2013, 06:24:05 PM
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Sez who? Bitcoin central control?

Says the miners in control of the majority of hasing power, after consultation with developers. There used to be a link to a thread including Gavin's diplomatically worded e-mail at the top of the forum.

Was only able to find this earlier thread where they ask miner to revert to 0.7
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=152030.0

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March 19, 2013, 08:13:29 PM
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I agree with what everyone else said about the wording.

Also, I think our benevolent dictator dev(s?) decided the only thing they can do to push this (unnecessary) upgrade is to use stronger language without giving any reasons or details, which is comforting to me tbh.

Bitcoin is not decentralized until it's working like an actual protocol with multiple clients and possibly blockchains. Right now there's only a handful of people who understand the (undocumented) source code and who are writing its future as they see fit. This cannot be good.

I think an intentional fork is exactly what we need right now. At least to have something to come back to as the main bitcoin becomes less and less attractive.
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March 19, 2013, 08:16:22 PM
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I think an intentional fork is exactly what we need right now. At least to have something to come back to as the main bitcoin becomes less and less attractive.

Are you saying you want 2 blockchains going?  Your wording is a little confusing there.
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