The article led me to research Peter Todd and Mike Hearn. I came away a new fan of Peter Todd.
LOL @ developers scared to post on the dev list because of him.
My reaction as well. I thought it sounded like something from The Onion.
Seriously, anyone who is hiring developers who are to timid to defend their work or put up with some occasionally harsh criticism might want to keep their HR dept active. Nothing is more valuable than having a bright and sometimes antagonistic set of eyes making observations in my experience.
And for several years I seem to notice a pattern of Gavin saying some pretty offensive things in a passive/aggressive manner then acting all butt-hurt when others escalate things.
I wonder what the nature of the smoke in the backroom was ?
Dan Larimer and Peter Todd FTW.
I've been a fan-boi of Todd's and Maxwell's for a while now. Garzik used to be up there but has fallen off. I don't follow things closely enough to know much about Larimer.
I'm really heartened to see the grey-beards working on sidechains. I like the treechains idea even better in principle but I'd take either. And maybe even both. I'll bet that those who are involved with both efforts have the native ability to recognize the strengths, weaknesses, and overlaps of the respective works, and I hope they choose to cooperate be it in Bitcoin or on a more general-use publishing system.