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0 pointstoomim10y ago0 comments

Make coined the name "Bitcoin Core".

Gavin is still a core developer. He stepped down from his Leadership position to become "just" a regular core developer.

(I know that Maaku knows this. Just clarifying for the crowd.)

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maaku10y ago· 2 in thread

Care to point to what Gavin has worked on in that time frame?

There are very few changes that Gavin has contributed back to Bitcoin Core since he handed most of the day-to-day repo management over the Wladimir.

I honestly don't know what you are referring to, unless it is the small patches here and there of similar size and importance to things we receive on a daily basis from dozens of people. Gavin pretty much disappeared from core development when he stepped down 2 years ago.

toomimOP10y ago

Sorry Maaku, but I think you are taking this thread off-topic. The number of contributions Gavin has made since stepping down from Leadership is not relevant to the point "Mike and Gavin have long been members of the project, in good standing, and with no obvious reasons to doubt them."

More specifically, the number of his recent commits (or other contributions) does not speak to (1) the length of time he has been a member of Bitcoin, (2) whether he has been in "good standing", or (3) whether there are obvious reasons to doubt him.

It appears, rather, that you have some ill feelings towards Gavin, and are letting these feelings leak into your thoughts by belittling Gavin's contributions to Bitcoin.

A better way to address this point, while still expressing your feelings, would be to say "Gavin is not in good standing with me. I think he's an asshole for going around our consensus process. Fuck him. I disagree that he is in good standing, and I doubt his leadership."

maaku10y ago

Gavin does not lead bitcoin. This is a simple fact. I am simply doing fact corrections.

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